Destroyed In Seconds (2008)
Destroyed in Seconds is a half-hour American television series that airs on Discovery Channel. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, etc. The nature of the show closely resembles Real TV. The show uses real video of real events, and commentary explaining the destruction portrayed. Most videos have stock sound effects added. Some of the events seen resulted in fatalities, and all of the events have property damage. It is currently on hiatus.
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Episodes
- 1 1. Episode 12008-08-21 · 25mChesapeake Bay 9/30/81 – A US Navy Douglas A-4 Skyhawk crashes during a bomb test. Portland, OR – Two men attempt to save their lives, by outrunning a large mudslide. Nicaragua 1
- 2 2. Episode 22008-08-21Bakersfield, CA – A Speedboat hits the shore, flies over a hill, and onto a road. Luckily, the driver escapes just before the boat hits land. Puget Sound, WA – Footage of the Taco
- 3 3. Picnic Surprise, Chemical Inferno2008-08-28 · 30mOxnard, CA 2/14/05 – An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train hits an 18-Wheeler because of a faulty traffic signal. Iksan, South Korea – A fire starts at a propane filling station. Mou
- 4 4. Episode 42008-09-04Taiwan 7/8/95 – A styrene tanker truck explodes. Cape Canaveral, FL 1/17/97– A Delta II 7925 explodes because of a 19-foot long crack. Thailand – A 40" mock cigarette made from h
- 5 5. Episode 52008-09-18Dallas, TX – An Acetylene factory fire launches tanks onto the road Prince George, British Columbia – At the Sandburst Games downhill race a couch crashes with 3 people. The crash
- 6 6. Episode 62008-09-25Cranesville, NY 4/27/02 – The fire department trains to set an old house on fire. It explodes, because the fuel was soaked into the wood. Weatherford, TX 10/8/05 – A Police chase
- 7 7. Episode 72008-10-02UK 7/24/93 – At an airshow a pair of MIG-29s collide at the Royal International Air Tattoo Chandler, AZ 2/24/85 – A speedboat crashes into a shore and flies onto powerlines Manch
- 8 8. Episode 82008-10-09Ethiopia 1991 – terrorists blow up an ammo depot killing over 100 with several explosions Hagerstown, MD – during a race Gary Stewart is bumped into a corner guard rail and badly
- 9 9. Episode 92008-10-16109 Fairfield, UT – a British helicopter does a loop at an airshow and crashes Swedish Air Force 2/2/89 Saab JAS 39 Gripen test flight crashes on landing and rolls Stockholm 4 ye
- 10 10. Episode 102008-10-23110 Kolding, Denmark 11/3/04 – Seest fireworks disaster International Hot Boat Race – Super Dave crashes Norway – Hans Lange jumps from a cliff in a wing suit and gets stuck 20 f
- 11 11. Episode 112008-10-30111 San Diego, CA 5/17/95 – Shawn Nelson's road rampage with a 57-tonne M60 Patton tank. Gerdez, Albania – 90,000 tons of ammunition explode causing chaos Melbourne, Australia –
- 12 12. Episode 122008-11-06112 Sewan River, FL – Hank Hogan wipes out his speedboat at 140 mph and is thrown across the water Russia 10/5/91 – a Soviet Yakovlev Yak-141 fighter prototype plane explodes when
- 13 13. Episode 132008-12-11113 Santiago, Chile – industrial plastics factory fire spews shrapnel Ridger Mountain Range, MT – Nick & Mike film their skiing and start an avalanche that buries them Isle of Ma
- 14 14. Episode 142008-12-18114 Melbourne, Australia – Calder park – O'Brien's stock car crashes and flips 14 times British Columbia, Canada – Big Dawg Shootout snowmobile hill climb Tim McGregor's crash Ol
- 15 15. Episode 152009-01-05Chicago, IL – a 110-car freight train smashes into an 18 wheeler Del Mar, CA 7/4/01 – Bubba Blackwell motorcycle jump ends badly Bakersfield, CA – Bill Burch 1941 drag race crash
- 16 16. Episode 162009-01-12Mexico – Baja 500 run – saboteurs makes a hole in the course and a white truck hits it and is launched and flips Denver, CO – window-washing platform smashes into a building, brea
- 17 17. Episode 172009-01-26Las Vegas, NV – at Pro Flame, a propane plant truck unloading starts a fire, then the fire spreads to the neighboring Amerigas plant. Explosions send fire 150 feet in the air. The
- 18 18. Episode 182009-01-26Texarkana, AR 10/15/05 – a freight train derails and police go to the scene. The cop smells chemicals and backs up. Then an explosion occurs and soon night turns into day ahead of
- 19 19. Episode 192009-02-02Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport, Mulhouse, France 6/26/1988 – Air France Flight 296 is an Airbus A320-111 low-speed flyover demonstration flight with 130 passengers and 6 crew members on
- 20 20. Episode 202009-02-02Fort Worth, TX – chemical storage facility fire. Huge drums explode and launch hundreds of feet. Smoke can be seen for 30 miles. EPA says to let it go and it burns for 4 ½ hours. M
