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Disasters Engineered is a documentary TV series that premiered on Discovery on January 15, 2020. It has 2 seasons and 20 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 10 "Crashing at Sea", aired on January 12, 2022.
Through extensive archive and expert interviews this series explores the stories behind mankind's greatest engineering disasters.
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20 episodes · 2 seasons
2020 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 6 years ago
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Train collisions in Turkey and England lead to deaths and injuries due to rushed renovations and faulty wiring, leaving too much room for human error.
E9
Experts examine the fatal explosion at a chemical factory in Tianjin, China, and at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Cyprus. How could these disasters have been avoided?
E8
An Italian bridge collapse and a Bangladeshi building collapse cause distrust with local officials and pose ethical dilemmas surrounding fast fashion.
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In recent years, design failures in the United States have led to catastrophic floods and bridge collapses, leaving lasting impacts on their cities.
E6
Deadly plane crashes in England and France led to improvements in safety practices and the retirement of certain aircraft to prevent future incidents.
E5
Experts examine what caused the Zeebrugge ferry tragedy and the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
E4
Experts examine the devastating Aberfan mine disaster in Wales and the Brumadinho dam disaster in Brazil. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
E3
Experts examine the sinking of the Titanic and the Hindenburg airship fire. How did they happen, what were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
E2
Experts examine how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy happened. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
E1
Experts examine how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Challenger space shuttle disaster happened. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
2021 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 4 years ago
E10
Disasters like the MS Estonia and Boeing 737 crashes are rare, but they act as reminders of the speed at which tragedy can strike.
E9
Discover how flawed engineering caused the New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel to collapse in 2019 and the displacement of 1.5 million Haitians in 2010.
E8
Each time oil is spilled or lead contaminates our tap water, humans suffer and our environment pays a price.
E7
Across history, humanity has tried to build structures that defy the forces of nature - sometimes leading to catastrophic disasters.
E6
Where did NASA go wrong during the catastrophic launch of Skylab, and why did Air France Flight 447 crash into the Atlantic?
E5
What is the dark side to ‘clean energy’, and what can we learn from the Three Mike Island and Sayano-Shushenskaya power station incidents?
E4
Examine the 2010 Copiapo mining accident and the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and see what happens when poor engineering meets a natural disaster.
E3
Operating in hostile environments presents unique challenges, extreme temperatures, intense pressure, and no room for error.
E2
The aviation industry's quest to conquer the skies led to some great achievements. But engineering errors and human mistakes have caused tragic disasters along the way. The disaster of Air France Flight 447 and the crash of NASA's Skylab in 1979 are catastrophes of aviation with a mysterious legacy; experts investigate these historic tragedies to determine what caused these monumental failures of flight.
E1
We take modest engineering masterpieces, like the homes we live in and the bridges we walk across, for granted. So, when disaster strikes, it sends shockwaves throughout society. When London's Grenfell Tower catches fire, its hundreds of residents must escape a deadly inferno; expert engineers investigate and reveal how the building's engineering caused the disaster to escalate tragically. Also investigated is the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in 2018 at Florida International University in Miami.
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The most recent episode of Disasters Engineered, Season 2 Episode 10 "Crashing at Sea", aired on January 12, 2022.
Disasters Engineered has 2 seasons with 20 episodes in total.
Disasters Engineered first aired on Discovery on January 15, 2020.
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