Seconds from Disaster
Derailment at Eschede
Season 1 Episode 5 of 13
Investigation into the causes of a 1998 rail disaster in Germany, when an express train ploughed into a bridge while travelling at 125mph. More than 100 people died in the accident, and in the aftermath wheels were replaced on many of the country's high-speed trains
Seconds from Disaster airs on National Geographic Channel HD at 7:00 PM, Saturday 30 May. (Subtitles.)
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