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Seconds from Disaster — Storyline

Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incidental by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately effected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience.

Narrators for the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan and Peter Guinness.

Cast & Crew

• Starring: Ashton Smith

Seconds from Disaster — Series Details

Seconds from Disaster — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Concorde (Crash of the Concorde) (2005-09-19) — Behind every disaster lies a chain of events. The Concorde was the world's first supersonic airliner, but on a charter flight to New York, 109 people are on board an Air France Con
• E2: Tunnel Inferno (2005-10-10) — Mont Blanc is one of the highest mountains in Europe, with a seven-mile long tunnel connecting France and Italy through the Alps. One March day in 1999, a Belgian Truck carrying fl
• E3: Oklahoma City (Bomb in Oklahoma) (2005-10-17) — One April morning in 1995, at Oklahoma City's Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Timothy McVeigh parks a truck packed with explosives at the front of the government landmark. At 9:
• E4: Fire On the Star (Fire Onboard the Star) (2005-10-16) — On Easter 1990, a fire breaks out on the Scandinavian Star Ferry. After been towed to Sweden, the fire is eventually put out after 10 hours. Then the worst is revealed. 158 people
• E5: Derailment at Eschede (High Speed Train Wreck) (2005-09-26) — June 1998. The new German InterCity Express is a trip from Munich to Hamburg, one of many. Today should be no different. The new train offers the ultimate luxury in high-speed trav
• E6: Wreck of the Sunset Limited (The Wreck of the Sunset Limited) (2005-11-04) — September 1993. The captain of a towboat unwittingly causes the collapse of a bridge over the Big Bayou Canot. When an Amtrak train comes along, it derails with 47 lives lost. Why
• E7: Meltdown in Chernobyl (2005-11-06) — We make mistakes every few seconds of our lives. They are unavoidable. But sometimes the results can be disastrous. On April 26, 1986, a series of catastrophic blunders leave dozen
• E8: Inferno at Guadalajara (2005-10-09) — April 1992, Guadalajara, Mexico. On the 19th, residents start complaining of a strong gasoline-like smell coming from the sewers. Three days later, on the 22nd, numerous gas explos
• E9: Fire on the Ski Slope (2005-11-10) — November 11, 2000, started out as a normal day at the Kaprun ski resort in Austria, as a Furnicular train climbing the slopes breaks down in a tunnel. Passengers then realise it's
• E10: Explosion in the North Sea (2005-11-27) — July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha stands over 110 miles off Scotland. But on this fateful day, a gas leak causes a catastrophic fire with a loss of 167 workers. Why did the Piper Alpha
• E11: Flood at Stava Dam (2005-11-20) — On July 1985, Italy's Stava Dam collapses and demolishes 70 structures killing 268 people in the process. Was there a fault in the design of the dam? Is this something that could h
• E12: Collision on the Runway (2005-10-03) — Two Jumbo Jets, Pan Am 1736 and KLM 4805 collide on the lone runway at Tenerife, Spain. The two aircraft are then burnt out and 583 people lose their lives. But how come two experi
• E13: Pentagon 9/11 (2005-09-11) — September 11, 2001 is one of the worst days in history. In Washington, D.C, the workers at the Pentagon have only just heard of the chaos going on at the New York World Trade Centr

