Season 1 (2005)

Crash of the Concorde
7.0

September 19, 2005 • 45m

Behind every disaster lies a chain of events. The Concorde was the world's first supersonic airliner, but on a charter flight to N...Read more

Tunnel Inferno
8.0

October 10, 2005 • 45m

Mont Blanc is one of the highest mountains in Europe, with a seven-mile long tunnel connecting France and Italy through the Alps. ...Read more

The Bomb in Oklahoma City
8.0

October 17, 2005 • 45m

One April morning in 1995, at Oklahoma City's Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Timothy McVeigh parks a truck packed with explosi...Read more

Fire Onboard the Star (Fire on the Star)
7.0

October 16, 2005 • 45m

On Easter 1990, a fire breaks out on the Scandinavian Star Ferry. After been towed to Sweden, the fire is eventually put out after...Read more

High Speed Train Wreck (Derailment at Eschede)
8.0

September 26, 2005 • 45m

June 1998. The new German InterCity Express is a trip from Munich to Hamburg, one of many. Today should be no different. The new t...Read more

Wreck of the Sunset Limited
7.0

November 4, 2005 • 45m

September 1993. The captain of a towboat unwittingly causes the collapse of a bridge over the Big Bayou Canot. When an Amtrak trai...Read more

Meltdown in Chernobyl
7.7

November 6, 2005 • 45m

We make mistakes every few seconds of our lives. They are unavoidable. But sometimes the results can be disastrous. On April 26, 1...Read more

Inferno at Guadalajara
6.0

October 9, 2005 • 45m

April 1992, Guadalajara, Mexico. On the 19th, residents start complaining of a strong gasoline-like smell coming from the sewers. ...Read more

Fire on the Ski Slope
7.0

November 10, 2005 • 45m

November 11, 2000, started out as a normal day at the Kaprun ski resort in Austria, as a Furnicular train climbing the slopes brea...Read more

Explosion in the North Sea
8.0

November 27, 2005 • 45m

July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha stands over 110 miles off Scotland. But on this fateful day, a gas leak causes a catastrophic fire w...Read more

Flood at Stava Dam
8.0

November 20, 2005 • 45m

On July 1985, Italy's Stava Dam collapses and demolishes 70 structures killing 268 people in the process. Was there a fault in the...Read more

Collision on the Runway
8.0

October 3, 2005 • 45m

Two Jumbo Jets, Pan Am 1736 and KLM 4805 collide on the lone runway at Tenerife, Spain. The two aircraft are then burnt out and 58...Read more

Pentagon 9/11
7.0

September 11, 2005 • 45m

September 11, 2001 is one of the worst days in history. In Washington, D.C, the workers at the Pentagon have only just heard of th...Read more