Engineering Catastrophes

  • Premiered: Apr 2018
  • Episodes: 69
  • Followers: 10
  • Running
  • Science Channel
  • Wednesday at 21
  • Documentary

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Season 5
5x1
San Francisco Freeway Fire
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 24, 2021
Catastrophe strikes as one of America's most vital freeway intersections erupts in flames and completely collapses in San Francisco; experts use the latest science to investigate how an .. show full overview
5x2
Arizona Railroad Inferno
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 01, 2021
A devastating railroad inferno takes down a vital route on a historic river crossing in Arizona; using the latest cutting-edge tech, experts investigate the remaining incinerated .. show full overview
5x3
Cincinnati Demolition Disaster
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Air date
Dec 08, 2021
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5x4
California Desert Bridge Collapse
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 15, 2021
A flash flood catastrophe brings one of America's most vital highways to a complete standstill in the California desert; using scientific methods, expert engineers investigate and discover how its bridge foundations lacked a crucial element.
5x5
Atlantic City Casino Collapse
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 22, 2021
Atlantic City Casino Collapse: A catastrophic construction disaster causes a casino parking garage to collapse with fatal consequences in Atlantic City; experts investigate and uncover .. show full overview
5x6
New York Disaster Crane
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 29, 2021
A crane disastrously falls across two lanes of traffic during construction work on a landmark bridge in New York City. Discover the shocking engineering mistakes that led to the collapse .. show full overview
5x7
Pennsylvania Ice Flood
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 05, 2022
An unprecedented cycle of freezing and thawing causes dramatic destruction to a landmark bridge in Pennsylvania; experts investigate and reveal how a sudden surge of icy floodwater buckled pier foundations weakened from years of erosion.
5x8
Genoa Bridge of Tragedy
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 12, 2022
The Genoa bridge collapse takes down a symbolic crossing and becomes one of Italy's deadliest engineering disasters; experts investigate and uncover years of slow deterioration to the structure's heavily corroded concrete-encased cables.
5x9
Italian Railway Debacle
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 19, 2022
Disaster strikes a new railway bridge as a crane collapses in the middle of major construction in Italy; experts investigate and uncover a compromise in balance with improperly positioned counterweights and a maneuver that resulted in catastrophe.
5x10 Season finale
Miami Condo Calamity
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 26, 2022
Tragedy strikes a community when a condominium complex collapses in Miami, resulting in one of the deadliest engineering disasters in American history; experts investigate and reveal potential flaws in the structure's flat slab construction.

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