Episodes 5

1 Catastrophes of the Sky

September 8, 2021

42m

The disaster of Air France Flight 447 and the crash of NASA's Skylab in 1979 are catastrophes of aviation with a mysterious legacy; experts investigate these historic tragedies to determine what caused these monumental failures of flight.

2 Towering Inferno Tragedy

September 15, 2021

41m

When London's Grenfell Tower catches fire, its hundreds of residents must escape a deadly inferno; expert engineers investigate and reveal how the building's engineering caused the disaster to tragically escalate.

3 Power Plant Catastrophes

September 22, 2021

42m

The nuclear meltdown of Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania (1979) and the deadly hydroelectric turbine tragedy at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia (2009) were power plant disasters of an unprecedented scale; experts examine the aftermath of these fatal catastrophes and explore their lasting consequences.

4 Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

September 29, 2021

42m

Expert scientists reveal how flawed operational procedures escalated a Japanese tragedy and one of the most catastrophic nuclear disasters in history.

5 Earthquake Catastrophe

October 6, 2021

42m

The 2010 earthquake in Haiti was one of the world's most deadly natural disasters that left much of the island nation in ruins; experts investigate and reveal how a lack of construction safety measures resulted in such catastrophic destruction.

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