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When Big Things Go Wrong (2021)

October. 10,2021

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TV-14

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When Big Things Go Wrong

This new original docuseries looks at some of the world’s worst real-life engineering disasters and seeks an answer to the question of what caused the calamity. News footage is interwoven with innovative and illuminating graphics, eyewitness accounts and commentary from experts.

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When Big Things Go Wrong

2021 / TV-14

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2021

6 Episode

Episode 1 - Overloaded

October. 10,2021

Clues from other disasters are used to solve how the I-35 bridge in the heart of Minneapolis collapsed without warning at the peak of rush hour traffic.

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Episode 2 - Ripple Effect

October. 17,2021

A state-of-the-art high-speed train catastrophically crashes in Spain; an out of control cruise liner in Venice, a military air crash in Afghanistan, and the Deepwater Horizon tragedy uncovers information about this deadly disaster.

Episode 3 - Man vs. Machine

October. 24,2021

A Boeing 777 crash-lands into the San Francisco Airport with no warning, leaving everyone baffled; as engineers race to figure out what happened, they turn to other disasters to unveil the complicated relationship between humans and machines.

Episode 4 - Doomed From The Start

October. 31,2021

Italy suffers one of the worst engineering disasters when the Morandi bridge suddenly collapses; examining what failures of a Brazilian dam, a Manilla high rise, and a building in Jerusalem reveal about the collapse.

Episode 5 - Hidden Flaws

November. 07,2021

37,000-feet over Iowa, a DC-10 aeroplane explodes mid-flight and the quick-thinking pilot crash-lands, saving 184 passengers; the connection between the infamous Concorde crash, a fatal British skyscraper fire, and a North Dakota train derailment.

Episode 6 - House of Cards

November. 14,2021

In busy downtown New Orleans, a high-rise hotel under construction unexpectedly comes crashing to the ground; as the dust settles, the question on everyone's lips is why?