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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.