Aug 17, 2024 · 45m
Space Shuttle Columbia, Eschede high-speed train crash, Grenfell Tower fire.


Disasters can strike anywhere, anytime. Expert analysis of the available evidence is used to recreate real-world disasters in cutting-edge 3D graphics. We can dissect them, peel back the layers, and even freeze time to reveal a disaster’s hidden and surprising causes-- a paperwork error, a bad glue job, or changing a restaurant’s opening hours. Whatever it is, "Disaster Autopsy" will uncover it.
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Aug 17, 2024 · 45m
Space Shuttle Columbia, Eschede high-speed train crash, Grenfell Tower fire.
Aug 17, 2024 · 45m
Arkansas nuclear missile explosion, sinking of the Estonia, explosion on the oil rig Piper Alpha.
Aug 24, 2024 · 45m
3 Mile Island Nuclear meltdown, the Mont Blanc Tunnel fire, the Sampoong department store collapse.
Aug 31, 2024 · 45m
Why did Apollo 13 really explode? What caused the devastating fire in the MGM Grand? Why did a road bridge in Genoa collapse?
Sep 7, 2024 · 45m
The Surfside Condo collapse, the loss of the Kursk nuclear sub and the Kings Cross subway fire.
Sep 14, 2024 · 45m
Lac-Mégantic train crash, Imperial Sugar refinery explosion, Ever Given container ship accident.
Sep 21, 2024 · 45m
Fukushima nuclear plant, a Manhattan crane collapse, fire on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal.
Sep 28, 2024 · 45m
Deepwater Horizon explosion, the Concorde crash, the funicular fire at Kaprun.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Disaster Autopsy Season 1 premiered on August 17, 2024.
Disaster Autopsy Season 1 has 8 episodes.
The season opens with Season 1 Episode 1, "Columbia, Eschede Train, Grenfell Tower". It aired on August 17, 2024.
Go to Season 1 Episode 1