Series synopsis
Deadly Engineering is a crime mystery history television series that premiered on Science on October 9, 2019.
Engineering failures are Icarus-like moments when our overreaching, greed and desire to conquer the impossible can cost not just reputations, but millions of dollars, the environment and lives. Each episode will focus on one disaster, looking at dramatic archive news footage of the disaster occurring and its devastating impact.
Premise
Engineering failures are Icarus-like moments when our overreaching, greed and desire to conquer the impossible can cost not just reputations, but millions of dollars, the environment and lives. Each episode will focus on one disaster, looking at dramatic archive news footage of the disaster occurring and its devastating impact.
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 19 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | October 9, 2019 | December 18, 2019 |
| Season 2 | 4 | November 11, 2020 | December 2, 2020 |
| Season 3 | 5 | September 8, 2021 | October 6, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Chernobyl Conspiracy The Chernobyl nuclear disaster was a catastrophe that changed the course of human history, and now, new discoveries reveal the real reasons behind the explosion that spawned a deadly radioactive ghost town and brought down an empire. |
October 9, 2019 |
| 2 |
NASA's Challenger Disaster NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger was a deadly disaster that changed the course of space exploration forever, and now, new discoveries reveal the truth behind the structural failure that tore the rocket apart. |
October 17, 2019 |
| 3 |
Doom on the Titanic New discoveries are challenging everything we know about the sinking of the Titanic, revealing that the disaster wasn't caused by a freak accident and that it may have been doomed from the start. |
October 23, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Calamity in Space On a test flight for an experimental Virgin Galactic spacecraft, catastrophic design flaws send this multi-million dollar endeavor on a crash course to tragedy; experts investigate what caused this visionary engineering marvel to fail. |
November 11, 2020 |
| 2 |
Exxon Valdez Declassified When the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spills millions of gallons of crude oil at sea, it contaminates Alaska's pristine coastline and creates an apocalyptic environmental catastrophe. Experts investigate what caused this horrific disaster. |
November 18, 2020 |
| 3 |
NASA's Columbia Disaster Engineers investigate the cause of the space shuttle Columbia disaster. |
November 25, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Catastrophes of the Sky The disaster of Air France Flight 447 and the crash of NASA's Skylab in 1979 are catastrophes of aviation with a mysterious legacy; experts investigate these historic tragedies to determine what caused these monumental failures of flight. |
September 8, 2021 |
| 2 |
Towering Inferno Tragedy When London's Grenfell Tower catches fire, its hundreds of residents must escape a deadly inferno; expert engineers investigate and reveal how the building's engineering caused the disaster to tragically escalate. |
September 15, 2021 |
| 3 |
Power Plant Catastrophes The nuclear meltdown of Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania (1979) and the deadly hydroelectric turbine tragedy at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia (2009) were power plant disasters of an unprecedented scale; experts examine the aftermath of these fatal catastrophes and explore their lasting consequences. |
September 22, 2021 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Science |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 9, 2019 |
| Last aired | October 6, 2021 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 21:00:00 |