When Big Things Go Wrong
When Big Things Go Wrong: Season 1

Air Date

October 10, 2021

Episodes

6 episodes

When Big Things Go Wrong

Season 1

Episodes

Overloaded

1. Overloaded

October 10, 2021
40 min

Clues from other disasters are used to solve how the I-35 bridge in the heart of Minneapolis collapsed without warning at the peak of rush hour traffic.

Ripple Effect

2. Ripple Effect

October 17, 2021
40 min

A state-of-the-art high-speed train catastrophically crashes in Spain; an out of control cruise liner in Venice, a military air crash in Afghanistan, and the Deepwater Horizon tragedy uncovers information about this deadly disaster.

Man vs. Machine

3. Man vs. Machine

October 24, 2021
40 min

A Boeing 777 crash-lands into the San Francisco Airport with no warning, leaving everyone baffled; as engineers race to figure out what happened, they turn to other disasters to unveil the complicated relationship between humans and machines.

Doomed From The Start

4. Doomed From The Start

October 31, 2021
41 min

Italy suffers one of the worst engineering disasters when the Morandi bridge suddenly collapses; examining what failures of a Brazilian dam, a Manilla high rise, and a building in Jerusalem reveal about the collapse.

Hidden Flaws

5. Hidden Flaws

November 7, 2021
41 min

37,000-feet over Iowa, a DC-10 aeroplane explodes mid-flight and the quick-thinking pilot crash-lands, saving 184 passengers; the connection between the infamous Concorde crash, a fatal British skyscraper fire, and a North Dakota train derailment.

House of Cards

6. House of Cards

November 14, 2021
41 min

In busy downtown New Orleans, a high-rise hotel under construction unexpectedly comes crashing to the ground; as the dust settles, the question on everyone's lips is why?