Seconds from Disaster

200545m / epDocumentary

First aired

September 19, 2005

7.2

TMDB Score

72% match · 30 votes

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S01 · E12

Collision on the Runway

Season 1 · Oct 3, 2005 · 47m

Two Jumbo Jets, Pan Am 1736 and KLM 4805 collide on the lone runway at Tenerife, Spain. The two aircraft are then burnt out and 583 people lose their lives. But how come two experienced pilots made a mistake of this magnitude? How come two passenger jets collided on the runway?

About the Series

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Documentary

Synopsis

Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incidental by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately effected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. Narrators for the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan and Peter Guinness.

First aired
September 19, 2005
Last aired
February 22, 2018
Seasons
7 seasons · 75 episodes
Status
Ended
Original language
English
Network
National Geographic

Top Billed Cast

AS

Ashton Smith

Narrator

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