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Seconds from Disaster: Season 2

Poster for Seconds from Disaster Season 2

19 episodes · first aired Jun 28, 2005

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  1. 1 Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia) Jun 28, 2005 · 47m June 28 Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia) Space Shuttle Columbia disaster February 1, 2003 Texas, February 1, 2003. The Space Shuttle Columbia is re-entering orbit. But…
  2. 2 Alpine Tsunami Jul 5, 2005 · 47m The Alpine village of Galtur, an avalanche buries 57 people in the snow. 31 of them die. But why did the avalanche occur in the first place? Were careless villagers to blame?
  3. 3 Motorway Plane Crash (Freeway Plane Crash) Jul 12, 2005 · 47m January 1989. British Midland Airways Flight 092, a Boeing 737, is landing at Kegworth, United Kingdom, when it crashes on the M1 motorway, killing 47 people. What went wrong? The B-737 is…
  4. 4 Mount St Helens Eruption (Mount St. Helens Eruption) Jul 26, 2005 · 47m Mount St. Helens, in the countryside of Washington State, has been dormant for 123 years. But on May 1980, it suddenly erupts, killing 57. Why couldn't they predict it?
  5. 5 Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster (Capsized in the North Sea) Aug 16, 2005 · 47m On March 1987, the British Car Ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes off Zeebrugge killing 193. Why did this happen? Was it just a terrible blunder? Or something worse?
  6. 6 Kobe Earthquake (Killer Quake) Aug 30, 2005 · 47m On 17 January 1995, the Japanese city of Kobe was rocked by the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which destroyed buildings and killed over 1000 people and left thousands homeless. Why couldn't…
  7. 7 Crash Landing at Sioux City Sep 13, 2005 · 47m On 19 July 1989, the pilots of United Airlines Flight 232 are shocked to learn they have lost all control of the DC-10 after an engine failure and make an emergency landing at Sioux City…
  8. 8 The Bali Bombing (Disco Bombing) Sep 20, 2005 · 47m Bali, located in Indonesia, is one of the most popular resorts in the world. But 202 die on the night of October 12, 2002, Muslim terrorists detonate several bombs in local nightclubs. Its…
  9. 9 Hotel Collapse Singapore (Hotel Collapse) Sep 27, 2005 · 47m Hotel New World, budget hotel located in Singapore's Little India, collapses on 15 March, 1986. After a 7 day rescue operation, 17 people are rescued but 33 perish. Why did the hotel…
  10. 10 TWA Flight 800 Oct 8, 2005 · 47m 17 July 1996. TWA Flight 800 leaves New York for Paris. Only 12 minutes into the flight, it explodes catastrophically, breaks in half, then plummets into the sea killing all 230 people on…
  11. 11 Paris Train Crash (Runaway Train) Nov 1, 2005 · 47m In what was no doubt the worst rail incident in French history, a runaway train derails at Gare De Lyon Station, France, killing 56 people. Why did the train crash so horribly? Who is to…
  12. 12 The Hindenburg (Hindenburg Airship) Nov 15, 2005 · 47m When the zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire at Lakehurst, 35 of the 97 on board and one member of the ground crew are killed. Was the most infamous airship disaster caused by a ticking time…
  13. 13 Explosion in Peurto Rico (Puerto Rico Gas Explosion) Dec 13, 2005 · 47m The Humberto Vidal Shoe Store was just like any other. But one day in Puerto Rico, a gas explosion kills 33 and injures 69 people.
  14. 14 Skywalk Collapse Jan 10, 2006 · 47m On 17 July 1981, 1,500 people had gathered for a dance in the Hyatt Regency Hotel when, in a catastrophic disaster, the skywalk collapses killing 114 people and injuring countless others…
  15. 15 Amsterdam Air Crash (Plane Crash in the Suburbs) Mar 28, 2006 · 47m On 4 October 1992, an El Al Israel Airlines Cargo B747-200F takes off from Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Holland), when the engines on the right wing of Flight 1862 shear…
  16. 16 Russia's Nuclear Sub Nightmare (Sinking of the Kursk) Apr 18, 2006 · 47m When a training mission goes horribly wrong, the Russian submarine Kursk suffers an explosion. 135 seconds later, it sinks. 23 people survive the blast, out of 118 on board. Will they make…
  17. 17 King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno) May 19, 2006 · 47m On the night of 18 November 1987, a harmless match produced a small flame on the escalator at King's Cross tube station. Suddenly, the containable flame explodes rapidly into a fireball…
  18. 18 US Embassy Bombing (American Embassy Bombing) Jun 27, 2006 · 47m Al Queda struck again on August 7, 1998. In Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, a truck bomb destroys the U.S. Embassy buildings killing 257 and injuring thousands.
  19. 19 Florida Swamp Air Crash (Everglades Plane Crash) Jul 11, 2006 · 47m On May 1996, what started out as a normal flight from Miami, Florida, to Atlanta, Georgia, when ValuJet Flight 592, a DC-9 with 110 people on board goes down in the Everglades when a fire…