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What Went Wrong: Countdown to Catastrophe (2019)

Name: What Went Wrong: Countdown to Catastrophe
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 6.9

Documentary

A two season series with 12 episodes that tell the in-depth story of high-profile catastrophic events while explaining the engineering failures that reveal what went wrong.

IMDb rating: 6.9 (85 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 +0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (2019)

7.55 avg 6 episodes 8.2 → 6.1 47 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Morandi Bridge	8.2	14
2	Grenfell Tower Fire	7.9	15
3	Eschede Train Disaster	7.8	12
4	Challenger Shuttle Disaster	7.8	12
5	Concorde Air Crash	7.5	14
6	MH370	6.1	13

Season 2 (2021)

7.70 avg 6 episodes 7.7 → 7.4 45 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ramstein Air Show Disaster	7.7	7
2	Viareggio Derailment	7.9	8
3	MH17	7.6	7
4	Mont Blanc Tunnel Fire	7.8	11
5	Love Parade Disaster	7.8	9
6	Beirut Explosion	7.4	9

What Went Wrong: Countdown to Catastrophe (2019)

Seasons

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