Seconds from Disaster

Season 6

10 episodes · Jul 22, 2012

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  • S6E1

    Norway Massacre: I Was There

    Jul 22, 201245m

    On July 22, 2011, a gunman goes on a terrorist rampage – starting with an explosion in Oslo and ending with the slaughter of dozens of teenagers.

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  • S6E2

    Jonestown Cult Suicide

    Nov 5, 201245m

    On November 18, 1978, when enigmatic cult leader Reverend Jim Jones calls all his followers together in South America, the resulting tragedy becomes the largest mass murder-suicide of US citizens in history - 909 are dead.

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  • S6E3

    Fire in the Cockpit

    Nov 12, 201245m

    On September 2, 1998, a fire broke out on Swissair Flight 111 while in-flight, damaging vital systems and causing the aircraft to crash into the sea off Peggy's Cove with no survivors. The fire was caused by faulty wiring in the onboard first class entertainment system.

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  • S6E4

    Black Hawk Down

    Nov 19, 201245m

    On October 3–4, 1993, what should have been a simple snatch and grab operation for the US Army in Somalia turns into a battle that kills 18 US Rangers and around 1,000 Somali civilians.

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  • S6E5

    Into The Death Zone

    Nov 26, 201245m

    On May 10–11, 1996 saw the death of nine climbers, including New Zealand climbing veteran Rob Hall. Was it a fierce storm, extreme ambition or something else that caused their demise?

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  • S6E6

    Terrified Over Tokyo

    Dec 3, 201245m

    On August 12, 1985, the rear pressure bulkhead burst on Japan Airlines Flight 123, destroying the vertical stabilizer and severing all four of the aircraft's vital hydraulic systems. The crew kept the aircraft flying for 32 minutes until it clipped Mt Osutaka and crashed, killing all but 4 people out of the 524 passengers and crew aboard.

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  • S6E7

    Runaway Train

    Dec 10, 201245m

    On April 25, 2005, a seven-car commuter train came off the tracks and crashed just before Amagasaki Station in Japan causing 107 deaths and 562 injuries.

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  • S6E8

    Nagasaki - The Forgotten Bomb

    Dec 17, 201245m

    On August 9, 1945, the United States of America, during the final stages of World War II in 1945 bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki causing a huge death toll.

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  • S6E9

    Sinking the Coventry

    Dec 24, 201245m

    On May 25, 1982, in the Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina a low level bomb attack from the Argentinian jets capsizes the HMS Coventry within 20 minutes - why did the ship sink so quickly?

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  • S6E10

    Chinook Helicopter Crash

    Jan 7, 201345m

    On August 6, 2011, a U.S. Boeing CH-47 Chinook was shot down while transporting a quick reaction force attempting to reinforce an engaged unit of Army Rangers in Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. The resulting crash killed all 38 people on board.

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