{"id":1742,"date":"2026-07-27T10:51:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viasatexplore.eu\/episode\/massive-engineering-mistakes-s5e8-quake-of-christchurch\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:13:02","slug":"massive-engineering-mistakes-s5e8-quake-of-christchurch","status":"publish","type":"vsei_episode","link":"https:\/\/viasatexplore.eu\/cz\/episode\/massive-engineering-mistakes-s5e8-quake-of-christchurch\/","title":{"rendered":"Z\u00e1va\u017en\u00e9 technick\u00e9 chyby \u2014 5. \u0159ada, 8. d\u00edl \u2014 Zem\u011bt\u0159esen\u00ed v Christchurchi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vsei-meta\"><span><b>S\u00e9rie:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/viasatexplore.eu\/cz\/rada\/obrovske-stavitelske-chyby\/\">Hromadn\u00e9 technick\u00e9 chyby<\/a><\/span><span><b>Sez\u00f3na:<\/b> 5<\/span><span><b>D\u00edl:<\/b> 8<\/span><span><b>Rok v\u00fdroby:<\/b> 2021<\/span><\/div>\n<h2>Anotace<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3>O seri\u00e1lu<\/h3>\n<p>From the extraordinary to the ridiculous, this series uncovers the epic fails and near misses engineers would rather not talk about. 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