Disasters Engineered

Season 1

Through extensive archive and expert interviews this series explores the stories behind mankind's greatest engineering disasters.

10 Episodes

  • Deepwater Horizon and NASA Challenger
    E1
    Deepwater Horizon and NASA ChallengerExperts examine how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Challenger space shuttle disaster happened. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
  • Chernobyl and Bhopal
    E2
    Chernobyl and BhopalExperts examine how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy happened. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
  • Titanic and Hindenburg
    E3
    Titanic and HindenburgExperts examine the sinking of the Titanic and the Hindenburg airship fire. How did they happen, what were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
  • Aberfan and Corrego Do Feijao
    E4
    Aberfan and Corrego Do FeijaoExperts examine the devastating Aberfan mine disaster in Wales and the Brumadinho dam disaster in Brazil. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
  • MS Herald and Costa Concordia
    E5
    MS Herald and Costa ConcordiaExperts examine what caused the Zeebrugge ferry tragedy and the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
  • Kegworth and Concorde
    E6
    Kegworth and ConcordeExperts examine what caused Kegworth air disaster in 1989 and the tragic Concorde crash in 2000. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
  • Tacoma Narrows and Hurricane Katrina
    E7
    Tacoma Narrows and Hurricane KatrinaExperts examine how engineering faults allowed Hurricane Katrina to devastate New Orleans and the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. How could they have been avoided?
  • Rana Plaza and Morandi Bridge
    E8
    Rana Plaza and Morandi BridgeExperts examine the devastating collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh and of the Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy. How could the disasters have been avoided?
  • Tianjin and Evangelos Florakis
    E9
    Tianjin and Evangelos FlorakisExperts examine the fatal explosion at a chemical factory in Tianjin, China and at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Cyprus. How could these disasters have been avoided?
  • Clapham Junction and Ankara Train Crash
    E10
    Clapham Junction and Ankara Train CrashExperts examine the fatal Clapham Junction rail crash in 1988 and the high-speed train crash in Ankara, Turkey, in 2018. How could the disasters have been avoided?

 

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