Wreck Files

Wreck Files: the stories behind history’s greatest machine disasters.

Ships that sank in minutes. Aircraft that fell from the sky. Spacecraft that flew once and never again. Every machine in these stories was built with pride, and every one of them failed.

On Wreck Files we open the case files on the Soviet era’s boldest engineering projects and the tragedies that followed: the Soviet “Titanic”, the Tu-144 crash at Paris in 1973, the Buran shuttle, the first jet airliners and the airships that were doomed before takeoff. We also cover disasters from around the world.

What you’ll get in every video:
🔹 The full timeline of what happened, minute by minute
🔹 The design flaws, rushed decisions and ignored warnings behind it
🔹 The real causes of the disaster, based on investigation findings and historical records
🔹 The lessons that changed engineering and safety

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