Amtrak's worst accident in its history takes place in Big Bayou Canot, near Mobile, AL., when the Sunset Limited derails from a bridge into the water, killing 44. The accident occurred after a towboat with barges struck the bridge and deformed the rails. The towboat's pilot became lost in the dense fog and left his intended course up the Mobile River.
A flourite tailings dam in the Italian Alps fails, sending a massive flood through the Val di Stava, destroying the towns of Tesoro and Stava, and costing 265 lives. The dam is found to have had defects in design and maintenance, with implications for other tailings dams worldwide.
Railroad crossing saftey!!!
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.
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Seconds from Disaster S03E16- Texas Refinery Disaster [2005]
Seconds from Disaster S03E16- Texas Refinery Disaster [2005]
TWA crash in 1996
Seconds From Disaster S01E07 - Inferno in Guadalajara
Seconds from Disaster S01E08 - Fire on the Slope
Live from Kings Cross Scala, London, December 2005 march into the sea autumn into summer nightendday last day of winter aurora borealis sirius australasia
Mad scientist changes men into hideous beasts.
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