Engineering failures are Icarus-like moments when our overreaching, greed and desire to conquer the impossible can cost not just reputations, but millions of dollars, the environment and lives. Each episode will focus on one disaster, looking at dramatic archive news footage of the disaster occurring and its devastating impact.
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Nov 11, 2020 · 42m
On a test flight for an experimental Virgin Galactic spacecraft, catastrophic design flaws send this multi-million dollar endeavor on a crash course to tragedy; experts investigate what caused this visionary engineering marvel to fail.
Nov 18, 2020 · 42m
When the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spills millions of gallons of crude oil at sea, it contaminates Alaska's pristine coastline and creates an apocalyptic environmental catastrophe. Experts investigate what caused this horrific disaster.
Nov 25, 2020 · 42m
Engineers investigate the cause of the space shuttle Columbia disaster.
Dec 2, 2020 · 42m
Experts look into why Los Angeles wasn't prepared for a deadly earthquake.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Deadly Engineering Season 2 premiered on November 11, 2020.
Deadly Engineering Season 2 has 4 episodes.
The season opens with Season 2 Episode 1, "Calamity in Space". It aired on November 11, 2020.
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