Thread: Modern Marvels (Engineering Disasters 1) 1/16 8:00 3500

Modern Marvels (Engineering Disasters 1) 1/16 8:00

What did the announcer say the designers of the Teton Dam thought the structure would do for the area?
NOT Draw tourism to it's location

What did the announcer say happened to a statue erected in honor of the god Apollo in the second century B.C.?
NOT Torn down by opposing townspeople

What did Mary Shiavo say some of the passengers on Aloha Airline flight 737 reported doing while boarding the aircraft?
Noticing a small crack in the structure

What did the announcer say engineers could do in this day in age by making a mistake?
Wipe out entire cities

What did workers in the Union Carbide pesticide plant neglect to do when the roof blew off the structure causing widespread disaster?
Warn anyone in the large city

What did the announcer say people were doing in the Kansas City hotel when it partially collapsed?
Enjoying a dance party in lobby

What did the announcer say Jim Kahl and Mary Kahl did that many people hadn't?
Survived a plane crash

What did the announcer say Story Musgrave was hired by NASA to do when the space telescope the Hubble was in trouble?
Go into space to repair it

What was an astronaut shown doing inside a space shuttle while Dr. Charles Perrow talked about the action taken after Apollo 13?
NOT Floating freely in throughout the cabin

What did the announcer say bridge designers did after the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapsed?
Started to take aerodynamics into consideration