Engineering Catastrophes

Wednesday, February 4

Pennsylvania Ice Flood

Season 5 • Episode 8

Cycle of freezing and thawing causes dramatic destruction to a landmark bridge in Pennsylvania.

Wednesday, February 4

Train of Terror

Season 4 • Episode 3

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

Wednesday, February 4

Calamity Comes to Canada

Season 4 • Episode 5

A parking garage suddenly collapses at a Canadian shopping mall resulting in a fatal disaster.

Wednesday, February 4

Mayhem in Minneapolis

Season 4 • Episode 1

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

Wednesday, February 4

Nightmare in New Orleans

Season 4 • Episode 6

Construction turns catastrophic when the side of a hotel complex collapses on a busy street below.

Wednesday, February 4

Terror in Texas

Season 4 • Episode 4

A series of violent explosions rips through a major Texas oil refinery, causing a fatal disaster.

Wednesday, February 4

Sinkhole at the Museum

Season 4 • Episode 2

Experts look at engineering blunders that have caused catastrophes.

Thursday, February 5

Nightmare in New Orleans

Season 4 • Episode 6

Construction turns catastrophic when the side of a hotel complex collapses on a busy street below.

Thursday, February 5

Terror in Texas

Season 4 • Episode 4

A series of violent explosions rips through a major Texas oil refinery, causing a fatal disaster.

Thursday, February 5

Sinkhole at the Museum

Season 4 • Episode 2

Experts look at engineering blunders that have caused catastrophes.

Thursday, February 5

Mayhem in Minneapolis

Season 4 • Episode 1

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

Thursday, February 5

Pennsylvania Ice Flood

Season 5 • Episode 8

Cycle of freezing and thawing causes dramatic destruction to a landmark bridge in Pennsylvania.

Thursday, February 5

Texas Oil Port Inferno

Season 6 • Episode 5

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

Thursday, February 5

Quake of Christchurch

Season 6 • Episode 8

Experts investigate an inadequate structural design and weakness in critical supporting columns.

Thursday, February 5

The Bronx Sinkhole

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

Thursday, February 5

Blaze of Winston-Salem

Season 6 • Episode 7

An outdated, wooden storage facility heavily stocked with volatile, explosive chemicals.

Wednesday, February 11

Kansas City Skywalk Disaster

Season 4 • Episode 8

Experts uncover evidence of a catastrophic design change to an indoor hotel walkway in Missouri.

Wednesday, February 11

Oklahoma Freeway Free-fall

Season 4 • Episode 7

A tragedy on a freeway sends one of Oklahoma's busiest bridges collapsing into the river below.

Wednesday, February 11

San Francisco Freeway Fire

Season 5 • Episode 1

One of America's most vital freeway intersections erupts in flames and collapses in San Francisco.

Wednesday, February 11

Pittsburgh Landslide

Season 4 • Episode 10

A highway in Pennsylvania is destroyed in minutes after a catastrophic landslide rocks a community.

Wednesday, February 11

Arizona Railroad Inferno

Season 5 • Episode 2

A devastating railroad inferno takes down a vital route on a historic river crossing in Arizona.

Wednesday, February 11

Suez Canal Catastrophe

Season 4 • Episode 9

A shipping catastrophe occurs when a container vessel runs aground and blocks a vital trade route.

Thursday, February 12

Pittsburgh Landslide

Season 4 • Episode 10

A highway in Pennsylvania is destroyed in minutes after a catastrophic landslide rocks a community.

Thursday, February 12

Arizona Railroad Inferno

Season 5 • Episode 2

A devastating railroad inferno takes down a vital route on a historic river crossing in Arizona.

Thursday, February 12

Suez Canal Catastrophe

Season 4 • Episode 9

A shipping catastrophe occurs when a container vessel runs aground and blocks a vital trade route.

Thursday, February 12

San Francisco Freeway Fire

Season 5 • Episode 1

One of America's most vital freeway intersections erupts in flames and collapses in San Francisco.