When Big Things Go Wrong

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When Big Things Go Wrong — Season 1, Episode 5: Hidden Flaws

Documentary, Reality41 min1 season, 6 episodes8.5/10

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.

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