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A city with hundreds of leaning buildings, the world's scariest airport and the world's biggest sewage pipe harbor engineering disasters in need of repair; experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.

Engineers investigate a deadly design flaw at a Canadian shopping mall.

A disastrous crane collapse falls across a landmark bridge in New York.

Montreal's Olympic Stadium was an ambitious engineering project with a striking Space Age design, but it's distinctive roof has caused over one billion dollars in cost overruns; experts reveal what went wrong and how cutting-edge science can fix it.

When an oil rig in Louisiana drills into something unexpected, a cataclysmic event is unleashed, causing a lake to suddenly disappear; experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong and how it can be fixed.

Experts investigate the collapse of a New Orleans hotel construction site.

Experts investigate a major highway crossing collapse in Huron, California.

A railroad inferno takes down a historic river crossing in Arizona.

Boston's Big Dig was one of the most ambitious engineering projects in history, but in 2006, a fatal collapse in one of its tunnels put the ambitious project in doubt; experts reveal what caused this engineering disaster and how it was fixed.

A skyscraper causing hellish heat in downtown Dallas, a swarm of sinkholes, and a landmark with a fatal secret are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal what went wrong and if they can be fixed.

A skyscraper so dangerous that it can melt cars, a bridge fiasco, and a stadium roof on the brink of disaster are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.

A design flaw leaves 13 dead in a horrifying Minneapolis bridge collapse.

Experts uncover what triggered a fatal malfunction at a Texas oil refinery.

A railroad bridge on the edge of disaster, a nightmare in a fairy-tale town, and a massive cathedral in calamity are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig drilled into the deepest oil reserves on the planet, but a sudden explosion on-board led to the worst oil spill in history; experts reveal what went wrong and how cutting-edge science finally fixed this catastrophe.

A freeway intersection erupts in flames and collapses in San Francisco.

A routine bridge demolition in Cincinnati goes disastrously wrong.

A stadium on the brink of collapse, an upside-down bridge, and a massive subway project in crisis are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.

Tragedy strikes in San Juan when an explosion rocks a busy shopping center.

An aging dam in Nebraska fails after the area is pummeled by a superstorm.

A morning commute becomes dangerous when a bridge collapses in Pittsburgh.

A detonated building mysteriously refuses to fall, an American ghost town with a deadly legacy, and wind turbines on the brink of disaster are engineering disasters in need of repair, and experts reveal what went wrong and if they can be fixed.

Experts investigate a deadly tragedy in an Oklahoma bridge collapse.

A catastrophic fire threatens city-wide devastation in North Carolina.

Experts investigate a deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas.

Experts investigate a condominium tower that collapses in Miami, Florida.

When demolitions don't go as planned, engineers race for cutting-edge solutions to bring down buildings that refuse to fall. At the world-renowned Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan, experts try to succeed when the world's most powerful explosives fail.

A New York City skyscraper that could topple at any moment; a city street that suddenly collapses; a modern-day crisis at Pisa's Leaning Tower; experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.

When America's tallest dam threatens to burst, a nearby town finds itself an hour away from total annihilation, and engineers use cutting-edge technology to reveal what went wrong and if disaster can be averted.

A skyscraper rained deadly bolts on the streets below, a highway on the brink of collapse, and a catastrophic landslide are engineering crises in need of repair. Experts use the latest science to reveal what went wrong and if disaster can be averted.

When catastrophe strikes Skylab, life on earth is threatened by a space station cratering toward earth, and NASA experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal what went wrong and if disaster can be averted.

When demolitions don't go as planned, engineers race for cutting-edge solutions to bring down the buildings that refuse to fall, and at work sites in Las Vegas & Russia, experts see if they can succeed where the world's most powerful explosives fail.

When the innovative design of an iconic Chicago skyscraper leads to tragedy, experts must apply cutting-edge tech and the latest engineering methods to fix an urgent, life-or-death problem.

Experts investigate a deadly oil port explosion in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Experts investigate an iconic Bay Area bridge devastated by an earthquake.

When a dam breaks during routine maintenance, engineers fear a catastrophic flood; experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong and how a simple miscalculation could be to blame.

An abandoned Vegas-style getaway with a deadly secret, a ghost town sinking into the earth, and a passenger train on course for disaster are engineering catastrophes in need of repair and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal what went wrong.

A massive sinkhole swallows millions of dollars of legendary Corvettes.

Experts investigate a vital bridge in danger of collapse in Memphis.

A disastrous crane collapse causes chaos on the streets of Manhattan.

New science reveals the inside story of the Apollo 13 disaster, and using the latest evidence, experts reveal what really went wrong and how NASA saved the lives of the three astronauts stranded in space in a life-or-death race against the clock.

A sinkhole envelops a residential street in the Bronx.