Engineering Disasters 3.

When design flaws fell projects, the cost is often exacted in lives as we see in this look at engineering disasters. Why did the Tower of Pisa begin to lean by as much as 17 feet; what caused the first nuclear accident in 1961 in Idaho; what killed three Soyuz 11 cosmonauts aboard the world's first orbiting space station; how did a winter storm destroy the Air Force's Texas Tower Radar Station, killing 28; and what errors led to NASA's loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander?

Writing:
  • Bruce Nash

Stars:
Release Date: 1993-12-10
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
TMDb: 7.9/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 44

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Battle Gear.
Episode 1 - Battle Gear.
Proving Grounds
Episode 2 - Proving Grounds
Commercial Jets
Episode 3 - Commercial Jets
Apollo 13
Episode 4 - Apollo 13
Survival Technology
Episode 5 - Survival Technology
Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel
Episode 6 - Chesapeake Bay Bridge and...
Garage Gadgets
Episode 7 - Garage Gadgets
Construction Machines
Episode 8 - Construction Machines
Hadrian's Wall
Episode 9 - Hadrian's Wall
Monster Trucks.
Episode 10 - Monster Trucks.
Lighthouses
Episode 11 - Lighthouses
Computers
Episode 12 - Computers
Engineering Disasters 3.
Episode 13 - Engineering Disasters 3.
Chemical And Biological Weapons
Episode 14 - Chemical And Biological W...
International Airports II
Episode 15 - International Airports II
Codes.
Episode 16 - Codes.
The M-16
Episode 17 - The M-16
The Colosseum
Episode 18 - The Colosseum
The World Trade Center
Episode 19 - The World Trade Center
Hardware Stores
Episode 20 - Hardware Stores
Saloons
Episode 21 - Saloons
More Gadgets
Episode 22 - More Gadgets
Cattle Ranches
Episode 23 - Cattle Ranches
Cannons.
Episode 24 - Cannons.
Nuclear Subs
Episode 25 - Nuclear Subs
Air Shows
Episode 26 - Air Shows
West Point
Episode 27 - West Point
Quarries.
Episode 28 - Quarries.
Diamond Mines
Episode 29 - Diamond Mines
The House
Episode 30 - The House
Work Clothes
Episode 31 - Work Clothes
Bunkers.
Episode 32 - Bunkers.
Cemeteries.
Episode 33 - Cemeteries.
War Games
Episode 34 - War Games
Drive-Thru
Episode 35 - Drive-Thru
Times Square
Episode 36 - Times Square
Los Angeles
Episode 37 - Los Angeles
Glass
Episode 38 - Glass
Firing Ranges
Episode 39 - Firing Ranges
The St. Louis Arch
Episode 40 - The St. Louis Arch