Destroyed In Seconds — Season 1, Episode 35: Tanker Inferno, Skier Wipeout
Documentary, Reality • 22 min • 2 seasons, 76 episodes • ★ 7.3/10
Episode synopsis
A fire on an oil tanker docked in a shipyard leads to massive explosions. Then, a skier loses control at the top of a steep mountain and flips, cartwheels and collides with boulders for hundreds of feet before his disastrous run stops, and two firefighters are injured when a backdraft explosion at a plastics factory knocks them off their feet. Finally, a pilot makes a horrific crash while attempting his first landing on an aircraft carrier, and a crane collapses, dropping its load of cement blocks onto a car of unsuspecting people.
About Destroyed In Seconds
Destroyed in Seconds is a half-hour American television series that airs on Discovery Channel. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, etc. The nature of the show closely resembles Real TV. The show uses real video of real events, and commentary explaining the destruction portrayed. Most videos have stock sound effects added. Some of the events seen resulted in fatalities, and all of the events have property damage. It is currently on hiatus.