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Engineering Catastrophes

A massive piece of structuredropped on tothe valley floor below. A devastatingbridge...

A massive piece of structure
dropped on to
the valley floor below. [narrator] A devastating
bridge collapse
that left the town reeling. Normally, you go through life
and you don't see accidents of that magnitude. [narrator] A disaster that
quickly turned to tragedy. {\an8}[Jose speaking Spanish]

Full Transcript

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A massive piece of structure dropped on to the valley floor below.
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[narrator] A devastating bridge collapse that left the town reeling.
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Normally, you go through life and you don't see
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accidents of that magnitude.
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[narrator] A disaster that quickly turned to tragedy.
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{\an8}[Jose speaking Spanish]
Duration
21 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:32
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
5
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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Movie Summary

With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E04 As welds cool, they give off hydrogen. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
As welds cool, they give off hydrogen.
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: There is hope that a change in - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: There is hope that a change in
S06 • E09 So even though they had designed the bridge for scour, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
So even though they had designed the bridge for scour,
S06 • E07 The solution is taking legacy industrial plants, like this, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
The solution is taking legacy industrial plants, like this,
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: With the cause known, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: With the cause known,
S06 • E02 [narrator] South Padre islan sits on the Gulf of Mexico. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:40
[narrator] South Padre islan sits on the Gulf of Mexico.
S06 • E10 And all of it was pinned in on an electrical substation - Engineering Catastrophes 00:45
And all of it was pinned in on an electrical substation
S06 • E08 The feature of this one here is it only had 6 millimeter spiral. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
The feature of this one here is it only had 6 millimeter spi...
S06 • E09 This time, changes would be made - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
This time, changes would be made
S06 • E03 [narrator] For more than a decade, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:24
[narrator] For more than a decade,
S06 • E01 [narrator] That explained the cause of the blast, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
[narrator] That explained the cause of the blast,
S06 • E08 So it's a very thin wire, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
So it's a very thin wire,
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: Big infrastructure can be key - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
NARRATOR: Big infrastructure can be key
S06 • E04 {\an8}And with over 20 million vehicles a year testing the welds, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
{\an8}And with over 20 million vehicles a year testing the w...
S06 • E09 One of the things that is going to prevent this - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
One of the things that is going to prevent this
S06 • E08 Essentially, the columns weren't up to the job that they were designed for, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Essentially, the columns weren't up to the job that the...
S06 • E07 But when trouble strikes, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
But when trouble strikes,
S06 • E06 Just as the crane starts tipping, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
Just as the crane starts tipping,
S06 • E05 [narrator] On the southern edge of Spain, along the Costa Tropical, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] On the southern edge of Spain, along the Costa Tr...
S06 • E09 Now it has a much wider width that it can flow through - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
Now it has a much wider width that it can flow through