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Seconds from Disaster: Season 3

Poster for Seconds from Disaster Season 3

19 episodes · first aired Jan 10, 2006

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  1. 1 Skywalk Collapse Jan 10, 2006 · 45m 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…
  2. 2 Amsterdam Air Crash Mar 28, 2006 · 45m 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…
  3. 3 Russia's Nuclear Sub Nightmare (Sinking of the Kursk) Apr 18, 2006 · 45m When a training mission goes horribly wrong, the Russian sumbarine Kursk suffers an explosion. 135 seconds later, it sinks. 23 people survive the blast, out of 118 on board. Will they make…
  4. 4 King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno) May 19, 2006 · 45m 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…
  5. 5 US Embassy Bombing (American Embassy Bombing) Jun 27, 2006 · 45m 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.
  6. 6 Florida Swamp Air Crash (Everglades Plane Crash) Jul 11, 2006 · 45m 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…
  7. 7 Titanic Jul 25, 2006 · 45m It was known as the "unsinkable ship." The RMS Titanic, on its maiden voyage from Southhampton to New York with over 2,000 people on board strikes an iceberg, and within two hours and…
  8. 8 Aircraft Carrier Explosion Aug 15, 2006 · 45m The massive aircraft carrier USS Forrestal is sailing to Vietnam on July 29, 1967, when a fighter jet explodes, a massive blast rocks the ship, and in just 17 hours 134 men lose their…
  9. 9 Queens Air Crash Sep 6, 2006 · 45m Its been more than two months after 9/11 and the event is still fresh in everyone's mind. At JFK Airport in Queens, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300, leaves on a three and a…
  10. 10 Munich Olympic Massacre Sep 13, 2006 · 45m During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, 11 Israeli athletes are been held hostage by Palestinian terrorists. They demand the list of Palestine prisoners in exchange for the release of the…
  11. 11 Superstore Collapse Sep 20, 2006 · 45m On 29 June 1995, the five story Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, Korea, collapses killing 502 people. Is there a fault in the building? Or is sabotage to blame? And how did the last…
  12. 12 Plane Crash in the Potomac Sep 27, 2006 · 45m On 13 January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 leaves Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington DC for Miami with 79 passengers and crew on board. The Boeing 737 is delayed for hours by bad…
  13. 13 Asian Tsunami Oct 25, 2006 · 45m On Boxing Day 2004, the second largest earthquake in recorded history with a magnitude of 9.3 strikes the town Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Soon, it unleashes a tsunami which takes over 275,000…
  14. 14 Comet Air Crash Nov 15, 2006 · 45m The DH Comet is the first jet airliner and the pride of the British Overseas Airways Corporation. But on January 10, 1954, BOAC Flight 781, enroute from Rome to London, explodes…
  15. 15 Flight Engine Down Nov 29, 2006 · 45m American Airlines Flight 191, a DC-10, leaves Chicago. But when the engine falls off, the plane stalls and crashes killing 273 people. The investigators discover a shocking secret which…
  16. 16 Oil Fire in Texas Dec 6, 2006 · 45m The Texas BP oil refinery is the third largest in America producing more than 437,000 barrels per day. Workmen are starting a routine day, then, and explosion rocks the structure with the…
  17. 17 Tornado Outbreak Jan 2, 2007 · 45m On 3 April 1974, the most violent outbreak of tornadoes in history struck. The well-named "Super Outbreak" produces 148 twisters over 13 American states and in Ontario, Canada destroying…
  18. 18 Space Shuttle Challenger Jan 31, 2007 · 45m On a cold winter day in 1986, space shuttle Challenger takes off from Cape Canaveral to start Mission 51-L. 73 seconds later, Challenger's boosters explode and send it into the ocean in…
  19. 19 Eruption on Montserrat Mar 7, 2007 · 45m On the Caribbean island of Montserrat is the Soufrière Hills volcano. Nearby is Plymouth, the island's capital. In 1995, Soufrière Hills came to life and spewed ash over the island…