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Seconds from Disaster

Season 2 · Episode 5

Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster (Capsized in the North Sea)

9.347mAugust 16, 2005

On March 1987, the British Car Ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes off Zeebrugge killing 193. Why did this happen? Was it just a terrible blunder? Or something worse?

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Episodes

Episode 1Columbia's Last Flight (Space Shuttle Columbia)
Episode 2Alpine Tsunami
Episode 3Motorway Plane Crash (Freeway Plane Crash)
Episode 4Mount St Helens Eruption (Mount St. Helens Eruption)
Episode 5Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster (Capsized in the North Sea)
Episode 6Kobe Earthquake (Killer Quake)
Episode 7Crash Landing at Sioux City
Episode 8The Bali Bombing (Disco Bombing)