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Seconds from Disaster

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National geographic

Seconds from Disaster

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Synopsis

Seconds From Disaster returns to National Geographic Channel International to recreate and analyse 6 of the most famous disasters of recent history. Testimony from key witnesses and survivors, enhanced by reconstructions, archive and photo-real computer graphics take the viewer into the confusion and panic that precede catastrophes, including 9/11, Pearl Harbor, the Paddington rail crash and the worst industrial accident in the world at Bhopal. Experts - often the original investigators - reconstruct the twists and turns of the search for the cause, as they analyse the evidence for the vital clues to the critical and disastrous chain of events.

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The Bismarck
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The Royal Navy's battle with Bismarck is a pivotal point in the Second World War. If Bismarck had succeeded in attacking the British convoy system, then Britain would probably have been forced to surrender, leaving no bridgehead for an Anglo-American liberation of Europe. In losing Bismarck, the Germans lost their opportunity to defeat Britain and turn the tide of war. Naval historian Andrew Lambert has studied this famous sea battle and sheds light on the reasons for Bismarck's fate. He believes the sinking follows a catalogue of errors on both sides, and ultimately he finds fault with the core German war strategy.
Mountain Tsunami
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In 1960 construction of Europe's tallest dam is completed in in the Vajont Valley in Northern Italy - the jewel in the crown of an ambitious hydro-electric generation scheme. But as the new reservoir fills, a vast section of mountainside is dislodged and creeps toward the lake. The power company know the landslide has the potential to cause a devastating tsunami if it hits the water at speed, so they develop a plan to ease the landslide down by adjusting the level of the lake. For three years there are no problems, but in October 1963, the landslide suddenly accelerates - and slams into the reservoir as fast as a formula one car - creating a tsunami...
Waco Cult
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Waco, Texas. On February 28th 1993 the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms raid a compound belonging to a religious cult called the Branch Davidians. They attempt to arrest cult leader David Koresh for alleged firearms offences. A gunfight breaks out that leaves six Branch Davidians and four ATF agents dead. The FBI arrives to take control but the situation escalates into one of the Americas longest sieges. After a fifty-one day stand off the FBI launches a dawn assault. Using military tanks they inject tear gas through the walls and windows in an attempt to force the Branch Davidians out. Besieged cult members refuse to surrender and a disastrous...
Fukushima
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In March 2011, as Japan reels from the most powerful earthquake in its history, a 14 metre-high tsunami surges over the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, knocking out its power supply and essential cooling systems. With the plant blacked out, engineers face nuclear meltdown. The reactors begin to overheat leading to two huge explosions that tear the plant apart and dispersing radiation. As Japan faces the worst nuclear emergency since Chernobyl, an international nuclear expert will investigate exactly what happed at Fukushima and see what, if anything, could have been done to prevent it.
The Deepwater Horizon
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The Deepwater Horizon rig has finished drilling the Macondo Well for BP in the Gulf of Mexico. The well, in water 1500m deep, extends to a depth of 4000m. The crew test the well to ensure it is safely sealed so the Deepwater Horizon rig can move on before another rig starts oil extraction. But just hours after the well passes its safety test, flammable gas and crude oil shoot out of the well, enveloping the rig in flames and killing 11 workers. Seconds from Disaster investigates the series of decisions and failings that culminated in the catastrophe and the world's biggest accidental marine oil spill.
Mumbai Massacre
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At 9.20pm on 26 November 2008 gunmen burst into Mumbai's luxury Trident Oberoi hotel, firing indiscriminately. A Jewish study centre at Nariman House, popular with American and Israeli Jews, is targeted around the same time, followed by tourist hangout Café Leopold, the city's most luxurious hotel, the Taj Mahal Palace, and the CST, one of the world's busiest rail stations. These unprecedented commando-style attacks, which leave 166 dead, have clearly targeted both the Indian public and Western visitors. Seconds from Disaster reveals the failings that allowed 10 terrorists free reign of India's largest city - killing at will - in front of the...

