Massive Engineering Mistakes

S05E01 Massive Engineering Mistakes explores the most extraordinary and sometimes deadly engineering disasters around. In New York City, what brought a mammoth crane crashing to Earth? An earthquake in New Zealand destroys a busy office building, with tragic consequences. Disaster strikes on a towering bridge construction in Spain. In Australia, explosives fail to bring down a supersize silo. And why did an epic bridge fail in Austria’s capital, Vienna? From a whistling tower in Manchester, UK, to a sinking structure in Berlin, we uncover the engineering that created the chaos. With access to design teams, eye-witnesses and a panel of experts, we analyse what went wrong, investigate why errors went undiscovered and reveal how engineers are working to prevent future disasters.