When Big Things Go Wrong — Season 1, Episode 5: Hidden Flaws
Documentary, Reality • 41 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 8.5/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About 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.