NOVA
Why Ships Sink
TV-PG
S39 • E18 Apr 17, 2012 55m6.8
No matter how sophisticated civilian sailing vessels can get, there is always the risk of them sinking. This film explores several modern sinkings, such as the RMS Titanic and the Costa Concordia, to find out how those disasters happened. In addition, the performance of the crews during such emergencies is also examined to show how human behavior and poor training for such high stress situations can make make them worse.
