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What Went Wrong III

4 episodes 89%4KCC

Inside the split-second failures that turned routine systems into catastrophe.

Examine headline-making engineering disasters through eyewitness accounts and expert analysis, from transport tragedies to industrial breakdowns. Each episode reveals how complex systems failed, what investigators uncovered, and whether these catastrophes could have been prevented. It is a gripping way to understand the hidden risks behind modern life, and a compelling reason to keep watching.

Episode guide

4 episodes
1
1Motarone Cable Car Disaster
This episode recalls one of the worst cable car disasters to hit Italy. When an aerial tramway car plummets to the ground, 14 out of 15 passengers are killed. The lone survivor? A 5-year-old Israeli child whose parents did not survive.
52 min
2
2Ever Given Shipping Disaster
On March 23, 2020, the grounding of the Ever Given mega container ship in the middle of the Suez Canal delayed billions in trade and highlighted the fragility of global supply chains. It took six days and two of the most powerful tugs in the world to pull the massive ship free.
52 min
3
3Piper Alpha Inferno
On July 6, 1988, in the North Sea, 120 miles north of Aberdeen, Scotland, the Piper Alpha oil platform exploded and sank, killing 165 of the men on board and two rescue workers. This episode features harrowing stories from some of the workers who escaped and survived.
52 min
4
4Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
It was Ethiopia's deadliest accident—and the second MAX 8 accident in less than five months. Ethiopian Airways Flight 302, flying from Ethiopia to Kenya, crashed six minutes after take-off, killing all 157 people aboard. This episode investigates the computer error that led to the crash.
52 min
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