Seconds from Disaster opening logo.
TV Series (2011)
Starring:
Richard Vaughn (Narrator)
Seconds from Disaster is an American documentary about disasters and how they changed the world. Every episode analyzes a disaster and shows all details needed to understand the cause.
Episode 1: 9/11 (September 11 attacks)[]
De Havilland DH-106 Comet 1[]
Registration G-ALYP, c/n 06003 built in 1951. Flashback of British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 781 from "Season 3: Episode 8" in the presentation.
Boeing 767-223ER[]
Registration N334AA, c/n 22332/169 built in 1987.
Same aircraft that the Boeing 767 of American Airlines, N334AA operated on Flight 11 and crashed into the North Tower of World Trade Center in September 11th, 2001.
Reg. N334AA Boeing 767-223ER of American Airlines operating Flight 11.
Reg. N334AA Boeing 767-223ER of American Airlines operating Flight 11.
Reg. N334AA Boeing 767-223ER of American Airlines operating Flight 11.
Reg. N334AA Boeing 767-223ER of American Airlines operating Flight 11.
Reg. N334AA Boeing 767-223ER of American Airlines operating Flight 11.
Reg. N334AA Boeing 767-223ER of American Airlines operating Flight 11.
Reg. N334AA Boeing 767-223ER of American Airlines operating Flight 11.
Reg. N334AA Boeing 767-223ER of American Airlines operating Flight 11.
Reg. N334AA Boeing 767-223ER of American Airlines operating Flight 11.
Reg. N334AA Boeing 767-223ER of American Airlines operating Flight 11.
Boeing 767-222[]
Registration N612UA, c/n 21873/41 built in 1983.
United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower of World Trade Center killing 60 people on board. In the aftermath the South Tower collapses resulting in 900 deaths including rescue workers.
Same aircraft seen in other movies IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Reg. N612UA Boeing 767-222 of United Airlines (at the far right just before impact).
Reg. N612UA Boeing 767-222 of United Airlines.
Boeing 757-223[]
Registration N644AA, c/n 24602/365 built in 1991.
On the fateful day of September 11 four civilian aircrafts were hijacked killing a total of 2,996 people. This episode focuses on American Airlines Flight 77 which was deliberately flown into the Pentagon complex.
Same archive footage of Season 1: Episode 13 called "9/11 Pentagon".
Reg. N644AA Boeing 757-223 of American Airlines portraying Flight 77.
Reg. N644AA Boeing 757-223 of American Airlines portraying Flight 77.
Reg. N644AA Boeing 757-223 of American Airlines portraying Flight 77.
Reg. N644AA Boeing 757-223 of American Airlines portraying Flight 77.
Boeing 757-222[]
Registration N591UA, c/n 28142/718 built in 1996.
Same aircraft seen in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Reg. N591UA Boeing 757-222 of United Airlines portraying Flight 93.
Reg. N591UA Boeing 757-222 of United Airlines portraying Flight 93.
Boeing 777[]
Boeing 777 of United Airlines.
Boeing 777 of United Airlines.
Boeing 777 of United Airlines.
Boeing 777 of United Airlines.
Boeing 777 of United Airlines.
Boeing 777 of United Airlines.
Bell 206 JetRanger II[]
Same archive footage of World Trade Center, Loose Change: Final Cut and Flight 77.
Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon[]
Two F-16s.
Three F-16s.
Various F-16s.
Airbus A330[]
In Boston Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts.
Boeing 767[]
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle[]
Two F-15s.
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle[]
Registration/Serial: 86-0184.
Alternate Serial: AF86-184.
Military Code: ET.
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle[]
Registration/Serial: 77-0110.
Alternate Serial: AF77-184.
Military Code: MA.
Airbus A300B2-101[]
Registration VT-EDW, c/n 036 built in 1976. Indian Airlines Flight 814 was hijacked 24th to 31st of December, 1999.
Reg. VT-EDW Airbus A300B2-101 of Indian Airlines portraying Flight 814.
Reg. VT-EDW Airbus A300B2-101 of Indian Airlines portraying Flight 814.
Reg. VT-EDW Airbus A300B2-101 of Indian Airlines portraying Flight 814.
Reg. VT-EDW Airbus A300B2-101 of Indian Airlines portraying Flight 814.
Various Aircraft[]
In Boston Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts.
1.- Unidentified Aircraft.
2.- Airbus A330 of Aer Lingus.
3.- Boeing 757.
4 & 5.- Bombardier CRJ100/200 of Delta Connection.
