Construction Fails

Was a bridge collapse caused by a piece too big to fail? Which apartment blocks are fires waiting to burn? Why does China have so many sinkholes?

Elevated highways fall in Thailand, a fire breaks out in a bakery, a bridge collapses, London’s skyline is overcrowded with skyscrapers, and houses keep plunging into the ocean.

An American condo collapses, India's dams are in distress, Italy's must save its other leaning tower, an aircraft goes awry, and a nightclub in Mallorca collapses.

Investigators try to work out why the only Bangkok building to collapse in an earthquake was the newest one. Plus, a devastating Danish fire and a deadly wind from a tall tower.

An oversized billboard falls in Mumbai, too much snow collapses roofs in Minnesota, São Paulo subway tunnels cave in, and eerie 'ghost-scrapers' remain unfinished.

Investigate sudden structural disasters as floods, fires, eruptions and collapses expose deadly failures in design, weather and engineering.