WORLD'S GREATEST ENGINEERING CATASTROPHES is going to profile, investigate, analyze and find solutions for the world's most unbelievable engineering blunders - great and small. From the hilarious to the gobsmackingly stupid, from the deadly to the bank-busting, we'll have them all in this punchy new format.

11 épisodes

  • Curse of the Swamp Monster
    E1
    Curse of the Swamp MonsterWhen an oil rig in Louisiana drills into something unexpected, a cataclysmic event is unleashed, causing a lake to suddenly disappear; experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong and how it can be fixed.
  • Effondrement meurtrier en Floride
    E2
    Effondrement meurtrier en FlorideDans la construction d'ouvrages de grande envergure, la moindre erreur de conception peut avoir des conséquences dramatiques et spectaculaires.
  • Curse of the Devil's Dam
    E3
    Curse of the Devil's DamWhen a dam breaks during routine maintenance, engineers fear a catastrophic flood; experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong and how a simple miscalculation could be to blame.
  • Terror in Tacoma
    E4
    Terror in TacomaAfter a giant suspension bridge begins to violently rock, it suddenly collapses, marking one of the most iconic engineering disasters of all time; using the latest science, experts reveal what went so catastrophically wrong at the Tacoma Narrows bridge.
  • Crash of the Titan
    E5
    Crash of the TitanAs one of the largest construction cranes in the world lifts a one-million-ton section of roof for Milwaukee's Miller Park stadium, it suddenly collapses; experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong.
  • Houston sous les eaux
    E6
    Houston sous les eauxAu sommaire : une erreur tragique traumatise la région de Houston ; l'effondrement d'un pont dans une rivière ; une tour de télévision qui disparaît avec fracas ; à Cologne, l'effondrement d'un centre d'archives au contenu historique inestimable.
  • Explosion à Buncefield
    E7
    Explosion à BuncefieldAu sommaire : une malfaçon dangereuse dans un building de Chicago ; un dépôt de carburant transformé en brasier ; l'effondrement tragique d'un stade de football ; les inquiétants signes de faiblesse d'un pont canadien.
  • Le Big Dig de Boston
    E8
    Le Big Dig de BostonAu sommaire : un défaut de construction bloque la circulation à Boston ; la rupture d'un barrage en Espagne ; l'effondrement de deux ponts, l'un au Pays de Galles et l'autre à Milwaukee.
  • Olympic Stadium Fiasco
    E9
    Olympic Stadium FiascoMontreal's Olympic Stadium was an ambitious engineering project with a striking Space Age design, but it's distinctive roof has caused over one billion dollars in cost overruns; experts reveal what went wrong and how cutting-edge science can fix it.
  • Deepwater Disaster
    E10
    Deepwater DisasterThe Deepwater Horizon oil rig drilled into the deepest oil reserves on the planet, but a sudden explosion on-board led to the worst oil spill in history; experts reveal what went wrong and how cutting-edge science finally fixed this catastrophe.
  • Apollo 13: The Secret Evidence
    E11
    Apollo 13: The Secret EvidenceNew science reveals the inside story of the Apollo 13 disaster, and using the latest evidence, experts reveal what really went wrong and how NASA saved the lives of the three astronauts stranded in space in a life-or-death race against the clock.

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