6.- Boeing 737 of Delta Air Lines.
1.- McDonnell Douglas MD-80.
2.- Unidentified Aircraft.
3.- Boeing 757 of American Airlines.
4.- Unidentified Aircraft.
Episode 2: Pearl Harbor (Attack on Pearl Harbor)[]
De Havilland DH-106 Comet 1[]
Registration G-ALYP, c/n 06003 built in 1951. Flashback of British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 781 from "Season 3: Episode 8" in the presentation.
Mitsubishi A6M Zero[]
CGI versions.
Mitsubishi A6M Zero & Nakajima B5N2[]
CGI versions.
Nakajima B5N2[]
Registration EI-305.
EI-305 was flown by a wingman of carrier IJN Shokaku.
Nakajima B5N2s planes aboard Shokaku preparing to attack Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. On December 7, 1941, buntaicho Lt. Tatsuo Ichihara (first squadron), Lt. Tsumoto Hagiwara (second squadron) and Lt. Yoshiaki Irikiin (third squadron) were leaders of SHOKAKU's high level bomber force with 27 Nakajima B5N2s, divided in 3 chutai (9 planes unit) during the second wave attack. First and second squadron attacked NAS Kaneohe Bay and third squadron attacked NAS Pearl Harbor at Ford Island.
Various Nakajima B5N2s.
Nakajima B5N1[]
Aichi D3A[]
North American Harvard IV[]
Registration: NX15799 / AI-113 (c/n CCF4-117).
Registration: N15797 / AI-114 (c/n CCF4-199).
Another North American Harvard IVs.
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero[]
261st Kokutai.
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk[]
Grumman TBF Avenger[]
Archive footage of Call of Duty: World at War.
Consolidated B-24 Liberator[]
Douglas C-47 Skytrain[]
Episode 3: Paddington Rail Disaster (Ladbroke Grove rail crash)[]
De Havilland DH-106 Comet 1[]
Registration G-ALYP, c/n 06003 built in 1951. Flashback of British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 781 from "Season 3: Episode 8" in the presentation.
Episode 4: Collision at 35,000 feet (2002 Überlingen mid-air collision)[]
De Havilland DH-106 Comet 1[]
Registration G-ALYP, c/n 06003 built in 1951. Flashback of British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 781 from "Season 3: Episode 8" in the presentation.
Tupolev Tu-154M[]
Reg. RA-85816, c/n 95A1006.
Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 crashes into a DHL plane in mid-air. The CGI plane seems to be accurate. Registration RA-85816, c/n 95A-1006 built in 1995. Same aircraft seen in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines portraying Flight 2937.
Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines.
Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines portraying Flight 2937.
Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines (CGI).
Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines (CGI).
Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines portraying Flight 2937.
Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines portraying Flight 2937.
Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines portraying Flight 2937.
Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines portraying Flight 2937.
Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines portraying Flight 2937.
Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines portraying Flight 2937.
Tupolev Tu-154M[]
Another Tupolev from Malév Hungarian Airlines in the same episode to explain safety issues in eastern European countries.
Tupolev Tu-154M of Malév Hungarian Airlines.
Tupolev Tu-154M of Malév Hungarian Airlines.
Tupolev Tu-154M of Malév Hungarian Airlines.
Another Tupolev Tu-154M from Bashkirian Airlines.
Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines.
Boeing 757-23APF[]
Registration A9C-DHL, c/n 24635/258. Same aircraft seen in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
DHL Flight 611 crashes into a Tupolev in mid-air. The CGI plane seems to be accurate.
Reg. A9C-DHL Boeing 757-23APF of DHL (SNAS Aviation).
Reg. A9C-DHL Boeing 757-23APF of DHL (SNAS Aviation) (CGI).
Reg. A9C-DHL Boeing 757-23APF of DHL (SNAS Aviation) (CGI).
Reg. A9C-DHL Boeing 757-23APF of DHL (SNAS Aviation) (CGI).
Reg. A9C-DHL Boeing 757-23APF of DHL (SNAS Aviation) (CGI).
Another Boeing 757 CGI plane to explain the TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System).
Boeing 757 (CGI).
This cockpit is supposed to be a Boeing 757 cockpit.
Boeing 757 (CGI).
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 & Tupolev Tu-134[]
Registration HB-IFS, c/n 47113/213.
Reg.HB-IFS McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of Swissair and Tupolev Tu-134 of Aeroflot.
Reg. HB-IFS McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of Swissair and Tupolev Tu-134 of Aeroflot.
