Engineering Catastrophes Season 7

Season 7

Air date: 2023-10-18

Episodes: 10

Episodes

E1: Pacific Coast Bridge Collapse

Residents along the Pacific Coast Highway are cut off from the outside world after a storm causes a bridge to buckle. Experts reveal how the construction method of the old concrete bridge left it vulnerable to erosion on the steep coastline

Air date: 2023-10-18

E2: Island Observatory Failure

An iconic telescope in Puerto Rico suffers a spectacular collapse.

Air date: 2023-10-25

E3: Tower Crane Calamity

A crane collapse leaves seven dead on a holiday weekend in Manhattan.

Air date: 2023-11-01

E4: The Fern Hollow Fiasco

A morning commute becomes dangerous when a bridge collapses in Pittsburgh.

Air date: 2023-11-08

E5: Nebraska Bomb Cyclone

An aging dam in Nebraska fails after the area is pummeled by a superstorm.

Air date: 2023-11-15

E6: Art School Inferno

A distinguished library is ravaged by not one but two disastrous fires.

Air date: 2023-11-22

E7: Gas Leak Catastrophe

Twenty people are killed after a hotel explodes in America's heartland.

Air date: 2023-11-29

E8: The Bronx Sinkhole

A sinkhole envelops a residential street in the Bronx.

Air date: 2023-12-06

E9: Shopping Center Tragedy

Tragedy strikes in San Juan when an explosion rocks a busy shopping center.

Air date: 2023-12-13

E10: Chemical Plant Calamity

An explosion at a chemical plant in New Jersey kills five workers.

Air date: 2023-12-20