Seconds from Disaster

Season 1 Episode 6: Wreck of the Sunset Limited

7 SeasonsAug 10, 2004TV-PG47m6.8

When a boat in southern Alabama gets lost and bumps into a small bridge, a Amtrak train going at high speed derails into a small canal outside of Mobile.

Seconds from Disaster background

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 4 Fire Onboard the Star

4. Fire Onboard the Star

Aired: Jul 27, 2004

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

Episode 5 Derailment at Eschede

5. Derailment at Eschede

Aired: Aug 3, 2004

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

Episode 7 Meltdown in Chernobyl

7. Meltdown in Chernobyl

Aired: Aug 17, 2004

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

Episode 9 Fire on the Ski Slope

9. Fire on the Ski Slope

Aired: Aug 31, 2004

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

Episode 11 Flood at Stava Dam

11. Flood at Stava Dam

Aired: Oct 12, 2004

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

Episode 13 Pentagon 9/11

13. Pentagon 9/11

Aired: Oct 26, 2004

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


Info about Seconds from Disaster

Current Status: Ended

Network: National Geographic

Production Country: Ukraine

Genres:Documentary