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Engineering Catastrophes

With engineering, robust design and constructi are just the beginning. Sometimes, the...

With engineering, robust design and constructi are just the beginning. Sometimes, the Achilles hee is in the day to day operations. [man speaking] Like this disaster in Texas that ripped through the hear of a small town. It sounded like a vacuum.
[imitates whoosh] And the next thing I know, it's dark and I can't move. [narrator] The massive explosion that caused chaos and panic. You could see everything
is just gone, gone, falling

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With engineering, robust design and constructi
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are just the beginning.
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Sometimes, the Achilles hee is in the day to day operations.
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[man speaking]
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Like this disaster in Texas that ripped through the hear
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of a small town.
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It sounded like a vacuum. [imitates whoosh]
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And the next thing I know, it's dark and I can't move.
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[narrator] The massive explosion that caused chaos and panic.
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You could see everything is just gone, gone, falling.
Duration
36 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:09
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
1
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 • E08 When they build big, engineers have to consider - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
When they build big, engineers have to consider
S06 • E07 With big engineering, design and construction - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
With big engineering, design and construction
S06 • E07 Sometimes, problems arise in day-to-day operations... - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
Sometimes, problems arise in day-to-day operations...
S06 • E02 Like this collapse in Florid where a demolition turned to disaster. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
Like this collapse in Florid where a demolition turned to...
S06 • E10 Like this catastrophe in California - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
Like this catastrophe in California
S06 • E09 Like this disaster in California, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Like this disaster in California,
S06 • E06 Like this catastrophe in New York - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
Like this catastrophe in New York
S06 • E09 This vital bridge was wiped out in the blink of an eye. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
This vital bridge was wiped out in the blink of an eye.
S06 • E08 Like this tragedy in New Zealand. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
Like this tragedy in New Zealand.
S06 • E05 [narrator] A catastrophic collision on a terrifying scale. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
[narrator] A catastrophic collision on a terrifying scale.
S06 • E07 ...like this disaster in North Carolina - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
...like this disaster in North Carolina
S06 • E03 [narrator] ...with destructi on an epic scale. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
[narrator] ...with destructi on an epic scale.
S06 • E02 [narrator] A tower takedown that caused chaos and catastrophe. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
[narrator] A tower takedown that caused chaos and catastr...
S06 • E10 The world saw the city collapse. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
The world saw the city collapse.
S06 • E06 We heard a crash, and we felt the building move. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
We heard a crash, and we felt the building move.
S06 • E09 It was up from bank to bank - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
It was up from bank to bank
S06 • E04 [Barry Moore] I could have been on that bridge. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
[Barry Moore] I could have been on that bridge.
S06 • E03 [narrator] Seemingly small mistakes that had a tragic impact. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] Seemingly small mistakes that had a tragic imp...
S06 • E08 It's like it had been pulled down by diggers and then smashed up. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
It's like it had been pulled down by diggers and then s...
S06 • E05 [narrator] Deadly destruction that quickly became a race against time. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
[narrator] Deadly destruction that quickly became a race aga...