Season 2

• E1: Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia) (2005-06-28) — June 28 Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia) Space Shuttle Columbia disaster February 1, 2003 Texas, February 1, 2003. The Space Shuttle Columbia is re-entering orbit
• E2: Alpine Tsunami (2005-07-05) — The Alpine village of Galtur, an avalanche buries 57 people in the snow. 31 of them die. But why did the avalanche occur in the first place? Were careless villagers to blame?
• E3: Motorway Plane Crash (Freeway Plane Crash) (2005-07-12) — January 1989. British Midland Airways Flight 092, a Boeing 737, is landing at Kegworth, United Kingdom, when it crashes on the M1 motorway, killing 47 people. What went wrong? The
• E4: Mount St Helens Eruption (Mount St. Helens Eruption) (2005-07-26) — Mount St. Helens, in the countryside of Washington State, has been dormant for 123 years. But on May 1980, it suddenly erupts, killing 57. Why couldn't they predict it?
• E5: Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster (Capsized in the North Sea) (2005-08-16) — On March 1987, the British Car Ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes off Zeebrugge killing 193. Why did this happen? Was it just a terrible blunder? Or something worse?
• E6: Kobe Earthquake (Killer Quake) (2005-08-30) — On 17 January 1995, the Japanese city of Kobe was rocked by the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which destroyed buildings and killed over 1000 people and left thousands homeless. Why cou
• E7: Crash Landing at Sioux City (2005-09-13) — On 19 July 1989, the pilots of United Airlines Flight 232 are shocked to learn they have lost all control of the DC-10 after an engine failure and make an emergency landing at Siou
• E8: The Bali Bombing (Disco Bombing) (2005-09-20) — Bali, located in Indonesia, is one of the most popular resorts in the world. But 202 die on the night of October 12, 2002, Muslim terrorists detonate several bombs in local nightcl
• E9: Hotel Collapse Singapore (Hotel Collapse) (2005-09-27) — Hotel New World, budget hotel located in Singapore's Little India, collapses on 15 March, 1986. After a 7 day rescue operation, 17 people are rescued but 33 perish. Why did the hot
• E10: TWA Flight 800 (2005-10-08) — 17 July 1996. TWA Flight 800 leaves New York for Paris. Only 12 minutes into the flight, it explodes catastrophically, breaks in half, then plummets into the sea killing all 230 pe
• E11: Paris Train Crash (Runaway Train) (2005-11-01) — In what was no doubt the worst rail incident in French history, a runaway train derails at Gare De Lyon Station, France, killing 56 people. Why did the train crash so horribly? Who
• E12: The Hindenburg (Hindenburg Airship) (2005-11-15) — When the zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire at Lakehurst, 35 of the 97 on board and one member of the ground crew are killed. Was the most infamous airship disaster caused by a ticki
• E13: Explosion in Peurto Rico (Puerto Rico Gas Explosion) (2005-12-13) — The Humberto Vidal Shoe Store was just like any other. But one day in Puerto Rico, a gas explosion kills 33 and injures 69 people.
• E14: Skywalk Collapse (2006-01-10) — On 17 July 1981, 1,500 people had gathered for a dance in the Hyatt Regency Hotel when, in a catastrophic disaster, the skywalk collapses killing 114 people and injuring countless
• E15: Amsterdam Air Crash (Plane Crash in the Suburbs) (2006-03-28) — On 4 October 1992, an El Al Israel Airlines Cargo B747-200F takes off from Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Holland), when the engines on the right wing of Flight 186
• E16: Russia's Nuclear Sub Nightmare (Sinking of the Kursk) (2006-04-18) — When a training mission goes horribly wrong, the Russian submarine Kursk suffers an explosion. 135 seconds later, it sinks. 23 people survive the blast, out of 118 on board. Will t
• E17: King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno) (2006-05-19) — On the night of 18 November 1987, a harmless match produced a small flame on the escalator at King's Cross tube station. Suddenly, the containable flame explodes rapidly into a fir
• E18: US Embassy Bombing (American Embassy Bombing) (2006-06-27) — Al Queda struck again on August 7, 1998. In Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, a truck bomb destroys the U.S. Embassy buildings killing 257 and injuring thousands.
• E19: Florida Swamp Air Crash (Everglades Plane Crash) (2006-07-11) — On May 1996, what started out as a normal flight from Miami, Florida, to Atlanta, Georgia, when ValuJet Flight 592, a DC-9 with 110 people on board goes down in the Everglades when

