Synopsis

Engineers and architects examine the causes of five devastating engineering failures. These include the sudden collapse of the Baldwin Hills Dam, unleashing a torrent of water upon a peaceful Los Angeles neighborhood; the perplexing loss of a Lockheed Electra aircraft and everyone on board; the jarring impact of a massive freighter into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay; the 1994 Northridge earthquake in California, which brought down structures compromised by flawed design; and a decade