Engineering Catastrophes
Season 7
2023 • 10 Episodes
Episodes
1. Pacific Coast Bridge Collapse
October 18, 2023
Residents along the Pacific Coast Highway are cut off from the outside world after a storm causes a bridge to buckle. Experts reveal how the construction method of the old concrete bridge left it vulnerable to erosion on the steep coastline
2. Island Observatory Failure
October 25, 2023
An iconic telescope in Puerto Rico suffers a spectacular collapse.
3. Tower Crane Calamity
November 1, 2023
A crane collapse leaves seven dead on a holiday weekend in Manhattan.
4. The Fern Hollow Fiasco
November 8, 2023
A morning commute becomes dangerous when a bridge collapses in Pittsburgh.
5. Nebraska Bomb Cyclone
November 15, 2023
An aging dam in Nebraska fails after the area is pummeled by a superstorm.
6. Art School Inferno
November 22, 2023
A distinguished library is ravaged by not one but two disastrous fires.
7. Gas Leak Catastrophe
November 29, 2023
Twenty people are killed after a hotel explodes in America's heartland.
8. The Bronx Sinkhole
December 6, 2023
A sinkhole envelops a residential street in the Bronx.
9. Shopping Center Tragedy
December 13, 2023
Tragedy strikes in San Juan when an explosion rocks a busy shopping center.
10. Chemical Plant Calamity
December 20, 2023
An explosion at a chemical plant in New Jersey kills five workers.