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Trapped

  • 2007-2007
  • 1 season
  • Documentary
  • TV-PG

As a ferry carrying 300 passengers from Denmark pulls into an Icelandic town's small port, heavy snow begins to fall. The ferry can't leave until the storm passes and the main road into town is impassable. A mutilated and dismembered body washes on the shore, an unidentifiable man murdered only hours ago. The local police chief, Andri Olafssun, whose personal life is in shatters, realises a killer has descended into his town. As word spreads, order disintegrates into chaos as the ferry's passengers and the town's residents realise they are all possible suspects and that a killer is trapped among them.

Season 1 Episode Guide

6 Episodes 2007

Episode 1

Alive in the Andes

Fri, Sep 7, 2007 52 mins

It is one of the most remarkable survival stories of the 20th century. A plane crashes 4 000 meters up in the Andes. After 10 days rescuers give up the search. The abandoned survivors have no water or food. Facing starvation, they break the most sacred of human taboos. They are trapped for weeks in one of the most forbidding environments on earth. After 61 days, two of the passengers embark on an epic trek out of the mountains. They endure the worst kind physical and psychological pain, to save themselves and their fellow survivors. Their story is a testament to the strength of human will.

Episode 2

Ocean Emergency

50 mins

The Camilla, a Finnish roll-on/roll-off cargo ship in Canadian waters, suffers a main engine failure. With a storm approaching, the captain declares an emergency to the Canadian Coast Guard. Will they rescue the crew in time?

Episode 3

Osaka Train Wreck

50 mins

A JR-207 type train, bound for Osaka on a commuter service, derails on a curve at a speed greater than the limit for that section of track. The two front carriages crash into an adjacent apartment block. 107 people are killed and 555 are injured.

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Episode 4

Cave Rescue

50 mins

Seven men are trapped underground, in a cave with a river running through it. Only the experts know how to retrieve them.

Episode 5

Earthquake Rescue

50 mins

An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale rocks Pakistan. Two ten-story blocks completely collapse. A rescue team from the United Kingdom attempts to rescue the victims.

Episode 6

Hurricane Hospital

Thu, Nov 1, 2007 50 mins

Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters that American citizens had to face, but add the immense flooding to a myriad of medical ailments and electrical equipment and you have a recipe for true emergency.

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