The BEST episodes of Seconds From Disaster season 4

Every episode of Seconds From Disaster season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Seconds From Disaster season 4!

Accounts of famous technological disasters and their subsequent investigations.

Last Updated: 9/16/2024Network: National GeographicStatus: Ended
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Pearl Harbor
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9.14
73 votes

#1 - Pearl Harbor

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/2011

On December 7, 1941 Japanese forces attack United States military installations in and around Pearl Harbor, thus bringing the US into World War II.

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9/11
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8.74
43 votes

#2 - 9/11

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/2011

On September 11, 2001 two aircraft are deliberately flown into two buildings of the World Trade Center and one is flown into the Pentagon. Another crashes in a field in rural Pennsylvania.

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Collision at 35,000 Feet
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8.70
37 votes

#3 - Collision at 35,000 Feet

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/2011

On July 1, 2002 a cargo airliner and a passenger airliner collide while they are over Überlingen in Germany. The two aircraft crash, killing all on board.

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Bhopal Nightmare
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8.64
39 votes

#4 - Bhopal Nightmare

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/2011

On December 2, 1984 in Bhopal, India, a toxic gas leak at a Union Carbide chemical plant results in the deaths of 3,000 people.

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Cable Car Collision
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8.54
46 votes

#5 - Cable Car Collision

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/2011

The Cavalese cable car disaster of 1998 (as distinct from a cable car disaster in the same location in 1976), occurred on 3 February 1998 near the Italian town of Cavalese, a ski resort located in the Dolomites, some 40 km north-east of Trento. The disaster, which led to the death of 20 people, occurred when a U.S. military plane cut a cable supporting a gondola of an aerial tramway.

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Paddington Train Collision
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8.51
43 votes

#6 - Paddington Train Collision

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/2011

On October 5, 1999 two trains collide at Ladbroke Grove junction near London's Paddington station after the driver of one fails to stop his train at a red signal.

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