Plot Synopsis

DEADLY ENGINEERING is a one-hour documentary series that explores disasters of the past, revealing the real reasons why these catastrophes occurred. The series opener focused on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which changed the course of human history. Now, new discoveries reveal the real reasons behind the explosion that spawned a deadly radioactive ghost town and brought down an empire.
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The second season of DEADLY ENGINEERING premiered on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 9pm ET/PT on Science Channel. In the season opener, "Calamity in Space," on a test flight for an experimental Virgin Galactic spacecraft, catastrophic design flaws send this multi-million dollar endeavor on a crash course to tragedy. Experts investigate what caused this visionary engineering marvel to fail.