What Went Wrong: Countdown to Catastrophe
A two season series with 12 episodes that tell the in-depth story of high-profile catastrophic events while explaining the engineering failures that reveal what went wrong.
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Season 1
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E1
The Morandi Bridge Collapse
A deep dive into the engineering of the Morandi Bridge and what might have caused it to collapse, killing 43 people, in August 2018.
Sep 9, 2019 -
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E2
Grenfell Tower Fire
The story of the engineering, design and sociopolitical factors that led to the catastrophic 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in London.
Sep 16, 2019 -
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E3
Eschede train crash
An in depth review of Germany’s worst ever rail disaster and the engineering oversights that allowed it to happen.
Sep 23, 2019 -
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E4
Challenger Shuttle Disaster
The story of the shuttle challenger disaster and the engineering and operation oversights that caused the shuttle to break apart in the sky as millions of Americans watched live.
Sep 30, 2019 -
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E5
Concorde Air Crash
The story of how the supersonic Concorde aircraft crashed and burned into the aviation history books.
Oct 7, 2019 -
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E6
Malaysian Airlines 370
Top aviation experts share their theories about the mysterious whereabouts and final fate of Malaysia Airlines MH370.
Oct 14, 2019 · 47m