Seconds from Disaster

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Thursday 26 February
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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 +1 at 4:00 PM, Thursday 26 February. (Subtitles.)
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