Causality

Chain of Events. Cause and Effect. We analyse what went right and what went wrong as we discover that many outcomes can be predicted, planned for and even prevented.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 28m. Bisher sind 53 Folge(n) erschienen. Alle 2 Monate erscheint eine Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 3 hours 58 minutes

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episode 22: Chernobyl


The largest nuclear incident in human history released an estimated 400 times the radioactive material compared to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It all happened because of a test that was delayed by one shift, or was it the ultimate inevitability of a flawed …


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 July 8, 2018  47m
 
 

episode 21: Milford Haven


A turning point in control systems user interface design and alarm management happened in an unlikely place that few have ever heard of. We look at what went wrong at Milford Haven.


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 April 29, 2018  31m
 
 

episode 20: Stava Dam


On the 19th of July, 1985 in Tesero, Northern Italy, a tailings dam gave way and killed 268 people. With the most common tailings dam design in the world, what went wrong and how widespread are the risks?


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 February 24, 2018  21m
 
 

episode 19: Smiler


In 2015 at Alton Towers in the UK, The Smiler Rollercoaster experienced a major incident leading to severe injuries for multiple riders. We look at how pressure to get the ride running again and mis-communication defeated the system designed to protect …


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 November 22, 2017  20m
 
 

episode 18: The Fog


In 1952 a fog in London left 4,000 dead in just 4 days but many more would die before the causes could be rectified. Worse than that, it had happened before and it’s happening again right now, somewhere else.


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 September 14, 2017  20m
 
 

episode 17: Three Mile Island


On March 28, 1979 Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant in the United States of America an incident would lead to a partial reactor core meltdown. Many blamed the operators for stopping the reactor cooling system but the real root causes showed …


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 June 2, 2017  32m
 
 

episode 16: Tenerife


In 1977 on the small island of Tenerife two 747 Jumbo Jets collided on the runway in poor visibility. A miscommunication clearly occurred, but even today, the same elements still exist and it could happen again.


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 March 10, 2017  28m
 
 

episode 15: Sampoong Department Store


The Sampoong Department Store in South Korea collapsed in 1995 killing over 500 people. The investigators were shocked to find just how many rules had been broken but the true root cause might have been something more innocuous.


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 January 27, 2017  27m
 
 

episode 14: Concorde


The Concorde was the first commercially successful supersonic aeroplane that flew for nearly 25 years without a fatality and was considered the safest aeroplane in the world at the time until it crashed. The incident ended the lives of 113 people and it …


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 December 22, 2016  25m
 
 

episode 13: Costa Concordia


A near-new modern cruise liner with all the navigational aids and maps struck rocks and sank killing over 30 people and the man most responsible still walks free today.


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 November 13, 2016  24m