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Engineering Catastrophes

As fearsof a blast subsided, fire crews returned, but the wreckage continuedto burn for...

NARRATOR: As fears
of a blast subsided, fire crews returned, but the wreckage continued
to burn for days

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NARRATOR: As fears of a blast subsided,
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fire crews returned,
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but the wreckage continued to burn for days.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:04
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
7
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 • E05 Michael Wong is a professor of chemical engineering. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
Michael Wong is a professor of chemical engineering.
S06 • E04 [Vivie] I've been going over this bridge my whole life. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
[Vivie] I've been going over this bridge my whole life.
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 • 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 • E04 [narrator] With the Hernando de Soto shut down, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[narrator] With the Hernando de Soto shut down,
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,