Skywalk Collapse
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In 1981, at the Hyatt hotel in Kansas City, suspended walkways come away from their fixings, plummeting onto revellers below and leaving 114 dead and 186 injured. What caused this structural failure?
Amsterdam Air Crash
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A fully loaded El-Al 747 cargo flight takes off from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on October 4, 1992. As it climbs, the two engines on the right wing fall to the earth and the jumbo jet ploughs into a crowded apartment block.
Florida Swamp Air Crash
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On May 11, 1996, ValuJet Flight 592 en route to Atlanta takes off, with no one aware there's a fire in the cargo hold. Nine minutes into the flight, the jet crashes into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board.
King s Cross Fire
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November 18, 1987: during rush hour at King's Cross, Britain's busiest Underground rail station, a carelessly discarded match sparks the deadliest fire in the Underground's history, killing 31 people.
US Embassy Bombings
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Nairobi, Kenya, 7 August, 1998. Terrorists detonate a truck bomb at the rear of the US embassy, killing 213 people and injuring 4,000 more. The embassy in Tanzania is also hit, resulting in an FBI manhunt for Osama bin Laden.
Russia's Nuclear Sub Nightmare
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The Kursk, a Russian submarine, is on a military exercise when two explosions send her plunging to the bottom of the sea. What caused the tragedy? Theories include sabotage, friendly fire, and a collision with a US submarine.
Crash Landing At Sioux City
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On July 19, 1989, a DC10-10 operated by United Airlines flight 232 experiences a catastrophic failure on its number two tail mounted engine during the flight. The tail engine's fan disc splits. It severs all the hydraulic lines. The plane becomes uncontrollable. A flying instructor heads to the cockpit and offers his assistance. Together they manage to wrestle the plane to the ground but the plane starts plunging towards the runway at Sioux City, Iowa, U.S at speeds almost three times the normal rate. In a dramatic emergency landing, it cartwheels, veers right into a field, breaks into three parts and erupts in a massive fireball. Of the 285 passengers...
The Bali Bombing
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On October 12, 2002, the peaceful island of Bali, Indonesia was stunned by the worst terrorist attacks since 9-11. At 11:07 pm a bomb explodes at the busy Paddy's Bar in Kuta Beach, Bali. Fifteen seconds later, a second, massive blast devastates the Sari Club across the road. Then a smaller third bomb - a calling card - explodes outside the US Consulate in another part of Bali. Paddy's Bar and Sari Club are situated on a popular strip of nightclubs and restaurants on Kuta Beach. The streets are packed full foreigners out for the night. Balinese whizz around on motorbikes and the street is bumper-to-bumper with cars. This is a hugely popular place,...
Paris Train Crash
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Gare de Lyon, Paris, 27 June 1988, a frantic train driver calls the stationmaster at Gare de Lyon, with terrible news. His train is out of control, heading downhill towards one of Paris' biggest stations. After desperate attempts to slow the train and hysterical calls to the Paris station, he leaves his cab and moves passengers to the rear of the runaway train. Seconds after his last call, the train careers into the station and ploughs into the back of a packed stationary commuter train which sits still on the platform. Fifty-six people die in what, at the time, was the worst disaster in French railway history. There is an enormous public outcry...
Hotel Collapse Singapore
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On March 15, 1986, Singapore experiences the worst national disaster since the end of the Second World War. At 11.25 a.m., Hotel New World, a popular budget hotel, bank and nightclub in Singapore's Little India District collapses like a pack of cards. In less than a minute the occupants of the building are buried under a mammoth pile of concrete and debris. Fifty people are trapped - many in the upper layers of the rubble but a number have fallen into the basement car park below the building. They are plunged into complete darkness with 6 storeys of concrete on top of them. Rescue team crawl through small tunnels in the rubble to pull out bodies...
Explosion In Puerto Rico
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About 8:30 a.m. on November 21, 1996, a commercial building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, explodes due to a natural gas leak. Thirty-three people were killed, and at least 69 were injured. The building was situated in Rió Piedras, a shopping district in San Juan. The structure was a six-story mixture of offices and shops, owned by Humberto Vidal Inc. Investigations revealed that an inactive gas service line that had once serviced the Chicken Kingdom. restaurant leaked though a corrosion hole caused by excavation damage. How could have the gas leak been prevented? Why wasn't it detected earlier?
TWA Flight 800
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July 17, 1996, it's a hot summer's day in New York and TWA flight 800 from JFK to Paris is running 90 minutes late. The 230 passengers and crew swelter on the runway awaiting take off. There is no reason to suspect anything is wrong, but in less than 30 minutes the Boeing 747 explodes and plummets 16,000 feet into the waters off Long Island, killing everyone on board. There is no mayday call from the crew. The mystery spawns a theory that the plane was accidentally downed by a US Navy missile and prompts the biggest crash investigation in U.S. history. Could it have been a missile attack? Or a catastrophic mechanical failure caused by the overheated...
The Hindenburg
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The largest airship ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany's government, the Hindenburg met its fatal demise on May 6, 1937. Named after the president of Germany, Paul Von Hindenburg, the airship was 245 meters long and could cruise grandly across the Atlantic at 1268 km/h. The Hindenburg epitomised an era of luxury travel. But on her first trip of the 1937 season, disaster strikes. As she approaches at Lakehurst Naval Station in New Jersey, U.S., fire breaks out and the ship is engulfed in a flames. In less than a minute, the airship is destroyed. Miraculously, only 36 of the 97 passengers and crew are killed. The Hindenburg disaster spelled...