Season 3

• E1: Skywalk Collapse (2006-01-10) — On 17 July 1981, 1,500 people had gathered for a dance in the Hyatt Regency Hotel when, in a catastrophic disaster, the skywalk collapses killing 114 people and injuring countless
• E2: Amsterdam Air Crash (2006-03-28) — On 4 October 1992, an El Al Israel Airlines Cargo B747-200F takes off from Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Holland), when the engines on the right wing of Flight 186
• E3: Russia's Nuclear Sub Nightmare (Sinking of the Kursk) (2006-04-18) — When a training mission goes horribly wrong, the Russian sumbarine Kursk suffers an explosion. 135 seconds later, it sinks. 23 people survive the blast, out of 118 on board. Will t
• E4: King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno) (2006-05-19) — On the night of 18 November 1987, a harmless match produced a small flame on the escalator at King's Cross tube station. Suddenly, the containable flame explodes rapidly into a fir
• E5: US Embassy Bombing (American Embassy Bombing) (2006-06-27) — Al Queda struck again on August 7, 1998. In Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, a truck bomb destroys the U.S. Embassy buildings killing 257 and injuring thousands.
• E6: Florida Swamp Air Crash (Everglades Plane Crash) (2006-07-11) — On May 1996, what started out as a normal flight from Miami, Florida, to Atlanta, Georgia, when ValuJet Flight 592, a DC-9 with 110 people on board goes down in the Everglades when
• E7: Titanic (2006-07-25) — It was known as the "unsinkable ship." The RMS Titanic, on its maiden voyage from Southhampton to New York with over 2,000 people on board strikes an iceberg, and within two hours
• E8: Aircraft Carrier Explosion (2006-08-15) — The massive aircraft carrier USS Forrestal is sailing to Vietnam on July 29, 1967, when a fighter jet explodes, a massive blast rocks the ship, and in just 17 hours 134 men lose th
• E9: Queens Air Crash (2006-09-06) — Its been more than two months after 9/11 and the event is still fresh in everyone's mind. At JFK Airport in Queens, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300, leaves on a three
• E10: Munich Olympic Massacre (2006-09-13) — During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, 11 Israeli athletes are been held hostage by Palestinian terrorists. They demand the list of Palestine prisoners in exchange for the releas
• E11: Superstore Collapse (2006-09-20) — On 29 June 1995, the five story Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, Korea, collapses killing 502 people. Is there a fault in the building? Or is sabotage to blame? And how did the
• E12: Plane Crash in the Potomac (2006-09-27) — On 13 January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 leaves Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington DC for Miami with 79 passengers and crew on board. The Boeing 737 is delayed for hours
• E13: Asian Tsunami (2006-10-25) — On Boxing Day 2004, the second largest earthquake in recorded history with a magnitude of 9.3 strikes the town Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Soon, it unleashes a tsunami which takes over
• E14: Comet Air Crash (2006-11-15) — The DH Comet is the first jet airliner and the pride of the British Overseas Airways Corporation. But on January 10, 1954, BOAC Flight 781, enroute from Rome to London, explodes ca
• E15: Flight Engine Down (2006-11-29) — American Airlines Flight 191, a DC-10, leaves Chicago. But when the engine falls off, the plane stalls and crashes killing 273 people. The investigators discover a shocking secret
• E16: Oil Fire in Texas (2006-12-06) — The Texas BP oil refinery is the third largest in America producing more than 437,000 barrels per day. Workmen are starting a routine day, then, and explosion rocks the structure w
• E17: Tornado Outbreak (2007-01-02) — On 3 April 1974, the most violent outbreak of tornadoes in history struck. The well-named "Super Outbreak" produces 148 twisters over 13 American states and in Ontario, Canada dest
• E18: Space Shuttle Challenger (2007-01-31) — On a cold winter day in 1986, space shuttle Challenger takes off from Cape Canaveral to start Mission 51-L. 73 seconds later, Challenger's boosters explode and send it into the oce
• E19: Eruption on Montserrat (2007-03-07) — On the Caribbean island of Montserrat is the Soufrière Hills volcano. Nearby is Plymouth, the island's capital. In 1995, Soufrière Hills came to life and spewed ash over the island

