The science of survival in natural disaster situations.
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Air Crash Investigation: DC10: American Airlines, Turkish Airlines
A design flaw in the DC-10 aircraft dooms a Turkish Airlines flight outside of Paris, with over 300 deaths. A defect in the closing mechanism for the cargo door caused it to open in flight, depressurizing the plane and causing the crash. The defect had been discovered earlier in an American Airlines DC-10, which made an emergency landing in Detroit, but no airworthiness directive was issued, and lack of clear communication led to the fatal Turkish Airlines flight.
A look at several disasters caused at least in part by failures in engineering. Includes the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
A look at the challenges facing trains at the places where they meet cars and trucks: the grade crossing.
A flight from Argentina to Santiago, Chile disappears shortly before arrival at its destination. No distress signal was heard, but its last message was a mysterious word, repeated. No wreckage was discovered until many years later, when pieces of the vanished plane began to reappear, but not at the assumed crash site. This is a documentation of the invesigation of the cause of the mysterious crash.
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Cockpit Voice Recorder - Delta Airlines Flight 1141 Crash
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 was a flight that flew from Jackson to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt La...
The collapse of the walkways in a Kansas City Hotel, an LNG explosion in Ohio, the fatal effects of asbestos, the failure of the Yangtze River levees and the resulting floods, and a sinkhole near San Francisco all illustrate the need for better engineering practices.
From the crash of an El Al 747 into an Amsterdam Apartment buiding to the collapse of an Indiana road bridge due to inadequate support during construction, this episode explores 5 engineering disasters and the changes each one brought about.
After flying into a major rain and hailstorm and losing both engines, a DC-9 crashes in New Hope, GA after the pilots attempt a landing on a highway. Investigation focuses on why the DC-9 engines, which were designed to survive water ingestion, would have failed and been impossible to restart.
Swiss Air Flight 111
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