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Ended · 2004–2013

Seconds from Disaster

Whether it involves an everyday train journey, an international flight or a climbing expedition, every disaster has its cause, but few understand the chain of events that trigger them. Explore intriguing investigations into some of the world's most famous headline-grabbing catastrophes. "Seconds from Disaster" features in-depth reconstructions and astonishing insights into some truly momentous moments of misfortune.

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Seasons & episodes

Season 1 · 13 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · Crash of the Concorde
  2. S01 E02 · Tunnel Inferno
  3. S01 E03 · The Bomb in Oklahoma City
  4. S01 E04 · Fire Onboard the Star (Fire on the Star)
  5. S01 E05 · High Speed Train Wreck (Derailment at Eschede)
  6. S01 E06 · Wreck of the Sunset Limited
  7. S01 E07 · Meltdown in Chernobyl
  8. S01 E08 · Inferno at Guadalajara
  9. S01 E09 · Fire on the Ski Slope
  10. S01 E10 · Explosion in the North Sea
  11. S01 E11 · Flood at Stava Dam
  12. S01 E12 · Collision on the Runway
  13. S01 E13 · Pentagon 9/11
Season 2 · 13 episodes
  1. S02 E01 · Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia)
  2. S02 E02 · Alpine Tsunami
  3. S02 E03 · Motorway Plane Crash
  4. S02 E04 · Mount St. Helens Eruption
  5. S02 E05 · Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster
  6. S02 E06 · Killer Quake (Kobe Earthquake)
  7. S02 E07 · Crash Landing in Sioux City
  8. S02 E08 · Disco Bombing (The Bali Bombing)
  9. S02 E09 · Hotel Collapse
  10. S02 E10 · TWA Flight 800
  11. S02 E11 · Runaway Train (Paris Train Crash)
  12. S02 E12 · Hindenburg Airship
  13. S02 E13 · Puerto Rico Gas Explosion
Season 3 · 19 episodes
  1. S03 E01 · Skywalk Collapse
  2. S03 E02 · Amsterdam Air Crash
  3. S03 E03 · Kursk: Russia's Nuclear Nightmare
  4. S03 E04 · King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno)
  5. S03 E05 · Nairobi Bombing
  6. S03 E06 · Everglades Plane Crash
  7. S03 E07 · Titanic
  8. S03 E08 · Aircraft Carrier Explosion
  9. S03 E09 · Queens Air Crash
  10. S03 E10 · Munich Olympic Massacre
  11. S03 E11 · Superstore Collapse
  12. S03 E12 · Plane Crash in the Potomac
  13. S03 E13 · Asian Tsunami
  14. S03 E14 · Comet Air Crash
  15. S03 E15 · Flight Engine Down
  16. S03 E16 · Oil Fire in Texas
  17. S03 E17 · Tornado Outbreak
  18. S03 E18 · Space Shuttle Challenger
  19. S03 E19 · Eruption on Montserrat
Season 4 · 6 episodes
  1. S04 E01 · 9/11
  2. S04 E02 · Pearl Harbor
  3. S04 E03 · Paddington Train Collision
  4. S04 E04 · Collision at 35,000 Feet
  5. S04 E05 · Cable Car Collision
  6. S04 E06 · Bhopal Nightmare
Season 5 · 6 episodes
  1. S05 E01 · Japan's Nuclear Nightmare
  2. S05 E02 · Bismarck
  3. S05 E03 · Mountain Tsunami
  4. S05 E04 · Waco Cult
  5. S05 E05 · Deepwater Horizon
  6. S05 E06 · Massacre in Mumbai
Season 6 · 10 episodes
  1. S06 E01 · Norway Massacre: I Was There
  2. S06 E02 · Jonestown Cult Suicide
  3. S06 E03 · Fire in the Cockpit
  4. S06 E04 · Black Hawk Down
  5. S06 E05 · Into The Death Zone
  6. S06 E06 · Terrified Over Tokyo
  7. S06 E07 · Runaway Train
  8. S06 E08 · Nagasaki - The Forgotten Bomb
  9. S06 E09 · Sinking the Coventry
  10. S06 E10 · Chinook Helicopter Crash

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