Season 1
(2005)
Cast
as Narrator (voice)
Episodes
Crash of the Concorde 7.0
September 19, 2005
Behind every disaster lies a chain of events. The Concorde was the world's first supersonic airliner, but on a charter …
Tunnel Inferno 8.5
October 10, 2005
Mont Blanc is one of the highest mountains in Europe, with a seven-mile long tunnel connecting France and Italy through…
The Bomb in Oklahoma City 7.5
October 17, 2005
One April morning in 1995, at Oklahoma City's Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Timothy McVeigh parks a truck packed w…
Fire Onboard the Star (Fire on the Star) 8.0
October 16, 2005
On Easter 1990, a fire breaks out on the Scandinavian Star Ferry. After been towed to Sweden, the fire is eventually pu…
High Speed Train Wreck (Derailment at Eschede) 8.5
September 26, 2005
June 1998. The new German InterCity Express is a trip from Munich to Hamburg, one of many. Today should be no different…
Wreck of the Sunset Limited 7.5
November 4, 2005
September 1993. The captain of a towboat unwittingly causes the collapse of a bridge over the Big Bayou Canot. When an …
Meltdown in Chernobyl 7.9
November 6, 2005
We make mistakes every few seconds of our lives. They are unavoidable. But sometimes the results can be disastrous. On …
Inferno at Guadalajara 7.0
October 9, 2005
April 1992, Guadalajara, Mexico. On the 19th, residents start complaining of a strong gasoline-like smell coming from t…
Fire on the Ski Slope 7.5
November 10, 2005
November 11, 2000, started out as a normal day at the Kaprun ski resort in Austria, as a Furnicular train climbing the …
Explosion in the North Sea 8.0
November 27, 2005
July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha stands over 110 miles off Scotland. But on this fateful day, a gas leak causes a catastro…
Flood at Stava Dam 8.5
November 20, 2005
On July 1985, Italy's Stava Dam collapses and demolishes 70 structures killing 268 people in the process. Was there a f…
Collision on the Runway 8.5
October 3, 2005
Two Jumbo Jets, Pan Am 1736 and KLM 4805 collide on the lone runway at Tenerife, Spain. The two aircraft are then burnt…
Pentagon 9/11 7.5
September 11, 2005
September 11, 2001 is one of the worst days in history. In Washington, D.C, the workers at the Pentagon have only just …