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Seconds from Disaster

Documentary

Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incidental by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately effected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. Narrators for the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan and Peter Guinness.

Sep 19, 20057 seasons69 episodesEndedEN

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Seasons

Season 1

13 episodes

Premiered Sep 19, 2005

Season 2

13 episodes

Premiered Jun 28, 2005

Season 3

19 episodes

Premiered Jan 10, 2006

Season 4

6 episodes

Premiered Sep 5, 2011

Season 5

6 episodes

Premiered Mar 11, 2012

Season 6

10 episodes

Premiered Jul 22, 2012

Season 7

2 episodes

Premiered Feb 15, 2018

Episodes

1–6 of 13

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Ep 1

Crash of the Concorde (Concorde)

Sep 19, 2005

47m

Behind every disaster lies a chain of events. The Concorde was the world's first supersonic airliner, but on a charter flight to New York, 109 people are on board an Air France Concorde as it takes off from Paris. But as it lifts off the runway, the control tower notices flames trailing behind the aircraft. They can do nothing. The Concorde becomes uncontrollable and plows into a hotel in nearby Gonesse. 113 people are killed in the accident. The dream that was Concorde is shattered and the aircraft is grounded. What happened to Air France Flight 4590 could shatter the aviation industry as we know it.

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Ep 2

Tunnel Inferno

Oct 10, 2005

47m

Mont Blanc is one of the highest mountains in Europe, with a seven-mile long tunnel connecting France and Italy through the Alps. One March day in 1999, a Belgian Truck carrying flour and margarine catches fire in the tunnel, creating a blaze which burns for 53 hours, killing 39 people. A team of investigators set out to prove what caused such a terrible fire, and why all tunnels could be merely Seconds from Disaster

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Ep 3

The Bomb in Oklahoma City

Oct 17, 2005

47m

One April morning in 1995, at Oklahoma City's Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Timothy McVeigh parks a truck packed with explosives at the front of the government landmark. At 9:02AM, it explodes and the front of the building collapses with a loss of 168 lives. Survivors recount the terrifying experience as investigators attempt to discover what caused the building to collapse.

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Ep 4

Fire On the Star (Fire Onboard the Star)

Oct 16, 2005

47m

On Easter 1990, a fire breaks out on the Scandinavian Star Ferry. After been towed to Sweden, the fire is eventually put out after 10 hours. Then the worst is revealed. 158 people have lost their lives. But why on Earth did they die? An investigation is immediately started, but the truth will shock them.

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Ep 5

Derailment at Eschede (High Speed Train Wreck)

Sep 26, 2005

47m

June 1998. The new German InterCity Express is a trip from Munich to Hamburg, one of many. Today should be no different. The new train offers the ultimate luxury in high-speed travel. But a terrible accident sets off a chain of events causing the loss of 101 lives when the train derails catastrophically at the town of Eschede. But what caused such a horrible accident?

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Ep 6

Wreck of the Sunset Limited

Nov 4, 2005

47m

September 1993. The captain of a towboat unwittingly causes the collapse of a bridge over the Big Bayou Canot. When an Amtrak train comes along, it derails with 47 lives lost. Why was such a hideous mistake made? How could it have been prevented? Could it have been prevented at all? Wreck of the Sunset Limited explains why over 40 people died that Autumn day.

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