8.0/1054 votes#1 - Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/28/2005
June 28 Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia) Space Shuttle Columbia disaster February 1, 2003 Texas, February 1, 2003. The Space Shuttle Columbia is re-entering orbit. But something goes horribly wrong and Columbia explodes. All 7 astronauts on board perish. When investigators learn of a small fault which occurred during take-off sixteen days earlier, they are convinced they have found a possible suspect.
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6.9/1034 votes#2 - Alpine Tsunami
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/5/2005
The Alpine village of Galtur, an avalanche buries 57 people in the snow. 31 of them die. But why did the avalanche occur in the first place? Were careless villagers to blame?
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- 7.5/1039 votes
#3 - Motorway Plane Crash
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/12/2005
January 1989. British Midland Airways Flight 092, a Boeing 737, is landing at Kegworth, United Kingdom, when it crashes on the M1 motorway, killing 47 people. What went wrong? The B-737 is the most widely-used airliner in the world. Could mechanical failure be to blame? Perhaps human error? Or even sabotage?
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- 7.4/1035 votes
#4 - Mount St. Helens Eruption
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/26/2005
Mount St. Helens, in the countryside of Washington State, has been dormant for 123 years. But on May 1980, it suddenly erupts, killing 57. Why couldn't they predict it?
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- 7.4/1041 votes
#5 - Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/16/2005
On March 1987, the British Car Ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes off Zeebrugge killing 193. Why did this happen? Was it just a terrible blunder? Or something worse?
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- 6.9/1037 votes
#6 - Killer Quake (Kobe Earthquake)
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/30/2005
On 17 January 1995, the Japanese city of Kobe was rocked by the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which destroyed buildings and killed over 1000 people and left thousands homeless. Why couldn't the top of the art equipment predict a disaster of this magnitude?
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- 8.3/1048 votes
#7 - Crash Landing in Sioux City
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/13/2005
On 19 July 1989, the pilots of United Airlines Flight 232 are shocked to learn they have lost all control of the DC-10 after an engine failure and make an emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa, but in a dramatic crash, the aircraft breaks apart and catches fire with 111 lives lost out of the 285 on board. Why did the engine fail?
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- 6.7/1032 votes
#8 - Disco Bombing (The Bali Bombing)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/20/2005
Bali, located in Indonesia, is one of the most popular resorts in the world. But 202 die on the night of October 12, 2002, Muslim terrorists detonate several bombs in local nightclubs. Its the horror of 9/11 all over again.
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- 6.8/1036 votes
#9 - Hotel Collapse
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 9/27/2005
Hotel New World, budget hotel located in Singapore's Little India, collapses on 15 March, 1986. After a 7 day rescue operation, 17 people are rescued but 33 perish. Why did the hotel collapse? Was it sabotage? Or was it faulty maintenance?
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- 7.9/1049 votes
#10 - TWA Flight 800
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/8/2005
17 July 1996. TWA Flight 800 leaves New York for Paris. Only 12 minutes into the flight, it explodes catastrophically, breaks in half, then plummets into the sea killing all 230 people on board. There was no mayday call from the crew. Rumours spread that the B-747 was downed by a misguided navy missile, sparking the biggest accident investigation in history.
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- 7.6/1042 votes
#11 - Runaway Train (Paris Train Crash)
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/1/2005
In what was no doubt the worst rail incident in French history, a runaway train derails at Gare De Lyon Station, France, killing 56 people. Why did the train crash so horribly? Who is to blame?
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- 7.3/1042 votes
#12 - Hindenburg Airship
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/15/2005
When the zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire at Lakehurst, 35 of the 97 on board and one member of the ground crew are killed. Was the most infamous airship disaster caused by a ticking time bomb smuggled on board? Or was the Hindenburg itself a ticking time bomb?
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- 7.2/1034 votes
#13 - Puerto Rico Gas Explosion
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/2005
The Humberto Vidal Shoe Store was just like any other. But one day in Puerto Rico, a gas explosion kills 33 and injures 69 people.
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The Best Episodes of Seconds From Disaster Season 2
Every episode of Seconds From Disaster Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Seconds From Disaster Season 2!
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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:National Geographic
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia)" is the best rated episode of "Seconds From Disaster" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 54 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/28/2005. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "Alpine Tsunami".