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Deadly Engineering

Season 1 2019

  • 2019-10-10T02:00:00Z on Science Channel
  • 45m
  • 7h 30m (10 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
Engineering failures are Icarus-like moments when our overreaching, greed and desire to conquer the impossible can cost not just reputations, but millions of dollars, the environment and lives. Each episode will focus on one disaster, looking at dramatic archive news footage of the disaster occurring and its devastating impact.

10 episodes

Series Premiere

2019-10-10T02:00:00Z

1x01 The Chernobyl Conspiracy

Series Premiere

1x01 The Chernobyl Conspiracy

  • 2019-10-10T02:00:00Z45m

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster was a catastrophe that changed the course of human history, and now, new discoveries reveal the real reasons behind the explosion that spawned a deadly radioactive ghost town and brought down an empire.

1x02 NASA's Challenger Disaster

  • 2019-10-18T02:00:00Z45m

NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger was a deadly disaster that changed the course of space exploration forever, and now, new discoveries reveal the truth behind the structural failure that tore the rocket apart.

2019-10-24T02:00:00Z

1x03 Doom on the Titanic

1x03 Doom on the Titanic

  • 2019-10-24T02:00:00Z45m

New discoveries are challenging everything we know about the sinking of the Titanic, revealing that the disaster wasn't caused by a freak accident and that it may have been doomed from the start.

2019-10-31T02:00:00Z

1x04 Nightmare in Hell Valley

1x04 Nightmare in Hell Valley

  • 2019-10-31T02:00:00Z45m

After torrential rainfall triggers a catastrophic landslide, a small village in the valley below is devastated, and now, new discoveries reveal the truth behind the engineering that led to this fatal disaster.

2019-11-07T03:00:00Z

1x05 Cruise Ship Catastrophe

1x05 Cruise Ship Catastrophe

  • 2019-11-07T03:00:00Z45m

When a cruise ship meets disaster, the ship begins to sink and the captain flees, leaving 300 passengers stranded; now, new discoveries reveal the fatal truth behind the devastating wreck that claimed 32 lives.

2019-11-14T03:00:00Z

1x06 Crash of the Concorde

1x06 Crash of the Concorde

  • 2019-11-14T03:00:00Z45m

The Concorde was the supersonic passenger plane that could fly from New York to London in under four hours. But after a fatal accident kills 100, experts reveal a secret history of the iconic aircraft that led to this devastating.

2019-11-21T03:00:00Z

1x07 When Katrina Struck

1x07 When Katrina Struck

  • 2019-11-21T03:00:00Z45m

Hurricane Katrina is one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike American soil, but as the storm revealed widespread construction failures, it's a tragedy of engineering, too; the latest science reveals how.

2019-12-05T03:00:00Z

1x08 When Trains Collide

1x08 When Trains Collide

  • 2019-12-05T03:00:00Z45m

After a high-speed collision of three trains during rush hour in London causes dozens of deaths, experts use the latest tech to investigate what caused this catastrophic crash; what they find could hold the secrets of preventing future disasters.

2019-12-12T03:00:00Z

1x09 Fireball from Hell

1x09 Fireball from Hell

  • 2019-12-12T03:00:00Z45m

When a series of accidental explosions erupt at a chemical factory, they completely destroy the area nearby, and now, new discoveries the real reasons behind the deadly chemical fireball that left a giant crater where there was once a building.

Season Finale

2019-12-19T03:00:00Z

1x10 Catastrophic Collapse

Season Finale

1x10 Catastrophic Collapse

  • 2019-12-19T03:00:00Z45m

When an eight-story factory suddenly collapses, over 1,000 people die in one the deadliest engineering disasters in modern history; experts use cutting-edge tech to reveal what went wrong and what's being done to prevent the next catastrophe.

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