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Seconds from disaster. Season 2, episode 9, Hotel collapse Singapore /

In March 1986, the Hotel New World, a popular Singapore budget hotel, collapsed. In less than a minute the occupants were buried under a huge pile of debris. Rescue teams eventually saved 17 people, but 33 died.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Vaughan, Richard (Narrator), Klimkowski, Ian (Director, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Washington, DC : National Geographic, 2005.
Series:Engineering case studies online (video)
Subjects:
Structural failures > Investigation > Singapore.
Building failures > Singapore.
Constructions > Effondrement > Enquêtes > Singapour.
Constructions > Effondrement > Singapour.
Building failures.
Structural failures > Investigation.
Singapore.
Documentary television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:In March 1986, the Hotel New World, a popular Singapore budget hotel, collapsed. In less than a minute the occupants were buried under a huge pile of debris. Rescue teams eventually saved 17 people, but 33 died.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Jan. 25, 2015).
Physical Description:1 online resource (47 min.).
Playing Time:00:47:00