Seconds From Disaster - Season 1 - Eps 1: Crash of the Concorde
Behind every disaster lies a chain of events. The Concorde was the world's first supersonic airliner, but on a charter flight to New York, 109 people are on board an Air France Concorde as it takes off from Paris. But as it lifts off the runway, the control tower notices flames trailing behind the aircraft. They can do nothing. The Concorde becomes uncontrollable and plows into a hotel in nearby Gonesse. 113 people are killed in the accident. The dream that was Concorde is shattered and the aircraft is grounded. What happened to Air France Flight 4590 could shatter the aviation industry as we know it.
About Seconds From Disaster
Title: Seconds From Disaster
First Air Date: 2005-09-19
Last Air Date: 2018-02-22
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.2/10 (from 23 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 7
Total Episodes: 69
Network: National Geographic
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: DSP
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.
Cast
Richard Vaughn
Narrator (voice)
