Destroyed In Seconds
Destroyed In Seconds

Destroyed In Seconds

2008 2 Seasons 76 Episodes ⭐ 7.3 Documentary Reality

Destroyed in Seconds is a half-hour American television series that airs on Discovery Channel. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, etc. The nature of the show closely resembles Real TV. The show uses real video of real events, and commentary explaining the destruction portrayed. Most videos have stock sound effects added. Some of the events seen resulted in fatalities, and all of the events have property damage. It is currently on hiatus.

Destroyed in Seconds is a half-hour American television series that airs on Discovery Channel. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, etc. The nature of the show closely resembles Real TV. The show uses real video of real events, and commentary explaining the destruction portrayed. Most videos have stock sound effects added. Some of the events seen resulted in fatalities, and all of the events have property damage. It is currently on hiatus.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Episode 1

Chesapeake Bay 9/30/81 – A US Navy Douglas A-4 Skyhawk crashes during a bomb test. Portland, OR – Two men attempt t

EP 2

Episode 2

Bakersfield, CA – A Speedboat hits the shore, flies over a hill, and onto a road. Luckily, the driver escapes just bef

EP 3

Picnic Surprise, Chemical Inferno

Oxnard, CA 2/14/05 – An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train hits an 18-Wheeler because of a faulty traffic signal. Iksan,

EP 4

Episode 4

Taiwan 7/8/95 – A styrene tanker truck explodes. Cape Canaveral, FL 1/17/97– A Delta II 7925 explodes because of a

EP 5

Episode 5

Dallas, TX – An Acetylene factory fire launches tanks onto the road Prince George, British Columbia – At the Sandbu

EP 6

Episode 6

Cranesville, NY 4/27/02 – The fire department trains to set an old house on fire. It explodes, because the fuel was so

EP 7

Episode 7

UK 7/24/93 – At an airshow a pair of MIG-29s collide at the Royal International Air Tattoo Chandler, AZ 2/24/85 – A

EP 8

Episode 8

Ethiopia 1991 – terrorists blow up an ammo depot killing over 100 with several explosions Hagerstown, MD – during a

EP 9

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 G

EP 10

Episode 10

EP 11

Episode 11

111 San Diego, CA 5/17/95 – Shawn Nelson's road rampage with a 57-tonne M60 Patton tank. Gerdez, Albania – 90,000 t

EP 12

Episode 12

112 Sewan River, FL – Hank Hogan wipes out his speedboat at 140 mph and is thrown across the water Russia 10/5/91 –

EP 13

Episode 13

113 Santiago, Chile – industrial plastics factory fire spews shrapnel Ridger Mountain Range, MT – Nick & Mike film

EP 14

Episode 14

EP 15

Episode 15

Chicago, IL – a 110-car freight train smashes into an 18 wheeler Del Mar, CA 7/4/01 – Bubba Blackwell motorcycle ju

EP 16

Episode 16

Mexico – Baja 500 run – saboteurs makes a hole in the course and a white truck hits it and is launched and flips De

EP 17

Episode 17

Las Vegas, NV – at Pro Flame, a propane plant truck unloading starts a fire, then the fire spreads to the neighboring

EP 18

Episode 18

Texarkana, AR 10/15/05 – a freight train derails and police go to the scene. The cop smells chemicals and backs up. Th

EP 19

Episode 19

Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport, Mulhouse, France 6/26/1988 – Air France Flight 296 is an Airbus A320-111 low-speed flyover

EP 20

Episode 20

Fort Worth, TX – chemical storage facility fire. Huge drums explode and launch hundreds of feet. Smoke can be seen for

EP 21

Episode 21

Fuji Speedway, Japan – Le mans race in the pouring rain. The pace car goes too fast, causes Senako to spin out, crash

EP 22

Episode 22

Toronto, Canada 8/10/08 – Sunrise Industrial Gases factory catches fire and explodes into massive fireballs. A shockwa

EP 23

Episode 23

Mission Bay San Diego, CA – Mark W races a hydro fuel dragboat in a test. He flips it and it rips apart in 2 seconds.

EP 24

Episode 24

Tacoma, WA 10/6/07 – a propane truck unloads into a storage tank. It starts to leak and smoke covers the area. Then th

EP 25

Episode 25

Netherlands – a fireworks warehouse catches fire and people fill the streets to watch. Then the fireworks erupt and pe

EP 26

Episode 26

Russian Cosmodrome 2002 – Soyez rocket with Photo satellite nighttime launch. 29 seconds later it falls to earth in a

EP 27

Episode 27

Buenos Aires, Argentina – an 18-wheeler on an overpass loses control after going too fast. It hits the wall and the en

EP 28

Episode 28

Edison, NJ – an asphalt plant gasline catches fire next to the Durham Woods apartments. They are told to evacuate, the

EP 29

Episode 29

Des Moines, IA – Barton Solvents catches fire. Thick black smoke fills the sky, then huge explosions erupt again and a

EP 30

Episode 30

Wichita, KS 7/02 – Summer Nationals International raceway drag racing at night. Jerry Yeoman makes it to the finals, h

EP 31

Episode 31

Riobamba, Ecuador – on election night reporter Juan is covering voting, then an ammunition depot explodes. It causes b

EP 32

Episode 32

Bonnveille Salt Flats, UT – Jim Meader wants to be the production car speed record of 241 mph. He gets his Mazda RX7 u

