Episodes
NOVA: Why Ships Crash (S49EP13 PBS Wed May 18, 2022)
Why Ships Crash: International supply chains came to a halt on March 23, 2021, when the bow of the colossal Ever Given container ship ploughed into the Suez Canal bank. What went wrong, exactly? Follow the dramatic efforts to free the ship as well as the investigation into one of the world’s most costly shipping disasters. Other recent accidents are being investigated by maritime experts in an attempt to determine how such catastrophic collisions could be avoided.
Airdate: Wed May 18, 2022 at 21:00 on PBS
Season 49 Episode 13
NOVA brings you stories from the frontlines of science and engineering, answering the big questions of today and tomorrow, from how our ancestors lived, to whether parallel universes exist, to how technology will transform our lives.