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Seconds From Disaster

Seconds From Disaster

2005Ended7 Seasons69 Episodes6.9TMDB
National Geographic

Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incidental by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately effected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. Narrators for the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan and Peter Guinness.

Season 1 · Episode 5

High Speed Train Wreck (Derailment at Eschede)

Sep 26, 2005·45m

June 1998. The new German InterCity Express is a trip from Munich to Hamburg, one of many. Today should be no different. The new train offers the ultimate luxury in high-speed travel. But a terrible accident sets off a chain of events causing the loss of 101 lives when the train derails catastrophically at the town of Eschede. But what caused such a horrible accident?

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When did Seconds From Disaster Season 1 Episode 5 air?

Seconds From Disaster Season 1 Episode 5 aired on September 26, 2005.

How long is Seconds From Disaster Season 1 Episode 5?

This episode runs for approximately 45 minutes.

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