Seconds From Disaster

Season 1, Episode 5: High Speed Train Wreck (Derailment at Eschede)

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June 1998. The new German InterCity Express is a trip from Munich to Hamburg, one of many. Today should be no different. The new train offers the ultimate luxury in high-speed travel. But a terrible accident sets off a chain of events causing the loss of 101 lives when the train derails catastrophically at the town of Eschede. But what caused such a horrible accident?

All Episodes - Season 1

Crash of the Concorde
Episode 1
Crash of the Concorde
 Tunnel Inferno
Episode 2
Tunnel Inferno
 The Bomb in Oklahoma City
Episode 3
The Bomb in Oklahoma City
 Fire Onboard the Star (Fire on the Star)
Episode 4
Fire Onboard the Star (Fire on the Star)
 High Speed Train Wreck (Derailment at Eschede)
Episode 5
High Speed Train Wreck (Derailment at Eschede)
 Wreck of the Sunset Limited
Episode 6
Wreck of the Sunset Limited
 Meltdown in Chernobyl
Episode 7
Meltdown in Chernobyl
 Inferno at Guadalajara
Episode 8
Inferno at Guadalajara
 Fire on the Ski Slope
Episode 9
Fire on the Ski Slope
 Explosion in the North Sea
Episode 10
Explosion in the North Sea
 Flood at Stava Dam
Episode 11
Flood at Stava Dam
 Collision on the Runway
Episode 12
Collision on the Runway
 Pentagon 9/11
Episode 13
Pentagon 9/11
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