The Best Episodes of Disasters Engineered
Every episode of Disasters Engineered ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Disasters Engineered!
Through extensive archive and expert interviews this series explores the stories behind mankind's greatest engineering disasters.
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The best episode of "Disasters Engineered" is "Chernobyl and Bhopal", rated 7.8/10 from 11 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Chernobyl and Bhopal" aired on 1/22/2020 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Aberfan and Corrego Do Feijao".
7.8/10 11 votes#1 - Chernobyl and Bhopal
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2020-01-22
Experts examine how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy happened. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
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- 7.8/10 8 votes
#2 - Aberfan and Corrego Do Feijao
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2020-02-05
Experts examine the devastating Aberfan mine disaster in Wales and the Brumadinho dam disaster in Brazil. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
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- 7.7/10 7 votes
#3 - Clapham Junction and Ankara Train Crash
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2020-03-18
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- 7.5/10 14 votes
#4 - Deepwater Horizon and NASA Challenger
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2020-01-15
Experts examine how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Challenger space shuttle disaster happened. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
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- 7.5/10 8 votes
#5 - Rana Plaza and Morandi Bridge
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2020-03-04
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- 7.2/10 11 votes
#6 - Titanic and Hindenburg
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2020-01-29
Experts examine the sinking of the Titanic and the Hindenburg airship fire. How did they happen, what were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
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- 7.2/10 8 votes
#7 - MS Herald and Costa Concordia
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2020-02-12
Experts examine what caused the Zeebrugge ferry tragedy and the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
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- 7.2/10 9 votes
#8 - Tacoma Narrows and Hurricane Katrina
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2020-02-26
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- 7.1/10 8 votes
#9 - Kegworth and Concorde
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2020-02-19
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- 7.0/10 6 votes
#10 - Tianjin and Evangelos Florakis
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2020-03-11
Experts examine the fatal explosion at a chemical factory in Tianjin, China and at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Cyprus. How could these disasters have been avoided?
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NaN/10 0 votes#11 - Construction Catastrophe
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2021-11-10
We take modest engineering masterpieces, like the homes we live in and the bridges we walk across, for granted. So, when disaster strikes, it sends shockwaves throughout society. When London's Grenfell Tower catches fire, its hundreds of residents must escape a deadly inferno; expert engineers investigate and reveal how the building's engineering caused the disaster to escalate tragically. Also investigated is the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in 2018 at Florida International University in Miami.
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NaN/10 0 votes#12 - Fearsome Flights
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2021-11-17
The aviation industry's quest to conquer the skies led to some great achievements. But engineering errors and human mistakes have caused tragic disasters along the way. The disaster of Air France Flight 447 and the crash of NASA's Skylab in 1979 are catastrophes of aviation with a mysterious legacy; experts investigate these historic tragedies to determine what caused these monumental failures of flight.
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NaN/10 0 votes#13 - Extreme Pressure
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2021-12-01
Operating in hostile environments presents unique challenges, extreme temperatures, intense pressure, and no room for error.
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NaN/10 0 votes#14 - Beneath the surface
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2021-12-15
Examine the 2010 Copiapo mining accident and the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and see what happens when poor engineering meets a natural disaster.
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NaN/10 0 votes#15 - Power Plays
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2021-12-29
What is the dark side to ‘clean energy’, and what can we learn from the Three Mike Island and Sayano-Shushenskaya power station incidents?
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NaN/10 0 votes#16 - Take-Off to Tragedy
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2022-01-05
Where did NASA go wrong during the catastrophic launch of Skylab, and why did Air France Flight 447 crash into the Atlantic?
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NaN/10 0 votes#17 - Unnatural Causes
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2021-12-08
Across history, humanity has tried to build structures that defy the forces of nature - sometimes leading to catastrophic disasters.
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NaN/10 0 votes#18 - Contaminated Water
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2021-12-22
Each time oil is spilled or lead contaminates our tap water, humans suffer and our environment pays a price.
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NaN/10 0 votes#19 - Flawed Foundations
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 2022-01-12
Discover how flawed engineering caused the New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel to collapse in 2019 and the displacement of 1.5 million Haitians in 2010.
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NaN/10 0 votes#20 - Crashing at Sea
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 2021-11-24
Disasters like the MS Estonia and Boeing 737 crashes are rare, but they act as reminders of the speed at which tragedy can strike.
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