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The Best Episodes of Seconds From Disaster Season 4

Every episode of Seconds From Disaster Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Seconds From Disaster Season 4!

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

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"9/11" is the best rated episode of "Seconds From Disaster" season 4. It scored 7.8/10 based on 44 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".

  • 9/11
    7.8/1044 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

  • Pearl Harbor
    7.5/1031 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

  • Paddington Train Collision
    7.6/1040 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

  • Collision at 35,000 Feet
    8.2/1045 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

  • Cable Car Collision
    7.5/1034 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

  • Bhopal Nightmare
    8.1/1039 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