Engineering Disasters 15
Episode 66 · 2004-12-08
- Documentary
Episode overview
A series of construction errors causes a devastating flood that brings Chicago to a standstill. A deadly accident traps hundreds in a smoke-filled Alpine tunnel, with no ventilation. Three boilers explode on a Mississippi riverboat resulting in thousands of deaths and earning the disaster the title of the worst in maritime history. Two buildings, halfway around the world from each other, collapse from the same type of shoddy construction methods–14 years apart. And a cockpit warning system malfunctions, causing a fiery, fatal crash before the jetliner ever takes off. We interview design and construction experts as we investigate what went wrong. And we talk with rescue personnel, eyewitnesses, and victims as we visit the tragedies' sites to see what improvements have been implemented to insure against these kinds of disasters.
44 minutes
Season 11 episodes
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2. The F-152004-01-17
3. The Submarines2004-01-22
4. Pacific Coast Highway2004-02-04
5. Gangster Guns2004-02-12
6. Ship of Gold2004-02-13
7. Racetrack Tech2004-02-18
8. Oil Fire Fighting2004-03-03
9. Command Central2004-03-17
10. Front Line Reporting2004-03-19
11. Nature's Engineers2004-03-31
12. Bible Tech2004-04-07
13. The Power Grid2004-04-14
14. Bathroom Tech2004-04-21
15. Engineering Disasters 62004-04-28
16. F-18 Hornet2004-04-30
17. Hydraulics2004-05-12
18. The Subs of WWII2004-05-20
19. Plane Crashes2004-05-26
20. D-Day Tech2004-06-03
21. A-10 Tankbuster2004-06-07
22. Rubber2004-06-09
23. City Water2004-06-15
24. Greatest Movies Gadgets2004-06-17
25. Robots2004-07-06
26. Nuclear Tech2004-07-08
27. Apollo 112004-07-21
28. World War I Tech2004-07-30
29. Distilleries2004-08-04
30. Oil Tankers2004-08-11
31. Athens Subway2004-08-18
32. Extreme Aircraft2004-08-25
33. Engineering Disasters 72004-08-31
34. George Washington Bridge2004-09-01
35. Building a Skyscraper: The Skeleton2004-09-07
36. Building a Skyscraper: The Exterior2004-09-06
37. Building a Skyscraper: The Human Environment2004-09-07
38. Building a Skyscraper: The Arteries2004-09-07
39. The Sears Tower2004-09-08
40. St. Lawrence Seaway2004-09-15
41. Guns of WWII2004-09-17
42. St. Lawrence Tech2004-09-22
43. Police Pursuit2004-09-22
44. SOS Tech2004-09-28
45. More of the World's Biggest Machines2004-09-29
46. Firefighting: The Arson Detectives2004-09-30
47. Guns of Israel2004-10-01
48. Engineering Disasters 82004-10-05
49. Harvesting2004-10-06
50. Engineering Disasters 92004-10-12
51. Guns of the Civil War2004-10-15
52. Engineering Disasters 102004-10-19
53. Presidential Movers2004-10-20
54. Gas Tech2004-10-20
55. Engineering Disasters 112004-10-26
56. The World's Longest Bridge2004-10-27
57. Japanese Sub at Pearl Harbor2004-10-28
58. M1 Abrams Supertank!2004-10-29
59. Engineering Disasters 122004-11-09
60. Surveillance Tech2004-11-10
61. Engineering Disasters 132004-11-16
62. Submarine Disasters2004-11-17
63. Engineering Disasters 142004-11-23
64. Movie Theaters2004-11-24
65. Washington Monument2004-12-01
66. Engineering Disasters 152004-12-08
67. Snack Food Tech2004-12-16
68. More Dangerous Cargo!2004-12-21
69. Commercial Fishing2004-12-22
70. Ancient Discoveries (1)2004-12-22
71. Ancient Discoveries (2)2004-12-22
72. Ancient Discoveries (3)2004-12-22
73. Engineering Disasters 162004-12-23
74. Doomsday Tech2004-12-28
75. More Doomsday Tech2004-12-28
76. The Computer2004-12-29
