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Engineering Catastrophes

Michael Wong is a professorof chemical engineering. What happenedfor this explosion was...

Michael Wong is a professor
of chemical engineering. [Michael] What happened
for this explosion was that, the dredger basically hit
a pipeline that they
did not know was there. They knew it was somewhere

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Michael Wong is a professor of chemical engineering.
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[Michael] What happened for this explosion was that,
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the dredger basically hit a pipeline that they did not know was there.
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They knew it was somewhere.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
10
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:06
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
5
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E10 And then quiet. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
And then quiet.
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: As floodwaters subsided, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
NARRATOR: As floodwaters subsided,
S06 • E06 [narrator] First responders rushed to the scene. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] First responders rushed to the scene.
S06 • E04 So I'm glad that it was caught when it was. It was not good. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
So I'm glad that it was caught when it was. It was not ...
S06 • E08 Like it felt like it was going to collapse, pancake even more. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
Like it felt like it was going to collapse, pancake even mor...
S06 • E01 And that is where my babies were. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
And that is where my babies were.
S06 • E09 But the collapse had also severed I-5, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
But the collapse had also severed I-5,
S06 • E02 [narrator] But a few days before the disaster, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
[narrator] But a few days before the disaster,
S06 • E07 This was literally as if you were adjacent to a forest fire. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
This was literally as if you were adjacent to a forest fire.
S06 • E05 But they didn't realize that where they were dredging, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
But they didn't realize that where they were dredging,
S06 • E10 How could I save myself? - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
How could I save myself?
S06 • E04 [narrator] With the Hernando de Soto shut down, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[narrator] With the Hernando de Soto shut down,
S06 • E06 Everything on this side of the block was totally crushed. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
Everything on this side of the block was totally crushed.
S06 • E09 The pressure was on to get the interstate up and running - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
The pressure was on to get the interstate up and running
S06 • E05 [narrator] In an oil terminal, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:24
[narrator] In an oil terminal,
S06 • E07 I mean, just walking outside in our area was brutal. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
I mean, just walking outside in our area was brutal.
S06 • E09 Engineers came up with an ingenious solution to build - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
Engineers came up with an ingenious solution to build
S06 • E08 [narrator] In Christchurch, New Zealand, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] In Christchurch, New Zealand,
S06 • E02 It can be used for everythin from heavy lifting to digging trenches, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
It can be used for everythin from heavy lifting to diggin...
S06 • E01 Um, down the stairs and I screamed as loud - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
Um, down the stairs and I screamed as loud