Engineering Catastrophes

Wednesday, June 4

Jacksonville's Parking Garage Disaster

Season 6 • Episode 3

The construction of a new parking garage at a luxury waterside condo collapses in Jacksonville, Fla.

Wednesday, June 4

Pacific Coast Bridge Collapse

Season 7 • Episode 1

The construction method of the old concrete bridge left it vulnerable to erosion on the coastline.

Wednesday, June 4

The Fern Hollow Fiasco

Season 7 • Episode 4

On a snowy morning in Pittsburgh, a messy commute becomes dangerous after a bridge collapses.

Wednesday, June 4

Island Observatory Failure

Season 7 • Episode 2

An iconic observatory has to close after cables holding up a critical platform come crashing down.

Wednesday, June 4

Texas Oil Port Inferno

Season 6 • Episode 5

Experts investigate a failed dredging operation that ruptured a propane pipeline.

Wednesday, June 4

California Flood Fiasco

Season 6 • Episode 9

Experts investigate bridge scouring with unsupported concrete columns exposed for failure.

Thursday, June 5

Island Observatory Failure

Season 7 • Episode 2

An iconic observatory has to close after cables holding up a critical platform come crashing down.

Thursday, June 5

Texas Oil Port Inferno

Season 6 • Episode 5

Experts investigate a failed dredging operation that ruptured a propane pipeline.

Thursday, June 5

California Flood Fiasco

Season 6 • Episode 9

Experts investigate bridge scouring with unsupported concrete columns exposed for failure.

Thursday, June 5

The Fern Hollow Fiasco

Season 7 • Episode 4

On a snowy morning in Pittsburgh, a messy commute becomes dangerous after a bridge collapses.

Wednesday, June 11

Shopping Center Tragedy

Tragedy strikes in Puerto Rico as an explosion takes down a popular shoe shop.

Wednesday, June 11

The Bronx Sinkhole

There's shock in the Bronx, as a vast sinkhole swallows a van.

Wednesday, June 11

Art School Inferno

Season 7 • Episode 6

Outdated construction methods and materials contributed to the vulnerability of this library.

Wednesday, June 11

Chemical Plant Calamity

Season 7 • Episode 8

An explosion at a chemical plant kills five workers; a small amount of water caused the catastrophe.

Wednesday, June 11

Gas Leak Catastrophe

Season 7 • Episode 7

Twenty people are killed after a hotel explodes on a cold Saturday morning in America's heartland.

Wednesday, June 11

Nebraska Bomb Cyclone

Season 7 • Episode 5

Chunks of ice unleashed by a superstorm played a critical role in the failure of the old structure.

Thursday, June 12

Chemical Plant Calamity

Season 7 • Episode 8

An explosion at a chemical plant kills five workers; a small amount of water caused the catastrophe.

Thursday, June 12

Gas Leak Catastrophe

Season 7 • Episode 7

Twenty people are killed after a hotel explodes on a cold Saturday morning in America's heartland.

Thursday, June 12

Nebraska Bomb Cyclone

Season 7 • Episode 5

Chunks of ice unleashed by a superstorm played a critical role in the failure of the old structure.

Thursday, June 12

Art School Inferno

Season 7 • Episode 6

Outdated construction methods and materials contributed to the vulnerability of this library.

Wednesday, June 18

Mayhem in Minneapolis

Season 4 • Episode 1

Experts look at blunders that have caused catastrophes or are disasters waiting to happen.

Wednesday, June 18

Train of Terror

Season 4 • Episode 3

A rail disaster outside a small North Dakota town results in cargo erupting in massive explosions.