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Seconds from Disaster deconstructs the chain of events leading to the world's most infamous disasters. Video Channel:National Geographic
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Flight Engine Down
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[Clip] A packed DC10 crashes moments after take off from Chicago's O'Hare. One engine separated from the wing, but the three-engine plane still could have fl...
[Clip] A packed DC10 crashes moments after take off from Chicago's O'Hare. One engine separated from the wing, but the three-engine plane still could have flown. What went so catastrophically wrong?
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Department Store Collapse
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435 VIEWS | UPDATED
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[Clip] More than 500 people are crushed to death and scores more injured when the roof collapses on an exclusive five-story department store in South Korea....
[Clip] More than 500 people are crushed to death and scores more injured when the roof collapses on an exclusive five-story department store in South Korea. Deconstruct the events leading to this tragedy and find out how bribery and corruption virtually guaranteed the disaster.
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Aircraft Carrrier Explosion
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[Clip] In the Gulf of Tonkin in 1967, during the super-carrier U.S.S. Forrestal's first combat mission, an accidental rocket launch from a parked fighter jet...
[Clip] In the Gulf of Tonkin in 1967, during the super-carrier U.S.S. Forrestal's first combat mission, an accidental rocket launch from a parked fighter jet turns the ship into a blazing inferno that kills 134. Deconstruct the dramatic chain of events leading to this horrific tragedy.
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London's Subway Inferno
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324 VIEWS | UPDATED
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[Clip] The Mont Blanc tunnel connects France and Italy through the Alps is a normally picturesque route. But disaster struck when a freight truck caught fire...
[Clip] The Mont Blanc tunnel connects France and Italy through the Alps is a normally picturesque route. But disaster struck when a freight truck caught fire in the tunnel; a 53-hour fire-fight and a death toll of 39 revealed why tunnels all over the world could be Seconds from Disaster.
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Space Shuttle Explosion
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579 VIEWS | UPDATED
03/15/07
[Clip] Revisit one of the defining moments of the 20th century as NGC deconstructs, moment by moment, the events leading to the ill-fated launch of the Chall...
[Clip] Revisit one of the defining moments of the 20th century as NGC deconstructs, moment by moment, the events leading to the ill-fated launch of the Challenger that killed six astronauts and schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
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Asian Tsunami
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[Clip] In December 2004, the biggest earthquakes in the last forty years rocked South Asia with an energy equivalent to more than 23,000 Hiroshima bombs. These...
[Clip] In December 2004, the biggest earthquakes in the last forty years rocked South Asia with an energy equivalent to more than 23,000 Hiroshima bombs. These earthquakes caused a tsunami that rippled across one-seventh of the Earth?s circumference, killing more than 200,000 people and erasing entire communities. Now, Seconds from Disaster deconstructs, minute-by-minute, this tragic disaster that caused chaos from Thailand to Africa.
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Mount St. Helens Eruption
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1378 VIEWS | UPDATED
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[Clip] After 123 years of inactivity, Washington's Mount St. Helens suddenly erupted, killing 57 people. Find out why scientists were not able to predict the...
[Clip] After 123 years of inactivity, Washington's Mount St. Helens suddenly erupted, killing 57 people. Find out why scientists were not able to predict the eruption and whether it could happen again.
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Flood at Stava Dam
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[Clip] On July 19, 1985, Italy's Stava dam broke, sending a violent mountain of sludge barreling down toward two villages. Examine the events that led to the...
[Clip] On July 19, 1985, Italy's Stava dam broke, sending a violent mountain of sludge barreling down toward two villages. Examine the events that led to the collapse of the dam, killing 268 people.
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Everglades Plane Crash
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[Clip] Just after takeoff from Miami, ValuJet Flight 592, slams into the Florida Everglades with such force that the wreckage all but disappears in the allig...
[Clip] Just after takeoff from Miami, ValuJet Flight 592, slams into the Florida Everglades with such force that the wreckage all but disappears in the alligator-infested swamp. None of the 110 passengers and crew survive. Deconstruct one of the most puzzling disasters in U.S. aviation history.
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Hotel Collapse
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573 VIEWS | UPDATED
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[Clip] Singapore experiences its worst national disaster since the end of World War II when a popular budget hotel, bank and nightclub collapses, burying 50...
[Clip] Singapore experiences its worst national disaster since the end of World War II when a popular budget hotel, bank and nightclub collapses, burying 50 people under six stories of concrete and debris. Rescue teams manage to rescue 17 people, but 33 die. Why did the building suddenly collapse?
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Sinking of the Titanic
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[Clip] What caused the largest and most luxurious passenger liner ever built to sink on her maiden voyage? State-of-the-art forensic analysis and a groundbr...
[Clip] What caused the largest and most luxurious passenger liner ever built to sink on her maiden voyage? State-of-the-art forensic analysis and a groundbreaking experiment reveal a hidden weakness in the construction of the famous ship.
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Alpine Tsunami
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443 VIEWS | UPDATED
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[Clip] Situated in the picturesque Paznaun valley, the village of Galtur had long been a popular Alpine resort. Although it had been declared safe from the...
[Clip] Situated in the picturesque Paznaun valley, the village of Galtur had long been a popular Alpine resort. Although it had been declared safe from the threat of avalanches, this idyllic winter paradise was changed within minutes when an avalanche buried the village under 170,000 tons of snow. What went wrong?
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Olympic Hostage Crisis
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352 VIEWS | UPDATED
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[Clip] At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eight terrorists capture and kill 11 Israeli athletes. How could it happen? Using advanced computer simulations,...
[Clip] At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eight terrorists capture and kill 11 Israeli athletes. How could it happen? Using advanced computer simulations, eye witness statements and expert analysis, NGC reveals the truth behind this international tragedy.
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Crash Landing at Sioux City
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[Clip] United Airlines flight 232 experiences catastrophic engine failure and plunges towards the runway at Sioux City, Iowa, at speeds three times normal. In...
[Clip] United Airlines flight 232 experiences catastrophic engine failure and plunges towards the runway at Sioux City, Iowa, at speeds three times normal. In a dramatic emergency landing, it cartwheels into a field, breaks apart and explodes. Find out what was happening in the cockpit, how many passengers survived, and why it happened.
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Crash of the Comet
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[Clips] January, 1954: one of the world?s first passenger jet aircrafts, Comet Flight 781, crashes into the Mediterranean Sea, killing everyone on board. The...
[Clips] January, 1954: one of the world?s first passenger jet aircrafts, Comet Flight 781, crashes into the Mediterranean Sea, killing everyone on board. The tragedy launches one of the most critical and complex investigations in aviation history. NGC takes you back in time, before black boxes and flight data recorders, to reveal the critical chain of events that caused the downing of Flight 781.
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