The BEST episodes of Seconds From Disaster season 6
Every episode of Seconds From Disaster season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Seconds From Disaster season 6!
Accounts of famous technological disasters and their subsequent investigations.
#1 - Norway Massacre: I Was There
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/22/2012
On July 22, 2011, a gunman goes on a terrorist rampage – starting with an explosion in Oslo and ending with the slaughter of dozens of teenagers.
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#2 - Jonestown Cult Suicide
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/2012
On November 18, 1978, when enigmatic cult leader Reverend Jim Jones calls all his followers together in South America, the resulting tragedy becomes the largest mass murder-suicide of US citizens in history - 909 are dead.
#3 - Chinook Helicopter Crash
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2013
On June 2, 1994, a Royal Air Force Boeing Chinook helicopter crashes on the Mull of Kintyre, on the west coast of Scotland. All 29 people aboard die, 25 of them being counter-terrorism officers who battled the IRA. The initial investigation cites pilot error as the cause, but several more investigations take place over the next 17 years before this verdict is overturned.
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#4 - Terrified Over Tokyo
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/2012
On August 12, 1985, the rear pressure bulkhead burst on Japan Airlines Flight 123, destroying the vertical stabilizer and severing all four of the aircraft's vital hydraulic systems. The crew kept the aircraft flying for 32 minutes until it clipped Mt Osutaka and crashed, killing all but 4 people out of the 524 passengers and crew aboard.
#5 - Fire in the Cockpit
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/2012
On September 2, 1998, a fire broke out on Swissair Flight 111 while in-flight, damaging vital systems and causing the aircraft to crash into the sea off Peggy's Cove with no survivors. The fire was caused by faulty wiring in the onboard first class entertainment system.
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#6 - Into The Death Zone
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/2012
On May 10–11, 1996 saw the death of nine climbers, including New Zealand climbing veteran Rob Hall. Was it a fierce storm, extreme ambition or something else that caused their demise?
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#7 - Nagasaki - The Forgotten Bomb
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/2012
On August 9, 1945, the United States of America, during the final stages of World War II in 1945 bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki causing a huge death toll.
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#8 - Black Hawk Down
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/2012
On October 3–4, 1993, what should have been a simple snatch and grab operation for the US Army in Somalia turns into a battle that kills 18 US Rangers and around 1,000 Somali civilians.
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#9 - Runaway Train
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/2012
On April 25, 2005, a seven-car commuter train came off the tracks and crashed just before Amagasaki Station in Japan causing 107 deaths and 562 injuries.
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#10 - Sinking The Coventry
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/24/2012
On May 25, 1982, in the Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina a low level bomb attack from the Argentinian jets capsizes the HMS Coventry within 20 minutes - why did the ship sink so quickly?
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