- 21 21. Episode 212009-02-09Fuji Speedway, Japan – Le mans race in the pouring rain. The pace car goes too fast, causes Senako to spin out, crash hard, then Tetsuyo Otta plows into him and explodes. The car d
- 22 22. Episode 222009-02-16Toronto, Canada 8/10/08 – Sunrise Industrial Gases factory catches fire and explodes into massive fireballs. A shockwave can be felt for 10 miles. Fiery metal is launched, I401 is
- 23 23. Episode 232009-02-16Mission Bay San Diego, CA – Mark W races a hydro fuel dragboat in a test. He flips it and it rips apart in 2 seconds. He opens the capsule and it takes on water, he spins over trap
- 24 24. Episode 242009-02-23Tacoma, WA 10/6/07 – a propane truck unloads into a storage tank. It starts to leak and smoke covers the area. Then the truck catches fire spewing up to the freeway. 8000 gallons e
- 25 25. Episode 252009-02-23Netherlands – a fireworks warehouse catches fire and people fill the streets to watch. Then the fireworks erupt and people start running for it. The whole thing detonates, breaks g
- 26 26. Episode 262009-03-02Russian Cosmodrome 2002 – Soyez rocket with Photo satellite nighttime launch. 29 seconds later it falls to earth in a massive explosion. Something got into an intake pipe and all e
- 27 27. Episode 272009-03-02Buenos Aires, Argentina – an 18-wheeler on an overpass loses control after going too fast. It hits the wall and the entire cargo of lemons falls to the street below sending people
- 28 28. Episode 282009-03-09Edison, NJ – an asphalt plant gasline catches fire next to the Durham Woods apartments. They are told to evacuate, then the line explodes. John records it and tries to escape. A ba
- 29 29. Episode 292009-03-09Des Moines, IA – Barton Solvents catches fire. Thick black smoke fills the sky, then huge explosions erupt again and again from 55 gallon drums launching them through the air and k
- 30 30. Episode 302009-03-16Wichita, KS 7/02 – Summer Nationals International raceway drag racing at night. Jerry Yeoman makes it to the finals, hits an oil slick and slams into a wall, goes over it and flips
- 31 31. Episode 312009-03-16Riobamba, Ecuador – on election night reporter Juan is covering voting, then an ammunition depot explodes. It causes bombs and rockets to detonate and a huge mushroom cloud forms.
- 32 32. Episode 322009-03-23Bonnveille Salt Flats, UT – Jim Meader wants to be the production car speed record of 241 mph. He gets his Mazda RX7 up to 230 mph, adds power and goes in the air, spins around, co
- 33 33. Episode 332009-03-23Queensland, Australia – Willowbrook Raceway New Year’s drag racing night fire series. Stephen Reed's car wobbles and explodes. He pulls the extinguisher, hits the wall and his body
- 34 34. Funny Car, Windsurfer Wipeout2009-03-23A Funny Car catches fire at 200 mph. A fire causes Dutch university building to collapse. A windsurfer wipes out on a four-story high wave. A firefighter is nearly crushed by a fal
- 35 35. Tanker Inferno, Skier Wipeout2009-03-30A fire on an oil tanker docked in a shipyard leads to massive explosions. Then, a skier loses control at the top of a steep mountain and flips, cartwheels and collides with boulder
- 36 36. Freestyle Stunt, Sinking Boat2009-03-30A motorcycle stunt ends with a catastrophic fall. A race boat breaks apart, sending its crew into heavy seas. A vintage dragster crashes into a wall. A dragboat crash sends a drive
- 37 37. Jet Crash, Train Collision2009-04-02A military jet breaks apart and crashes. A spectacular motorcycle drag crash. 180 passengers are rescued off a sinking ship. A man survives being run over by a tractor trailer, and
- 38 38. Episode 382009-04-02Brooklyn, NY – A news helicopter blows a tail rotor and crashes on the roof. Byron, IL – A drag race wheelie competition. Jason Schubert slips and barrel rolls three and a half ti
- 39 39. Episode 392009-04-13Walton Hills, OH – A magnesium recycling plant explodes, troubling firemen who spray water on it instead of using sand. Bakersfield, CA – Drag racer Tom Padilla is competing in hi
- 40 40. Gas Explosion, Hydroplane Flip2009-04-13An industrial fire leads to massive explosions. An F14 Tomcat explodes over the ocean. Wind causes two Hydro boats to crash. A Superbike crash leaves a flaming motorcycle continuin
- 41 41. Episode 412009-09-10São Paulo, Brazil – Multiple explosions from a plant that makes cleaning products destroys several houses. Salt Lake City, UT – Freestyle skiers construct a ramp called Chad's Gap
- 42 42. Gas Explosion, Jet Engine2009-09-10A gas leak causes a service station to explode in flames, and a jet engine proves to be too much for a street car to handle. Then, a stuck rudder and no seat belt add up to a terri
