Trapped (National Geographic Channel)

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Trapped
Genre Documentary
Created by National Geographic
Developed by Cineflix
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States / Flag of Canada Canada
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 6 (still in production)
Production
Running time 45-50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel National Geographic Channel
Original run November 7, 2007 – present
Chronology
Preceded by None
Followed by None
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Trapped is a documentary television program produced in association between National Geographic Channel and Cineflix (producers of Mayday, also known as Air Crash Investigation). The series examines various incidents or disasters where victims were trapped on the site.

As of 12 December 2007, six episodes have been made but the series is still in production.

Contents

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1

# Title Situation Date of situation Nature of situation Airdate
1 Alive in the Andes Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya Flight 571 13 October - December 23, 1972 Aircraft crash November 7, 2007
A Fairchild FH-227 carrying five crew and forty passengers, many of them rugby players from Stella Maris College's "Old Christians" team, hits the side of a mountain (later named as Cerro Seler) in the Andes Mountains. Twelve of the occupants die instantly; more die as the survivors wait to be rescued. The sixteen remaining survivors are rescued more than two months after the crash.
2 Ocean Emergency RORO vessel Camilla 23 January 2003 Disabled ship November 14, 2007
The Camilla, a Finnish roll-on/roll-off cargo ship in Canadian waters, suffers a main engine failure.[1] With a storm approaching, the captain declares an emergency to the Canadian Coast Guard. A squad of rescuers fly to the ship and the sixteen members of the Camilla's crew are safely evacuated.
3 Osaka Train Wreck Amagasaki rail crash 25 April 2005 Train derailment November 21, 2007
A JR-207 type train, bound for Osaka on a commuter service, derails on a curve at a speed greater than the limit for that section of track. The two front carriages crash into an adjacent apartment block. 107 people are killed and 555 are injured.
4 Earthquake Rapid Response 2005 Kashmir earthquake 8 October - 12 October 2005 Earthquake victim rescue November 28, 2007
An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale rocks Pakistan. Two ten-storey blocks in the Margalla Towers, a luxury apartment complex in Islamabad, collapse.[2] A rescue team from the United Kingdom, Rapid UK, goes to Islamabad to help rescue victims from the towers.
5 Hurricane Hospital Tulane Hospital flood 29 August - 30 August 2005 Flooded hospital December 5, 2007
The 300-bed Tulane University Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana takes in patients from other hospitals during Hurricane Katrina. Relatives of the patients and others also arrive until there are over 2,000 people at the hospital. The hospital is being powered by emergency generators in the basement and has no running water. When the basement starts to flood after the hurricane, the decision is made to evacuate. The patients, staff and everyone else are airlifted from the hospital's car park roof by helicopter.[3]
6 Cave Rescue Vitarelles cave system 11 November - ? November 1999 Flooded cave December 12, 2007
Seven cavers become trapped underground after heavy rains on the surface cause water levels inside the Vitarelles caves in southern France to rise. The seven are not rescued until over a week later.[4][5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Backup information from a web page describing the Camilla, and detailing the incident and subsequent salvage, retrieved 2007-12-29.
  2. ^ Backup information froma web page describing the Margalla Towers collapse retrieved 2007-12-29.
  3. ^ Backup information from an article from Harvard Medical School Web Weekly, October 3, 2005 describing Tulane University Hospital during and after Hurricane Katrina; retrieved 2007-12-29.
  4. ^ Brief episode synopsis retrieved 2008-02-02.
  5. ^ Backup information from Newcaves Chronicles Volume 14, January 2000, p10. Newcastle and Hunter Valley Speleological Society. ISSN 1325-0930. Retrieved 2008-02-02.

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