What is seconds from disaster about?
What is seconds from disaster about?
The National Geographic documentary programme Seconds From Disaster investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters from the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incident by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately affected the disaster.
What happened to the Amtrak train that collapsed in Alabama?
After one of a string of barges hit a support of a bridge in Big Bayou Canot near Mobile, Alabama, the Sunset Limited (an Amtrak train) derails as it crosses the bridge, resulting in its collapse and the deaths of 47 people.
What happened in the Guadalajara subway explosion?
Days after residents of Guadalajara, Mexico complained of a foul smell, a series of gasoline -fueled explosions in the sewers kills 206 people. A funicular train catches fire as it travels through a tunnel at the Kaprun Ski Resort, Austria, killing 155 people; 12 people survive, exiting the tunnel past the burning train.
What happened to Swissair Flight 111?
On September 2nd 1998, Swissair Flight 111 came crashing into the Atlantic Ocean near Canada’s eastern coastline. All 229 people on board were killed instantly by the impact. The recovery effort and subsequent investigation that followed remains the largest and most expensive in Canada’s history.
What caused the Malaysia Airlines plane crash?
With the wreckage now found, the evidence led experts to conclude the crash was caused by the pilots’ failure to take corrective action to recover from the stall. The findings cast a harsh light on fly-by-wire technology and its reliance on computers, rather than humans, to make the final call on flight decisions.
How many people died in the Cincinnati plane crash?
Barely able to see the instrument panel because of the smoke, the pilot landed the plane at Cincinnati. But shortly after the doors and emergency exits were opened, the cabin erupted in a flash fire before everyone could get out. Of the 46 people aboard, 23 died.
What happened to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash?
The pilots were unable to land the burning plane in time, and 110 people died. The FAA responded by mandating smoke detectors and automatic fire extinguishers in the cargo holds of all commercial airliners. It also bolstered rules against carrying hazardous cargo on aircraft.
What happened to the ICE 1 884 train?
A wheel of the ICE 1 No. 884 ‘Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen’ high speed train fails during travel in Eschede, Germany. The train derails and strikes a bridge, killing 101 people and injuring 105.