- 43 43. SUV Crash, F5 Tornado2009-09-10A 6,800-pound SUV plows into a convenience store directly at customers. Then, an earth-shaking blast is linked to arsonists, and an F5 tornado erases everything in its path. Also,
- 44 44. Avalanche, Window Washers2009-09-17The star of an extreme ski video goes one-on-one with an avalanche and loses. Then, 400-foot flames erupt when chemical tanks ignite, and gale-force winds cause two window washers
- 45 45. Car Crash, Flying Bull Rider2009-09-24One of the worst crashes in history happens at the world's oldest endurance race. Then, a helicopter crashes while trying to land on a navy ship at sea, and storm chasers capture i
- 46 46. Lightning Strike, Fighter Jet2009-09-24A lighting strike sets off a massive oil tank explosion, a Russian fighter jet crashes in front of an air show crowd and a motorist crashes her pickup truck into a Kansas store. Al
- 47 47. High-Rise Inferno, Raging Flood2009-10-08A 32-story Madrid office building goes up in flames, a toppling construction crane nearly crushes a woman in her car and a flood caused by heavy rains obliterates a bridge and doze
- 48 48. Powerboat Crash, Train vs. Truck2009-10-15A power boat breaks apart during a race in Austria, an Arizona metro train plows into a pickup truck with two people inside and a fighter jet crashes during a test flight when a to
- 49 49. Episode 492009-10-22Wichita, KS – At about 12:37 am at night, an irate citizen suddenly crashes into the Wichita City Hall with his car. Hemel Hempstead, England – The Buncefield fire. San Antonio,
- 50 50. Episode 502009-11-05Persian Gulf, off the coast of Doha, Qatar – Boat driver Sheikh Hassan and his throttleman Matteo Nicolini, are racing in The Spirit of Qatar speedboat when it flips and crashes.
- 51 51. Episode 512009-11-12Buenos Aires, Argentina – A gas station explodes in massive fireballs. Ennis, MT – Police are in hot pursuit of killer George Harold Davis. Davis attempts to stall the police by b
- 52 52. Propane Plant, Tornado vs. Ranch2009-12-01A massive fire and explosion at an Australian propane facility shuts down the Sydney airport. Then, a woman survives a tornado that destroys her ranch, and an ultra light aircraft
- 53 53. Racecar Destruction, Shockwave2009-12-08A race car is destroyed in one of the worst crashes in the history of speed hill climbing. Then, a propane gas explosion sends a shock wave more than seven miles away, and one of t
- 54 54. Episode 542010-01-01Triple digit winds take direct aim at a Midwestern town. Then, an arson fire sets off a massive explosion, and a hydroplane champion flips his boat at 160 mph. The action continues
- 55 55. Car vs. Bakery, BASE Jumper2010-01-07Customers run for their lives when an out of control car slams into a bakery. Then, a 200-year-old building suddenly comes crashing down, and a BASE jumper learns the hard way why
- 56 56. Episode 562010-01-11Calpe, Spain – A small town near the Atlantic Coast is battered by a massive flood sweeping away everything in its path. Curitiba, Brazil – A chemical plant explodes, sending cani
- 57 57. Episode 572010-01-14Heber City, UT – 400 pounds of snowmobile slam down on Steve Medrano's head as he attempts a dangerous backflip. Zephyrhills, FL – Skydiver David "TK" Hayes tumbles across a pond
- 58 58. Episode 582010-01-18Laurium, Greece – A fire breaks out at a plant storing volatile chemicals. The tanks are sent flying like rockets. Tapachula, Mexico – Hurricane Stan unleashes a wave of destructi
- 59 59. Episode 592010-01-21Punta Gorda, FL – Hurricane Charley wreaks havoc in the neighborhoods, and storm chasers Jim Reed and Greg Zamarippa are caught in the hurricane. Buenos Aires, Argentina – A paint
- 60 60. Porsche Collision, Refinery Explosion2010-01-25Two Porsches collide at triple-digit speeds, sending one barrel-rolling eight times. Then, an oil refinery explodes and sets off a shock wave felt more than a dozen miles away, and
- 61 61. Hotel Collapse, Ferrari Crash2010-01-28A massive typhoon topples a six-story hotel, and a man is thrown from a hot air balloon. Then, a rare Ferrari plummets down a flight of stairs and crashes into a restaurant, and do
- 62 62. Savage Ski Run, Crane Collapse2010-02-01One of the world's most notorious ski runs proves too much for a champion. Then, two construction cranes collapse, forcing hundreds to flee for their lives, and a skateboarder goin
- 63 63. Stuntman Crash, Bus vs. Truck2010-02-04A sudden tornado rips through a crowded restaurant, and a Hollywood stuntman crashes down hard when he flies too high. Then, objects suddenly explode in a 1,500-degree fire, a crow
- 64 64. Episode 642010-02-08Nine thousand gallons of chemicals suddenly erupt in flames, and a car slams into a computer store. Then, a professional snowmobiler makes the mistake of his career, and a motorcyc
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