Massive Engineering Mistakes — S5E8 — Quake of Christchurch
Synopsis
Tragedy strikes as an earthquake wipes out a building full of people in Christchurch in New Zealand; experts investigate an inadequate structural design and weakness in critical supporting columns.
About the series
From the extraordinary to the ridiculous, this series uncovers the epic fails and near misses engineers would rather not talk about. We analyse what went wrong and reveal how they are being fixed.