Seconds from Disaster

Episodes

Season 6

S06E05

Into The Death Zone

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25.10. 08:00, National Geographic, 60 minutes

Into The Death Zone

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 demise?

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S06E06

Terrified Over Tokyo

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28.10. 08:00, National Geographic, 60 minutes

Terrified Over Tokyo

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 systems. The crew kept the aircraft flying for 32 minutes until it clipped Mt Osutaka and crashed, killing all but 4 people out of the 524 passengers and crew aboard.

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S06E07

Runaway Train

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29.10. 08:00, National Geographic, 60 minutes

Runaway Train

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.

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S06E08

Nagasaki - The Forgotten Bomb

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30.10. 08:00, National Geographic, 60 minutes

Nagasaki - The Forgotten Bomb

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.

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S06E09

Sinking The Coventry

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31.10. 08:00, National Geographic, 60 minutes

Sinking The Coventry

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 did the ship sink so quickly?

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S06E10

Chinook Helicopter Crash

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1.11. 08:00, National Geographic, 60 minutes

Chinook Helicopter Crash

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, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. The resulting crash killed all 38 people on board.

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About show

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.