Seconds from Disaster

1. The Crash of the Concorde

A recounting of what happened when the prestige object Concorde found its dev...

2. Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire

A recounting of what happened when a deadly fire broke out in Europe's longes...

3. The Bomb in Oklahoma City

A recounting of Timothy McVeigh's terrorist bombing of a US federal governmen...

4. Fire Onboard the Star

Friday 06 April 1990, the newly renovated ferry Scandinavian Star sets sail a...

5. Derailment at Eschede

A recounting of what happened on 3 June 1998, when it came to the worst train...

6. Wreck of the Sunset Limited

When a boat in southern Alabama gets lost and bumps into a small bridge, a Am...

7. Meltdown in Chernobyl

An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant kills 56 people while the h...

8. Inferno in Guadalajara

Days after residents of Guadalajara complained of a foul smell, a series of g...

9. Fire on the Ski Slope

In Kaprun, Austria, a mountain train to bring skiers up the mountain erupts i...

10. Explosion in the North Sea

Detailed account of the Piper Alpha oil rig that was destroyed in 1988 after ...

11. Flood at Stava Dam

The Stava Dam consisted of two basins arranged on on top of the other. Due to...

12. Collision on the Runway

On Tenerife, a Pan Am flight taxied on the runway, while a KLM flight took of...

13. Pentagon 9/11

On 11th September 2001, an American Airlines flight was hijacked by terrorist...