Fatal Engineering

Look back at the Tenerife, Kegworth, and Paris Concorde air disasters; investigate the design defects that made these aircraft vulnerable; look at the role air traffic miscommunications played; relive the terrible moments before disaster struck.

Bridge collapses have etched hard lessons into the history of engineering; Tacoma, Minneapolis, Genoa, symbols of innovation that have become stark reminders of what happens when flaws go unchecked.

When dams break, devastation follows; Derna, Malpasset, Brumadinho, three disasters that turned engineering failures into mass tragedies.

Drill down on maintenance and safety lapses that derailed amusement park rides.

Pinpoint the mistakes that cause major structural failures; explore the preventable explosion inside London's Ronan Point; the code violations that collapsed Lalita Park; the short circuit that set off a deadly fire in Tehran's Plasco Building.

Hunt for the root cause of atomic accidents; examine the Windscale fire, which led to safer reactor designs; learn why swift crisis management helped in the Three Mile Island incident; see why improper waste disposal fuelled the Kyshtym disaster.