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2019PGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(3 ratings)• TMDB

What Went Wrong: Countdown To Catastrophe

2019PGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(3 ratings)• TMDB

The series presents an in-depth analysis of high-profile catastrophic events and the engineering failures that contributed to their occurrence.

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Olivier Babinet,

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The series presents an in-depth analysis of high-profile catastrophic events and the engineering failures that contributed to their occurrence.

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Olivier Babinetdirector

Fred Kihndirector

Olivier Babinetwriter

Fred Kihnwriter

Olivier Gourmet

Olivier Gourmetcast

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A two season series with 12 episodes that tell the in-depth story of high-profile catastrophic events while explaining the engineering failures that reveal what went wrong.

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