Seconds from Disaster

S1 E52005

Derailment at Eschede (High Speed Train Wreck)

Episode Synopsis

June 1998. The new German InterCity Express is a trip from Munich to Hamburg, one of many. Today should be no different. The new train offers the ultimate luxury in high-speed travel. But a terrible accident sets off a chain of events causing the loss of 101 lives when the train derails catastrophically at the town of Eschede. But what caused such a horrible accident?

Seconds from Disaster

Derailment at Eschede (High Speed Train Wreck)

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