Deadly Engineering

Engineering failures are Icarus-like moments when our overreaching, greed and desire to conquer the impossible can cost not just reputations, but millions of dollars, the environment and lives. Each episode will focus on one disaster, looking at dramatic archive news footage of the disaster occurring and its devastating impact.
201910 episodes7+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - The Chernobyl Conspiracy
    October 8, 2019
    42min
    TV-PG
    The Chernobyl nuclear disaster was a catastrophe that changed the course of human history, and new discoveries reveal the real reasons behind the explosion that spawned a deadly radioactive ghost town and brought down an empire.
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  2. S1 E2 - NASA's Challenger Disaster
    October 15, 2019
    42min
    TV-PG
    NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger was a deadly disaster that changed the course of space exploration forever, and now, new discoveries reveal the truth behind the structural failure that tore the rocket apart.
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  3. S1 E3 - Doom on the Titanic
    October 22, 2019
    42min
    TV-PG
    New discoveries are challenging everything known about the sinking of the Titanic, revealing that the disaster wasn't caused by a freak accident and that it may have been doomed from the start.
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  4. S1 E4 - Nightmare in Hell Valley
    October 29, 2019
    42min
    TV-PG
    After torrential rainfall triggers a catastrophic landslide, a small village in the valley below is devastated, and now, new discoveries reveal the truth behind the engineering that led to this fatal disaster.
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  5. S1 E5 - Cruise Ship Catastrophe
    November 5, 2019
    42min
    TV-PG
    When a cruise ship meets disaster, the ship begins to sink and the captain flees, leaving 300 passengers stranded. Now, new discoveries reveal the fatal truth behind the devastating wreck that claimed 32 lives.
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  6. S1 E6 - Crash of the Concorde
    November 12, 2019
    42min
    TV-PG
    The Concorde was the supersonic passenger plane that could fly from New York to London in under four hours, but after a fatal accident kills 100, experts reveal a secret history of the iconic aircraft that led to this devastating explosion.
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  7. S1 E7 - When Katrina Struck
    November 19, 2019
    42min
    TV-PG
    Hurricane Katrina is one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike American soil, but as the storm revealed widespread construction failures, it's also a tragedy of engineering -- the latest science reveals how.
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  8. S1 E8 - When Trains Collide
    December 3, 2019
    42min
    TV-PG
    After a high-speed collision of three trains during morning rush hour in London causes dozens of deaths, experts use the latest tech to investigate what caused this catastrophic crash. What they find could hold the secrets of preventing future disasters.
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  9. S1 E9 - Fireball from Hell
    December 10, 2019
    42min
    TV-PG
    A series of accidental explosions erupt at a chemical factory in China killing 173 people. Now, new discoveries reveal the real reasons behind the deadly chemical fireball that left a giant crater where a building once stood.
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  10. S1 E10 - Catastrophic Collapse
    December 17, 2019
    42min
    TV-PG
    An eight-story factory suddenly collapses, killing over 1,000 people in one the deadliest engineering disasters in modern history. Experts use cutting-edge tech to reveal what went wrong and what's being done to prevent the next catastrophe.
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Cast
Brian Mitchell
Studio
Science Channel
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