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105[]
Typical german police helicopter.
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm BO-105.
Airbus A321-232 & Airbus A321-212[]
SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A321-232 and Swiss International Air Lines Airbus A321-212 on background.
Airbus A321-212 of Swiss International Air Lines and Airbus A321-232 of SAS-Scandinavian Airlines.
Boeing 737-800[]
Boeing 737-800 of Siberia Airlines.
Boeing 737-800 of Siberia Airlines.
Ilyushin Il-62 & Tupolev Tu-154M & Ilyushin Il-96[]
The Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 in the left, Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 in the middle and the Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-96 in the right.
Ilyushin Il-62 of Aeroflot, Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines and Ilyushin Il-62 of Aeroflot.
Ilyushin Il-62 & Tupolev Tu-154M[]
The Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 in the middle and Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 in the right.
Ilyushin Il-62 of Aeroflot and Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines.
Tupolev Tu-154M & Ilyushin Il-96[]
During the departure of Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937.
Tupolev Tu-154M of Siberia Airlines, Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines and Ilyushin Il-62 of Aeroflot.
Tupolev Tu-154M of Siberia Airlines, Reg. RA-85816 Tupolev Tu-154M of Bashkirian Airlines and Ilyushin Il-62 of Aeroflot.
Zurich Airport[]
Airbus A320[]
Three Airbus A320s of Swiss International Air Lines.
Airbus A320 & Boeing 747[]
Two Airbus A320s in the left and the middle and a Boeing 747 in the right.
Two Airbus A320s of Swiss International Air Lines and Boeing 747.
Airbus A320 & British Aerospace BAe 146[]
An Airbus A320 in the left and a British Aerospace BAe 146 in the right.
Airbus A320 of Swiss International Air Lines and British Aerospace BAe 146 of Air France.
Airbus A320 of Swiss International Air Lines and British Aerospace BAe 146 of Air France.
Boeing 737[]
Airbus A320-200[]
Airbus A320-200 of Aero Lloyd portraying Flight 1135.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9[]
In the news, two DC-9s on the right background.
Various Aircraft[]
1.- Tupolev Tu-154 of Kavminvodyavia.
2.- Tupolev Tu-154.
3.- Tupolev Tu-154 of Bashkirian Airlines.
4.- Airbus A320.
5.- Boeing 767 of Aeroflot.
Episode 5: Cable Car Collision (1998 Cavalese cable car crash)[]
De Havilland DH-106 Comet 1[]
Registration G-ALYP, c/n 06003 built in 1951. Flashback of British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 781 from "Season 3: Episode 8" in the presentation.
Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler[]
On 3 February 1998, an EA-6B Prowler, BuNo (bureau number) 163045, 'CY-02', callsign Easy 01, (number 05), an electronic warfare aircraft belonging to Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2) of the United States Marine Corps, was on a low-altitude training mission. The plane had wing and tail damage, but was able to return to Aviano Air Base, Italy.
In the newspaper.
In the photos.
CGI versions.
Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon[]
Same archive footage of "Season 1: Episode 1: 9/11".
Another F-16s.
Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler[]
Registration: 163400 / NL-503, c/n P-140. Number 533.
Registration: 160432 / CB-01, c/n P-60. Number 01.
Registration: 163890 / NL-540. Number 540.
Registration: 158040 / NL-624. Number 624.
Registration: 163045 / CB-03, c/n P-130. Number 03.
Registration: 158815 / NJ 902, c/n P-45. Number 902. Lt. Col. Stuart Couch watching flashbacks on TV.
Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler[]
Lockheed C-130 Hercules & Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler[]
Grumman A-6 Intruder[]
In Aviano Air Base, Italy.
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk[]
McDonnell Douglas F-15[]
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet[]
Grumman A-6E Intruder & Beechcraft MQM-61 Cardinal[]
Registration: 152599 / I-147.
Number 500, named "Cor. Denton" in its left and "LTJG Tschudy" in its right in USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park.
Boeing EA-18G Growler[]
Various Aircraft[]
In Aviano Air Base, Italy.
1 & 2.- Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler.
3.- Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
4.- Grumman A-6 Intruder.
1 & 2.- Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler.
3.- Boeing C-17 Globemaster III.
4.- Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
5.- Grumman A-6 Intruder.
Episode 6: Bhopal Nightmare (Bhopal disaster)[]
De Havilland DH-106 Comet 1[]
Registration G-ALYP, c/n 06003 built in 1951. Flashback of British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 781 from "Season 3: Episode 8" in the presentation.
Mil Mi-8[]
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