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Seconds from Disaster - Season 6

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S6E10

Seconds from Disaster - S06E10

, National Geographic, 60 minutes

Seconds from Disaster - S06E10

On August 6, 2011, a U.S. Boeing CH-47 Chinook was shot down while transporting a quick reaction force attempting to reinforce an engaged unit of Army Rangers in Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. The resulting crash killed all 38 people on board.

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S6E9

Seconds from Disaster - S06E09

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Seconds from Disaster - S06E09

On May 25, 1982, in the Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina a low level bomb attack from the Argentinian jets capsizes the HMS Coventry within 20 minutes - why did the ship sink so quickly?

S6E8

Seconds from Disaster - S06E08

, National Geographic, 60 minutes

Seconds from Disaster - S06E08

On August 9, 1945, the United States of America, during the final stages of World War II in 1945 bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki causing a huge death toll.

S6E7

Seconds from Disaster - S06E07

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Seconds from Disaster - S06E07

On April 25, 2005, a seven-car commuter train came off the tracks and crashed just before Amagasaki Station in Japan causing 107 deaths and 562 injuries.

S6E5

Seconds from Disaster - S06E05

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Seconds from Disaster - S06E05

On May 10–11, 1996 saw the death of nine climbers, including New Zealand climbing veteran Rob Hall. Was it a fierce storm, extreme ambition or something else that caused their demise?

S6E4

Seconds from Disaster - S06E04

, National Geographic, 60 minutes

Seconds from Disaster - S06E04

On October 3–4, 1993, what should have been a simple snatch and grab operation for the US Army in Somalia turns into a battle that kills 18 US Rangers and around 1,000 Somali civilians.

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On November 18, 1978, when enigmatic cult leader Reverend Jim Jones calls all his followers together in South America, the resulting tragedy becomes the largest mass murder-suicide of US citizens in history - 909 are dead.