• SECONDS FROM DISASTER

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  • Comet Air Crash show

    Comet Air Crash

    In 1954, disaster struck again when a third Comet jet airliner crashed, throwing the future of commercial aviation into question.

    (01:00)
  • Titanic show

    Titanic

    Count down the moments when an iceberg, too few lifeboats and freezing waters resulted in an oceanic tragedy.

    (00:41)
  • Munich Olympic Massacre show

    Munich Olympic Massacre

    At the 1972 Olympics, a hostage situation turned into a bloodbath with international consequences when 11 Israeli athletes were...

    (00:49)
  • New York Air Crash show

    New York Air Crash

    In November 2001 an American Airlines Airbus, carrying 260 people, crashed. Was the cause terrorism or engine failure?

    (00:55)
  • Crash of the Hindenburg show

    Crash of the Hindenburg

    The largest airship ever built and the pride of the Nazi government, the Hindenburg met its fatal demise in May 1937.

    (00:55)
  • Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster show

    Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster

    More than 190 people died when a British car ferry capsized off Zeebrugge in March 1987. Why were the bow doors left open?

    (00:55)
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