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Shocking footage of collapses, collisions and explosions; a massive bridge falls into the river below; a high-speed train derails coming into the station; a hotel under construction crashes down into a busy city street.

Engineering Disasters

When Big Things Go Wrong

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Expert and eyewitness interviews, on-site footage and state-of-the-art graphics are used to examine what happened to cause some of history's most notorious engineering accidents.

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