Engineering Disasters 20 (S13E56)

In March 2005, a catastrophic series of explosions rocked the BP Refinery in Texas City, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 15 workers and significant destruction to the facility. This was followed by the tragic incident involving American Airlines flight 587, which mysteriously plummeted from the sky. In Times Beach, Missouri, a waste hauler spread oil mixed with dioxin on the dusty roads, leading to severe consequences. The episode also delves into the issues that plagued NASA's Skylab in 1974 and the devastating fire that engulfed the gas company Praxair in June 2005.