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Engineering Catastrophes Season 5 Episodes

10 Episodes 2021 - 2022

Episode 1

San Francisco Freeway Fire

Wed, Nov 24, 2021

Catastrophe strikes as one of America's most vital freeway intersections erupts in flames and completely collapses in San Francisco. Experts use the latest science to investigate how an overturned tanker truck spawned a devastating inferno

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Episode 2

Arizona Railroad Inferno

Wed, Dec 1, 2021

A devastating railroad inferno takes down a vital route on a river crossing in Arizona; using the latest cutting-edge tech, experts investigate the remaining incinerated evidence to determine what caused such a disastrous derailment.

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Episode 3

Cincinnati Demolition Disaster

Wed, Dec 8, 2021

Tragedy in Cincinnati as a sudden bridge collapse leaves one of America's busiest highways at a complete standstill; using the latest science, expert engineers investigate and reveal how a routine demolition could go so disastrously wrong.

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Episode 4

California Desert Bridge Collapse

Wed, Dec 15, 2021

A flash flood brings one of America's most vital highways to a complete standstill in the California desert; using the latest science, expert engineers investigate and discover how bridge foundations were missing a crucial element.

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Episode 5

Atlantic City Casino Collapse

Wed, Dec 22, 2021

A catastrophic construction disaster causes a casino parking garage to collapse with fatal consequences in Atlantic City; using the latest science, experts uncover evidence of missing reinforcements vital for structure stability.

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Episode 6

New York Disaster Crane

Wed, Dec 29, 2021

A disastrous crane collapse falls across a landmark bridge in New York.

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Episode 7

Pennsylvania Ice Flood

Wed, Jan 5, 2022

An unprecedented cycle of freezing and thawing causes dramatic destruction to a landmark bridge in Pennsylvania; experts investigate and reveal how a sudden surge of icy flood water buckled pier foundations weakened from years of erosion.

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Episode 8

Genoa Bridge of Tragedy

Wed, Jan 12, 2022

A tragic bridge collapse takes down a symbolic crossing and becomes one of Italy's deadliest engineering disasters; experts investigate and uncover years of slow deterioration to the structure's heavily corroded concrete encased cables.

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Episode 9

Italian Railway Debacle

Wed, Jan 19, 2022

Disaster strikes a new railway bridge as a crane collapses in the middle of major construction in Italy, and one side of an unfinished 16-story apartment building in Boston collapses, killing four construction workers.

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Episode 10

Miami Condo Calamity

Wed, Jan 26, 2022

Tragedy strikes a beach-side community when a condominium complex collapses in Miami, resulting in one of the deadliest engineering disasters in American history; experts reveal potential flaws in the structure's flat slab construction.

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