When Big Things Go Wrong

Season 1

2021 · 6 episodes · 4h 3m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Overloaded

   10 Oct 2021 · 40 min

   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.

2. 

   2. Ripple Effect

   17 Oct 2021 · 40 min

   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.

3. 

   3. Man vs. Machine

   24 Oct 2021 · 40 min

   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.

4. 

   4. Doomed From The Start

   31 Oct 2021 · 41 min

   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.

5. 

   5. Hidden Flaws

   7 Nov 2021 · 41 min

   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.

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   6. House of Cards

   14 Nov 2021 · 41 min

   In busy downtown New Orleans, a high-rise hotel under construction unexpectedly comes crashing to the ground; as the dust settles, the question on everyone's lips is why?