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Seconds from Disaster•Season 1•Episode 10

Explosion in the North Sea

7.0/10 · 53 votesNov 27, 200547 min

Ranked #11 of 13 in Season 1•−0.4 vs season avg

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July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha stands over 110 miles off Scotland. But on this fateful day, a gas leak causes a catastrophic fire with a loss of 167 workers. Why did the Piper Alpha explode without warning? Was Human Error to blame? What about

Directed byDan Gold

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Season 1 Episodes13

E1 7.8

Concorde (Crash of the Concorde)

Tunnel Inferno

Oklahoma City (Bomb in Oklahoma)

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E4 7.4

Fire On the Star (Fire Onboard the Star)

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E5 7.8

Derailment at Eschede (High Speed Train Wreck)

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E6 7.0

Wreck of the Sunset Limited (The Wreck of the Sunset Limited)

E7 7.1

Meltdown in Chernobyl

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E8 7.2

Inferno at Guadalajara

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E9 7.6

Fire on the Ski Slope

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E10 7.0Now viewing

Explosion in the North Sea

Flood at Stava Dam

Collision on the Runway

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E13 6.9

Pentagon 9/11

Cast2

Richard Vaughn

Narrator

Ashton Smith

Narrator (US)

Crew1

Dan Gold

Director

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Episode Summary

"Explosion in the North Sea" is episode 10 of Seconds from Disaster season 1. It scored 7.0/10 from 53 votes, ranking #11 of 13 episodes this season (season average 7.4). Directed by Dan Gold, it aired on November 27, 2005.

Next: E11 · Flood at Stava Dam Best of Season 1