List of episodes of the series «Descent from Disaster»
- Seasons count: 2
- Episodes count: 12
- Total viewing time: 9 h. 45 m.
Release date: 7/16/2013
Hyde Train Crash - 1943
- Episode number: 1
- Episode duration: 45 min.
Release date: 7/23/2013
Kaimai Plane Crash - 1963
- Episode number: 2
- Episode duration: 45 min.
- Episode description: On July 3rd 1963, a National Airways Corporation DC3 slammed into a rocky ravine deep in the Kaimai Ranges. All 23 passengers and crew were killed. Simon Gault looks back at this tragic story.
Release date: 7/30/2013
Strongman Mine Disaster - 1967
- Episode number: 3
- Episode duration: 45 min.
- Episode description: West Coast's Leigh Hart revisits his old hometown of Runanga, where in 1967,it was one of several West Coast towns devastated by the Strongman Mine disaster.
Release date: 8/6/2013
Shipwreck of the S.S. Wairarapa - 1894
- Episode number: 4
- Episode duration: 45 min.
- Episode description: 135 people lost their lives when the S.S. Wairarapa steamed straight into rocks on Great Barrier Island. Andrew Fagan uncovers the stories of heroism and downright cowardice on that tragic night.
Release date: 8/13/2013
Hawkes Bay Earthquake - 1931
- Episode number: 5
- Episode duration: 45 min.
- Episode description: The Hawkes Bay Earthquake of 1931 is New Zealand's deadliest earthquake with over 250 people killed and hundreds more injured. Gary McCormick looks back at this tragic event.
Release date: 8/20/2013
Influenza Pandemic - 1918
- Episode number: 6
- Episode duration: 45 min.
- Episode description: In 1918, 8500 New Zealanders lost their lives in a influenza pandemic that swept the world, Judy Bailey investigates the affect it had on New Zealand.