Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach Season 1 Episode 6 Vehicle Collisions: Land and Sea
- 32 min
When an unexpected squall limited visibility to near zero, the Summit Venture freighter collided with Tampa?EUR(TM)s Sunshine Skyway Bridge on May 9, 1980, shearing off a reinforced concrete pier and toppling 1,300 feet of the bridge into the bay. Was this an engineering failure? Or was it just an accident? Discover how high-quality engineering design can account for and minimize accidental catastrophe.