When Big Things Go Wrong

2021 - PresentTV-146.8

When large man-made machines and structures fail, teams of experts examine the aftermath and try to determine what went wrong. Join in as the History Channel reveals the answers in When Big Things Go Wrong.

Modern technology allows us to build incredible structures like giant tankers, mammoth skyscrapers and colossal bridges. But, with enormous size comes enormous risk, and when big things go wrong, they go really wrong. The HISTORY Channel's new series examines the catastrophic result of some of the world's worst engineering disasters caught on tape. Each episode breaks down shocking footage from collapses and collisions to reveal the shocking answers to the question, what happened?

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Doomed from the Start

1. Doomed from the Start

Aired: Oct 10, 2021

Italy suffers one of the worst engineering disasters when the Morandi bridge ...

Episode 2 Hidden Flaws

2. Hidden Flaws

Aired: Oct 17, 2021

A DC-10 airplane explodes mid-flight and the quick-thinking pilot crash-lands...

Episode 3 Overloaded

Aired: Oct 24, 2021

In the heart of Minneapolis, the busy I-35 bridge collapses at the peak of ru...

Episode 4 Ripple Effect

4. Ripple Effect

Aired: Oct 31, 2021

A state-of-the-art high-speed train catastrophically crashes in Spain; an out...

Episode 5 Man vs. Machine

5. Man vs. Machine

Aired: Nov 7, 2021

A Boeing 777 crash-lands into the San Francisco Airport with no warning, leav...

Episode 6 House of Cards

6. House of Cards

Aired: Nov 14, 2021

In downtown new Orleans, an under-construction high-rise hotel suddenly crash...

Main Cast

Mocean MelvinNarrator

Appearances

Daniel Dickrell

Robert Glenister

Info about When Big Things Go Wrong

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: History

Production Country: United States

Genres:Reality-TV, History