Crash of The Concorde
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In July 2000, the world's first supersonic airliner crashed into the ground, killing all on board and putting an end to its 25-year reign as the high-speed symbol of luxury and human achievement.
Tunnel Inferno
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In 1999 a freight truck caught fire in the seven-mile Mont Blanc tunnel, creating a deadly inferno and one of the world's worst tunnel accidents.
The Bomb In Oklahoma City
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A reconstruction of the terrorist attack on the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in 1995, which left 168 dead and 674 injured. The programme looks at why the building collapsed and why some people died whilst others lived.
Fire On The Star
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In 1990 a lethal fire broke out on the Scandinavian Star ferry during the early hours while passengers slept. Many were overcome by fumes and died. Investigators piece together the events and ask whether it was accident or arson.
Derailment At Eschede
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Behind every disaster lies a catalogue of events, a series of trigger points that combine to create a catastrophe. "Seconds From Disaster" examines those pivotal moments, some of which changed the course of history itself.
Wreck of The Sunset Limited
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Behind every disaster lies a catalogue of events, a series of trigger points that combine to create a catastrophe. "Seconds From Disaster" examines those pivotal moments, some of which changed the course of history itself.
Meltdown In Chernobyl
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Behind every disaster lies a catalogue of events, a series of trigger points that combine to create a catastrophe. "Seconds From Disaster" examines those pivotal moments, some of which changed the course of history itself.
Explosion In The North Sea
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Piper Alpha oil rig churned out 120,000 barrels of oil a day until a lapse in communication during maintenance led to a gas leak and a ferocious fire. The resulting explosions killed 167 men and destroyed the rig.
Fire On The Ski Slope
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Behind every disaster lies a catalogue of events, a series of trigger points that combine to create a catastrophe. "Seconds From Disaster" examines those pivotal moments, some of which changed the course of history itself.
Flood At Stava Dam
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Stava dam consisted of two basins, one on top of the other. Due to poor design they could not cope with waste from a nearby mining operation and collapsed, causing sludge to flow down the valley to the village of Stava at 90kmph.
Inferno At Guadalajara
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Collision On The Runway
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The world's worst aviation accident occured when two jumbo jets collided in fog on the runway at Tenerife. Both planes, fully loaded with fuel, burst into flames leaving 583 people dead.
Pentagon 9-11
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Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a temperate and nearly cloudless morning over the eastern United States. Millions of men and women ready themselves for work. Among them is an air traffic controller in Boston, Mass. Based on sheer intuition, he will break all protocol this morning, alerting the Air Force that a potential disaster is unfolding on his radar screen. Air Force Colonel Bob Marr, commander NEADS (North East Air Defense Sector] will scramble all he has to try and avert a catastrophe - but it will consist of only two F-15's that begin "searching for a needle in a haystack". Meanwhile, a group of 19 young men armed with simple box cutters...

Seconds from Disaster

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Jonestown Cult Suicide

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Black Hawk Down

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Into The Death Zone

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Terrified Over Tokyo

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Runaway Train

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Nagasaki- The Forgotten Bomb

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Norway Massacre

Sinking The Coventry

Chinook Helicopter Crash

The Bismarck

Mountain Tsunami

Waco Cult

Fukushima

The Deepwater Horizon

Mumbai Massacre

9/11

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