Seconds from Disaster

Seconds from Disaster

S06E05 - Into The Death Zone

1.9. 03:45
National Geographic
45 minutes
2011

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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Season 6
S06E01

Norway Massacre: I Was There

18.8. 04:30, National Geographic, 45 minutes

Norway Massacre: I Was There

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.

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S06E02

Jonestown Cult Suicide

28.8. 03:45, National Geographic, 45 minutes

Jonestown Cult Suicide

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 of US citizens in history - 909 are dead.

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S06E03

Fire in the Cockpit

25.8. 04:30, National Geographic, 45 minutes

Fire in the Cockpit

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 survivors. The fire was caused by faulty wiring in the onboard first class entertainment system.

S06E04

Black Hawk Down

25.8. 03:45, National Geographic, 45 minutes

Black Hawk Down

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 civilians.

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S06E05

Into The Death Zone

31.8. 03:45, National Geographic, 45 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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About show

Czech, English, Hungarian
2011

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.