Season 4

• E1: 9/11 (2011-09-05) — On September 11, 2001 two aircraft are deliberately flown into two buildings of the World Trade Center and one is flown into the Pentagon. Another crashes in a field in rural Penns
• E2: Pearl Harbor (2011-09-12) — On December 7, 1941 Japanese forces attack United States military installations in and around Pearl Harbor, thus bringing the US into World War II.
• E3: Paddington Train Collision (2011-09-19) — On October 5, 1999 two trains collide at Ladbroke Grove junction near London's Paddington station after the driver of one fails to stop his train at a red signal.
• E4: Collision at 35,000 Feet (2011-09-26) — On July 1, 2002 a cargo airliner and a passenger airliner collide while they are over Überlingen in Germany. The two aircraft crash, killing all on board.
• E5: Cable Car Collision (2011-10-03) — The Cavalese cable car disaster of 1998 (as distinct from a cable car disaster in the same location in 1976), occurred on 3 February 1998 near the Italian town of Cavalese, a ski r
• E6: Bhopal Nightmare (2011-10-10) — On December 2, 1984 in Bhopal, India, a toxic gas leak at a Union Carbide chemical plant results in the deaths of 3,000 people.

Season 5

• E1: Japan's Nuclear Nightmare (2012-03-11) — On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami off Japan’s coast caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.
• E2: Bismarck (2012-03-18) — Maritime Historian Andrew Lambert looks at the Royal Navy's battle with the German battleship Bismarck.
• E3: Mountain Tsunami (2012-03-25) — In 1963 a landslide from Monte Toc into the reservoir of the Europe's highest dam caused a giant flood wave that destroyed the village of Longarone and other villages, claiming ove
• E4: Waco Cult (2012-04-01) — After a 51-day siege at the ranch of an armed religious cult, the FBI tries to force people out with tear gas, but a fire breaks out and almost 80 people die.
• E5: Deepwater Horizon (2012-04-15) — A look at the series of decisions and mistakes that led to the world's largest oil spill disaster, and that 11 workers on the rig died.
• E6: Massacre in Mumbai (2012-04-22) — On 26 November 2008, terrorists attacked two luxury hotels (one of them the famous Taj Mahal Hotel), a Jewish educational center, a café and a train station in Mumbai, killing 166

Season 6

• E1: Norway Massacre: I Was There (2012-07-22) — On July 22, 2011, a gunman goes on a terrorist rampage – starting with an explosion in Oslo and ending with the slaughter of dozens of teenagers.
• E2: Jonestown Cult Suicide (2012-11-05) — On November 18, 1978, when enigmatic cult leader Reverend Jim Jones calls all his followers together in South America, the resulting tragedy becomes the largest mass murder-suicide
• E3: Fire in the Cockpit (2012-11-12) — On September 2, 1998, a fire broke out on Swissair Flight 111 while in-flight, damaging vital systems and causing the aircraft to crash into the sea off Peggy's Cove with no surviv
• E4: Black Hawk Down (2012-11-19) — On October 3–4, 1993, what should have been a simple snatch and grab operation for the US Army in Somalia turns into a battle that kills 18 US Rangers and around 1,000 Somali civil
• E5: Into The Death Zone (2012-11-26) — On May 10–11, 1996 saw the death of nine climbers, including New Zealand climbing veteran Rob Hall. Was it a fierce storm, extreme ambition or something else that caused their demi
• E6: Terrified Over Tokyo (2012-12-03) — On August 12, 1985, the rear pressure bulkhead burst on Japan Airlines Flight 123, destroying the vertical stabilizer and severing all four of the aircraft's vital hydraulic system
• E7: Runaway Train (2012-12-10) — On April 25, 2005, a seven-car commuter train came off the tracks and crashed just before Amagasaki Station in Japan causing 107 deaths and 562 injuries.
• E8: Nagasaki – The Forgotten Bomb (2012-12-17) — On August 9, 1945, the United States of America, during the final stages of World War II in 1945 bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki causing a huge death toll.
• E9: Sinking the Coventry (2012-12-24) — On May 25, 1982, in the Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina a low level bomb attack from the Argentinian jets capsizes the HMS Coventry within 20 minutes – why d
• E10: Chinook Helicopter Crash (2013-01-07) — On August 6, 2011, a U.S. Boeing CH-47 Chinook was shot down while transporting a quick reaction force attempting to reinforce an engaged unit of Army Rangers in Wardak province, w

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Seconds from Disaster have? 7 season(s) with 75 episodes.

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