Modern Marvels

Season 11 Episode 73: Engineering Disasters 16

Chaos in Guadalajara, Mexico, when the city streets explode; an airplane crash outside of Paris that ranks as one of the worst in history; two mining dams in Italy collapse engulfing a village in a tidal wave of sludge; a generation of children in a small Texas town are entombed in the rubble of their school; an oil tanker runs aground off the coast of England and introduces the world to the devastation of the first super spill… EM Engineering Disasters 16 /EM delves into the shocking chain of events leading up to each of these horrific catastrophes and examines resulting technological improvements designed to prevent similar tragedies in the future.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

23

Episodes:

707

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1993

IMDb:

8.1