Seconds From Disaster - Season 7 - Eps 1: Chopper Down
This compilation of Seconds from Disaster combines two helicopter tragedies of a military nature. Chinhook HC-2 crashed into a hill on the west side of the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland after taking a group of VIP passengers from Northern Ireland to Fort George. The following day would bring a mysterious crash that remains unsolved. When a US Black Hawk falls on the streets of Mogadishu, all hell breaks loose. In this infamous story of the daring escape of the surviving US military personnel, we learn about the seconds that meant the difference between life and death.
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)
