Seconds From Disaster

  • Premiered: Jul 2004
  • Episodes: 67
  • Followers: 22
  • Ended
  • National Geographic
  • Tuesday at 20
  • Documentary

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Season 6
6x1
Norway Massacre: I Was There
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 22, 2012
On July 22, 2011, a gunman goes on a terrorist rampage – starting with an explosion in Oslo and ending with the slaughter of dozens of teenagers.
6x2
Jonestown Cult Suicide
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Air date
Nov 05, 2012
On November 18, 1978, when enigmatic cult leader Reverend Jim Jones calls all his followers together in South America, the resulting tragedy becomes the largest mass murder-suicide of US citizens in history - 909 are dead.
6x3
Fire in the Cockpit
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Air date
Nov 12, 2012
On September 2, 1998, a fire broke out on Swissair Flight 111 while in-flight, damaging vital systems and causing the aircraft to crash into the sea off Peggy's Cove with no survivors. .. show full overview
6x4
Black Hawk Down
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Air date
Nov 19, 2012
On October 3–4, 1993, what should have been a simple snatch and grab operation for the US Army in Somalia turns into a battle that kills 18 US Rangers and around 1,000 Somali civilians.
6x5
Into The Death Zone
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Air date
Nov 26, 2012
On May 10–11, 1996 saw the death of nine climbers, including New Zealand climbing veteran Rob Hall. Was it a fierce storm, extreme ambition or something else that caused their demise?
6x6
Terrified Over Tokyo
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Dec 03, 2012
On August 12, 1985, the rear pressure bulkhead burst on Japan Airlines Flight 123, destroying the vertical stabilizer and severing all four of the aircraft's vital hydraulic systems. The .. show full overview
6x7
Runaway Train
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Air date
Dec 10, 2012
On April 25, 2005, a seven-car commuter train came off the tracks and crashed just before Amagasaki Station in Japan causing 107 deaths and 562 injuries.
6x8
Nagasaki - The Forgotten Bomb
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Air date
Dec 17, 2012
On August 9, 1945, the United States of America, during the final stages of World War II in 1945 bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki causing a huge death toll.
6x9
Sinking The Coventry
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Air date
Dec 24, 2012
On May 25, 1982, in the Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina a low level bomb attack from the Argentinian jets capsizes the HMS Coventry within 20 minutes - why did the ship sink so quickly?
6x10 Show finale
Chinook Helicopter Crash
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Air date
Jan 07, 2013
On June 2, 1994, a Royal Air Force Boeing Chinook helicopter crashes on the Mull of Kintyre, on the west coast of Scotland. All 29 people aboard die, 25 of them being counter-terrorism .. show full overview

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