'MIC' used at the plant to create the pesticide 'Sevin', is one of the most toxic substances known to man. A Jewish study centre at Nariman House, popular with American and Israeli Jews, is targeted around the same time, followed by tourist hangout Café Leopold, the city's most luxurious hotel, the Taj Mahal Palace, and the CST, one of the world's busiest rail stations. Many were overcome by fumes and died. Hope we see you again!Your account has been verified! As officials work to identify a cause, a second...On 25 May, 1979, a McDonell Douglas - DC10 aircraft, packed with holiday and business travellers takes off from Chicago's O'Hare Airport in the U.S. Only 31 seconds after take-off at 3:04 PM, the plane slams into a trailer park community. It slams into Rockaway, a residential area of New York City that is home to many firemen, police and their families who had been deeply affected by the events 9/11. At 11:38 AM, Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off, barrelling towards the atmosphere. Seconds from Disaster counts down to the moment of impact and investigates the perfect storm of failures...December 3rd 1984.
Besieged cult members refuse to surrender and a disastrous...In March 2011, as Japan reels from the most powerful earthquake in its history, a 14 metre-high tsunami surges over the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, knocking out its power supply and essential cooling systems. Evening descends on Bhopal, a bustling Indian city of nearly 1 million people, many, factory workers living in the slums surrounding the city. During the Vietnam War on 29 July, 1967, Dollarhide was one of six Skyhawk pilots on deck, preparing for an airborne attack. With the exception of the series 3 episode "Comet Air Crash", that examines the crashes of two Using...The 1972 Munich Olympics holds significant promise, offering a chance to showcase a new Germany to a post-WWII world. Become a great cook with help of the best chefs and their best recipies.Friday 17th December 1978, deep in the Guyanese jungle, US congressman Leo Ryan and a team of journalists have just arrived at Jonestown - a religious community run by the enigmatic Reverend Jim Jones. Seconds from Disaster reveals the failings that allowed 10 terrorists free reign of India's largest city - killing at will - in front of the...Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a temperate and nearly cloudless morning over the eastern United States. The original lead investigators recreate their analysis of how two trains came to be travelling towards each other on the same stretch of track, and why automatic warning systems and fully functioning brakes were not enough to prevent one of the worst rail accidents in British history. Thirty-three people were killed, and at least 69 were injured. Billed as the "Unsinkable" ship, the Titanic is a mechanical marvel, a combination of innovative and luxurious design. However, a mere 73 seconds later, onlookers and the nation watch in horror when the shuttle is suddenly engulfed in flames and breaks apart in the sky.
Two months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on 12 November, 2001, an Airbus A300-605R takes off on this routine flight. Step by step...For the forty-five schoolchildren who boarded the Bashkirian Airlines flight from Moscow to Barcelona it was going to be the trip of a lifetime, a reward for their academic success. Meltdown in Chernobyl October 17, 2004. The series uses blueprint-formatted CGI in every episode to reveal the anatomy of the disaster and the structures involved but in season 3, the blue formatting of the CGI is not used on the background and is replaced with a white background. His train is out of control, heading downhill towards one of Paris' biggest stations. However, this hopeful beginning meets a tragic end on September 5 at just after 4:00 AM when Palestinian terrorists kill two Israeli athletes and capture 9 others. Air Force Colonel Bob Marr, commander NEADS (North East Air Defense Sector] will scramble all he has to try and avert a catastrophe - but it will consist of only two F-15's that begin "searching for a needle in a haystack". There is no mayday call from the crew. Meanwhile, a group of 19 young men armed with simple box cutters...We use first and third party cookies to improve our service, personalize your advertising and remember your website preference. He believes the sinking follows a catalogue of errors on both sides, and ultimately he finds fault with the core German war strategy.In 1960 construction of Europe's tallest dam is completed in in the Vajont Valley in Northern Italy - the jewel in the crown of an ambitious hydro-electric generation scheme. There is no reason to suspect anything is wrong, but in less than 30 minutes the Boeing 747 explodes and plummets 16,000 feet into the waters off Long Island, killing everyone on board. The nuclear reactor core breaks down and within 56 seconds one of the most catastrophic nuclear accidents in history occursPiper Alpha oil rig churned out 120,000 barrels of oil a day until a lapse in communication during maintenance led to a gas leak and a ferocious fire. Then at 12:45pm on June 25th 1997 two years after the first eruption a massive tremor rocks the mountain. Millions of men and women ready themselves for work. Or a catastrophic mechanical failure caused by the overheated...The largest airship ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany's government, the Hindenburg met its fatal demise on May 6, 1937.