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When Big Things Go Wrong
When Big Things Go Wrong

When Big Things Go Wrong - Season 1 (2021)

  • English
  • 8.5 (2)
  • 1 hr
  • Oct 10, 2021

6 Episodes

Overloaded

E1.

Overloaded

Clues from other disasters are used to solve how the I-35 bridge in the heart of Minneapolis collapsed without warning at the peak of rush hour traffic.

Ripple Effect

E2.

Ripple Effect

A state-of-the-art high-speed train catastrophically crashes in Spain; an out of control cruise liner in Venice, a military air crash in Afghanistan, and the Deepwater Horizon tragedy uncovers information about this deadly disaster.

Man vs. Machine

E3.

Man vs. Machine

A Boeing 777 crash-lands into the San Francisco Airport with no warning, leaving everyone baffled; as engineers race to figure out what happened, they turn to other disasters to unveil the complicated relationship between humans and machines.

Doomed From The Start

E4.

Doomed From The Start

Italy suffers one of the worst engineering disasters when the Morandi bridge suddenly collapses; examining what failures of a Brazilian dam, a Manilla high rise, and a building in Jerusalem reveal about the collapse.

Hidden Flaws

E5.

Hidden Flaws

37,000-feet over Iowa, a DC-10 aeroplane explodes mid-flight and the quick-thinking pilot crash-lands, saving 184 passengers; the connection between the infamous Concorde crash, a fatal British skyscraper fire, and a North Dakota train derailment.