EP 33

Episode 33

Queensland, Australia – Willowbrook Raceway New Year’s drag racing night fire series. Stephen Reed's car wobbles and

EP 34

Funny Car, Windsurfer Wipeout

A Funny Car catches fire at 200 mph. A fire causes Dutch university building to collapse. A windsurfer wipes out on a fo

EP 35

Tanker Inferno, Skier Wipeout

A fire on an oil tanker docked in a shipyard leads to massive explosions. Then, a skier loses control at the top of a st

EP 36

Freestyle Stunt, Sinking Boat

A motorcycle stunt ends with a catastrophic fall. A race boat breaks apart, sending its crew into heavy seas. A vintage

EP 37

Jet Crash, Train Collision

A military jet breaks apart and crashes. A spectacular motorcycle drag crash. 180 passengers are rescued off a sinking s

EP 38

Episode 38

Brooklyn, NY – A news helicopter blows a tail rotor and crashes on the roof. Byron, IL – A drag race wheelie compet

EP 39

Episode 39

Walton Hills, OH – A magnesium recycling plant explodes, troubling firemen who spray water on it instead of using sand

EP 40

Gas Explosion, Hydroplane Flip

An industrial fire leads to massive explosions. An F14 Tomcat explodes over the ocean. Wind causes two Hydro boats to cr

EP 41

Episode 41

SΓ£o Paulo, Brazil – Multiple explosions from a plant that makes cleaning products destroys several houses. Salt Lake

EP 42

Gas Explosion, Jet Engine

A gas leak causes a service station to explode in flames, and a jet engine proves to be too much for a street car to han

EP 43

SUV Crash, F5 Tornado

A 6,800-pound SUV plows into a convenience store directly at customers. Then, an earth-shaking blast is linked to arsoni

EP 44

Avalanche, Window Washers

The star of an extreme ski video goes one-on-one with an avalanche and loses. Then, 400-foot flames erupt when chemical

EP 45

Car Crash, Flying Bull Rider

One of the worst crashes in history happens at the world's oldest endurance race. Then, a helicopter crashes while tryin

EP 46

Lightning Strike, Fighter Jet

A lighting strike sets off a massive oil tank explosion, a Russian fighter jet crashes in front of an air show crowd and

EP 47

High-Rise Inferno, Raging Flood

A 32-story Madrid office building goes up in flames, a toppling construction crane nearly crushes a woman in her car and

EP 48

Powerboat Crash, Train vs. Truck

A power boat breaks apart during a race in Austria, an Arizona metro train plows into a pickup truck with two people ins

EP 49

Episode 49

Wichita, KS – At about 12:37 am at night, an irate citizen suddenly crashes into the Wichita City Hall with his car.

EP 50

Episode 50

Persian Gulf, off the coast of Doha, Qatar – Boat driver Sheikh Hassan and his throttleman Matteo Nicolini, are racing

EP 51

Episode 51

Buenos Aires, Argentina – A gas station explodes in massive fireballs. Ennis, MT – Police are in hot pursuit of kil

EP 52

Propane Plant, Tornado vs. Ranch

A massive fire and explosion at an Australian propane facility shuts down the Sydney airport. Then, a woman survives a t

EP 53

Racecar Destruction, Shockwave

A race car is destroyed in one of the worst crashes in the history of speed hill climbing. Then, a propane gas explosion

EP 54

Episode 54

Triple digit winds take direct aim at a Midwestern town. Then, an arson fire sets off a massive explosion, and a hydropl

EP 55

Car vs. Bakery, BASE Jumper

Customers run for their lives when an out of control car slams into a bakery. Then, a 200-year-old building suddenly com

EP 56

Episode 56

Calpe, Spain – A small town near the Atlantic Coast is battered by a massive flood sweeping away everything in its pat

EP 57

Episode 57

Heber City, UT – 400 pounds of snowmobile slam down on Steve Medrano's head as he attempts a dangerous backflip. Zeph

EP 58

Episode 58

Laurium, Greece – A fire breaks out at a plant storing volatile chemicals. The tanks are sent flying like rockets. Ta

EP 59

Episode 59

Punta Gorda, FL – Hurricane Charley wreaks havoc in the neighborhoods, and storm chasers Jim Reed and Greg Zamarippa a

EP 60

Porsche Collision, Refinery Explosion

Two Porsches collide at triple-digit speeds, sending one barrel-rolling eight times. Then, an oil refinery explodes and

EP 61

Hotel Collapse, Ferrari Crash

A massive typhoon topples a six-story hotel, and a man is thrown from a hot air balloon. Then, a rare Ferrari plummets d

EP 62

Savage Ski Run, Crane Collapse

One of the world's most notorious ski runs proves too much for a champion. Then, two construction cranes collapse, forci

EP 63

Stuntman Crash, Bus vs. Truck

A sudden tornado rips through a crowded restaurant, and a Hollywood stuntman crashes down hard when he flies too high. T

EP 64

Episode 64

Nine thousand gallons of chemicals suddenly erupt in flames, and a car slams into a computer store. Then, a professional

EP 1

Funny Car, Windsurfer Wipeout

A Funny Car catches fire at 200 mph. A fire causes Dutch university building to collapse. A windsurfer wipes out on a fo

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