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Massive Engineering Mistakes

Season 3 2019 - 2022

  • 2020-09-25T23:00:00Z on Discovery
  • 45m
  • 8h 15m (11 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
Humans have been building for more than 10,000 years - we’re engineering experts and yet every year tales emerge of construction calamites from all over the world. From the extraordinary to the ridiculous, this series uncovers the epic fails and near misses engineers would rather not talk about. A skyscraper with a killer secret, a crumbling cathedral and a bridge with a balance problem all make the hitlist of barely believable building blunders … and let’s not forget the original engineering fail, the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Who knew over-enthusiastic engineers trying to right the tower nearly destroyed it just 30 years ago? With access to design teams, eye witnesses and a panel of experts, we analyse what went wrong with each building blunder, investigate why they went undiscovered and reveal how on earth engineers are trying to fix them.

11 episodes

Season Premiere

2020-09-25T23:00:00Z

3x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

3x01 Episode 1

  • 2020-09-25T23:00:00Z45m

In 1973, the Aon Center became the tallest marble-clad building in the world. Years later, Chicago’s extreme weather would turn its beautiful exterior into a death-trap.

2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

3x02 Arizona Railroad Inferno

3x02 Arizona Railroad Inferno

  • 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z45m

A devastating railroad inferno takes down a vital route on a river crossing in Arizona; using the latest cutting-edge tech, experts investigate the remaining incinerated evidence to determine what caused such a disastrous derailment.

3x03 Cincinnati Demolition Disaster

  • 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z45m

Tragedy in Cincinnati as a sudden bridge collapse leaves one of America's busiest highways at a complete standstill; using the latest science, expert engineers investigate and reveal how a routine demolition could go so disastrously wrong.

A flash flood brings one of America's most vital highways to a complete standstill in the California desert; using the latest science, expert engineers investigate and discover how bridge foundations were missing a crucial element.

3x05 Atlantic City Casino Collapse

  • 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z45m

A catastrophic construction disaster causes a casino parking garage to collapse with fatal consequences in Atlantic City; using the latest science, experts uncover evidence of missing reinforcements vital for structure stability.

2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

3x06 New York Disaster Crane

3x06 New York Disaster Crane

  • 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z45m

A disastrous crane collapse falls across a landmark bridge in New York.

2022-01-05T05:00:00Z

3x07 Pennsylvania Ice Flood

3x07 Pennsylvania Ice Flood

  • 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z45m

An unprecedented cycle of freezing and thawing causes dramatic destruction to a landmark bridge in Pennsylvania; experts investigate and reveal how a sudden surge of icy flood water buckled pier foundations weakened from years of erosion.

2022-01-12T05:00:00Z

3x08 Genoa Bridge of Tragedy

3x08 Genoa Bridge of Tragedy

  • 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z45m

A tragic bridge collapse takes down a symbolic crossing and becomes one of Italy's deadliest engineering disasters; experts investigate and uncover years of slow deterioration to the structure's heavily corroded concrete encased cables.

2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

3x09 Italian Railway Debacle

3x09 Italian Railway Debacle

  • 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z45m

Disaster strikes a new railway bridge as a crane collapses in the middle of major construction in Italy, and one side of an unfinished 16-story apartment building in Boston collapses, killing four construction workers.

2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

3x10 Miami Condo Calamity

3x10 Miami Condo Calamity

  • 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z45m

Tragedy strikes a beach-side community when a condominium complex collapses in Miami, resulting in one of the deadliest engineering disasters in American history; experts reveal potential flaws in the structure's flat slab construction.

3x11 Apollo 13: Secret Evidence

  • 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z45m

New 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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