Causality
Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.
- Update frequency
- every 60 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 61
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
20: Stava Dam
On the 19th of July, 1985 in Tesero, Northern Italy, a tailings dam gave way and killed 268 people. With the most common tailings dam design in the world, what went wrong and how widespread are the r…
00:21:45 |
Sat 24 Feb 2018
19: Smiler
In 2015 at Alton Towers in the UK, The Smiler Rollercoaster experienced a major incident leading to severe injuries for multiple riders. We look at how pressure to get the ride running again and mis-…
00:20:00 |
Wed 22 Nov 2017
18: The Fog
In 1952 a fog in London left 4,000 dead in just 4 days but many more would die before the causes could be rectified. Worse than that, it had happened before and it’s happening again right now, somewh…
00:20:03 |
Thu 14 Sep 2017
17: Three Mile Island
On March 28, 1979 Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant in the United States of America an incident would lead to a partial reactor core meltdown. Many blamed the operators for stopping the r…
00:32:31 |
Fri 02 Jun 2017
16: Tenerife
In 1977 on the small island of Tenerife two 747 Jumbo Jets collided on the runway in poor visibility. A miscommunication clearly occurred, but even today, the same elements still exist and it could h…
00:28:45 |
Fri 10 Mar 2017
15: Sampoong Department Store
The Sampoong Department Store in South Korea collapsed in 1995 killing over 500 people. The investigators were shocked to find just how many rules had been broken but the true root cause might have b…
00:27:36 |
Fri 27 Jan 2017
14: Concorde
The Concorde was the first commercially successful supersonic aeroplane that flew for nearly 25 years without a fatality and was considered the safest aeroplane in the world at the time until it cras…
00:25:06 |
Thu 22 Dec 2016
13: Costa Concordia
A near-new modern cruise liner with all the navigational aids and maps struck rocks and sank killing over 30 people and the man most responsible still walks free today.
With John Chidgey.
With John Chidgey.
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00:24:32 |
Sun 13 Nov 2016
12: Mont Blanc Tunnel
The Mont Blanc tunnel cut hours off the journey between Italy and France and in 1999 in a fire emergency services were unable to save 38 lives. We look at why.
With John Chidgey.
With John Chidgey.
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00:23:04 |
Thu 29 Sep 2016
11: Flint Michigan
For decades Flint Michigan derived safe drinking water from Detroit. When the supply was switched to save money a series of events unfolded and their supply became undrinkable. How could this happen?
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00:26:45 |
Sun 03 Jul 2016
10: The Comet
The Comet was the worlds first commercial jet aeroplane and those that flew aboard it formed the so-called JetSet. When they started to crash, the world of aviation changed forever.
With John Chidgey.
With John Chidgey.
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00:24:10 |
Sun 05 Jun 2016
9: Hindenburg
The largest airship ever constructed burst into flames when trying to land in 1937 in New Jersey in what has become one of the most striking disasters of modern times.
With John Chidgey.
With John Chidgey.
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00:27:18 |
Wed 27 Apr 2016
8: Challenger
The Challenger Space Shuttle was directed to launch on the coldest day on record in Florida and 73 seconds after launch it exploded but the engineers saw it coming.
With John Chidgey.
With John Chidgey.
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00:37:12 |
Thu 10 Mar 2016
7: Piper Alpha
The Piper Oil field in the North Sea became the site of one of the worst Offshore Oil Rig disasters in history when Piper Platform Alpha went up in flames.
With John Chidgey.
With John Chidgey.
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00:28:35 |
Thu 11 Feb 2016
6: Amagasaki
The Amagasaki rail crash was entirely caused by human error but was it a fear of punishment by the company that was ultimately the cause.
With John Chidgey.
With John Chidgey.
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00:23:06 |
Fri 29 Jan 2016
5: Maccabiah
The 15th Maccabiah Games in 1997 had a temporary bridge for the opening ceremony. The world was shocked when it failed and it did so on every level.
With John Chidgey.
With John Chidgey.
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00:20:13 |
Wed 23 Dec 2015
4: Titanic
The Titanic famously sank on her maiden voyage with a huge loss of life. No ship is unsinkable.
With John Chidgey.
With John Chidgey.
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00:24:05 |
Fri 11 Dec 2015
3: Fukushima
What went wrong with Fukushima 1 Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011.
With John Chidgey.
With John Chidgey.
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00:44:32 |
Fri 13 Nov 2015
2: Don't Roll On Me
Roll cages in cars are supposed to improve safety but do they actually cause the problem they're trying to protect you from?
With John Chidgey.
With John Chidgey.
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00:24:51 |
Fri 30 Oct 2015
1: BP Texas City
The BP Texas City Oil Refinery disaster in 2005 shocked the world. With many safe-guards in place and lost-time injury rates so low, how could so many people be killed in a wholly preventable disaste…
00:34:31 |
Fri 16 Oct 2015
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