What Went Wrong: Countdown to Catastrophe
Survivors and first responders recall some of the greatest disasters of modern history and how engineering errors were frequently responsible for the traumatic events.
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On Aug. 14, 2018, the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy, collapses, sending vehicles and tons of rubble to the ground 50 meters below and killing 43 people.
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Seventy-two people die in June 2017 when a fire destroys London's Grenfell Tower, one of the United Kingdom's worst modern disasters.
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A high-speed Deutsche Bahn train traveling at 200 kph on June 3, 1998, derails and crashes into a road bridge near the village of Eschede in northern Germany, killing 101 and injuring 100.
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Seven crew members die, and the shuttle program is suspended on Jan. 28, 1986, when the space shuttle Challenger breaks apart just 73 seconds after launch.
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On July 25, 2000, Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes shortly after take off from Charles de Gaulle airport, in Paris, killing all 109 people aboard in a fiery crash.
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