7.8/1046 votes#1 - 9/11
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/2011
On September 11, 2001 two aircraft are deliberately flown into two buildings of the World Trade Center and one is flown into the Pentagon. Another crashes in a field in rural Pennsylvania.
Director: Sean Smith
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1033 votes
#2 - Pearl Harbor
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/2011
On December 7, 1941 Japanese forces attack United States military installations in and around Pearl Harbor, thus bringing the US into World War II.
Director: Sean Smith
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1042 votes
#3 - Paddington Train Collision
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/2011
On October 5, 1999 two trains collide at Ladbroke Grove junction near London's Paddington station after the driver of one fails to stop his train at a red signal.
Director: Steve Webb
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1047 votes
#4 - Collision at 35,000 Feet
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/2011
On July 1, 2002 a cargo airliner and a passenger airliner collide while they are over Überlingen in Germany. The two aircraft crash, killing all on board.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1036 votes
#5 - Cable Car Collision
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/2011
The Cavalese cable car disaster of 1998 (as distinct from a cable car disaster in the same location in 1976), occurred on 3 February 1998 near the Italian town of Cavalese, a ski resort located in the Dolomites, some 40 km north-east of Trento. The disaster, which led to the death of 20 people, occurred when a U.S. military plane cut a cable supporting a gondola of an aerial tramway.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1042 votes
#6 - Bhopal Nightmare
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/2011
On December 2, 1984 in Bhopal, India, a toxic gas leak at a Union Carbide chemical plant results in the deaths of 3,000 people.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Seconds From Disaster Season 4
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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 4 Ratings Summary
"9/11" is the best rated episode of "Seconds From Disaster" season 4. It scored 7.8/10 based on 46 votes. Directed by Sean Smith and written by N/A, it aired on 9/5/2011. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Pearl Harbor".