Destroyed In Seconds - S01E09: Episode 9

109 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 years later 8/8/93 – the same pilot is at an airshow in the same type of plane and it crashes and explodes Dakota Co. MN 7/11/08 – a cop stops a car, suspecting the driver of drinking and driving simultaneously, and an SUV, carrying the real drunk driver, smashes into it and flips over Sacramento, CA – during a jet car race Dennis Gisua's chute fails to open, he crashes and explodes in front of Neil Hanson. He was in recovery for 2 years, but abandons his jet car race career. Paris, CA – skydivers try to set a record and their DC3 catches fire on takeoff Marshall Islands 1954 – Castle Bravo atomic bomb test explosion is 62 miles wide and leaves a 1.2 mile crater, larger than expected and destroys the testing facility. Comoros Islands 11/23/96– a hijacked Ethiopian plane crashes into the ocean by a resort, killing many. Kīlauea, HI 1986 - a lava flow takes out the town.

Cast: Ron Pitts