Engineering Catastrophes - Season 7
1 - Pacific Coast Bridge Collapse
Air Date: 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
Air Date: October 25, 2023
An iconic telescope in Puerto Rico suffers a spectacular collapse.
3 - Tower Crane Calamity
Air Date: November 1, 2023
A crane collapse leaves seven dead on a holiday weekend in Manhattan.
4 - The Fern Hollow Fiasco
Air Date: November 8, 2023
A morning commute becomes dangerous when a bridge collapses in Pittsburgh.
5 - Nebraska Bomb Cyclone
Air Date: November 15, 2023
An aging dam in Nebraska fails after the area is pummeled by a superstorm.
6 - Art School Inferno
Air Date: November 22, 2023
A distinguished library is ravaged by not one but two disastrous fires.
7 - Gas Leak Catastrophe
Air Date: November 29, 2023
Twenty people are killed after a hotel explodes in America's heartland.
8 - The Bronx Sinkhole
Air Date: December 6, 2023
A sinkhole envelops a residential street in the Bronx.
9 - Shopping Center Tragedy
Air Date: December 13, 2023
Tragedy strikes in San Juan when an explosion rocks a busy shopping center.
10 - Chemical Plant Calamity
Air Date: December 20, 2023
An explosion at a chemical plant in New Jersey kills five workers.