Seconds From Disaster - Hotel Collapse

Seizoen: 2 - Aflevering: 9 / 22 - Eerst uitgezonden: 27 september 2005 - Episode ID: 239104

Hotel New World, budget hotel located in Singapore's Little India, collapses on 15 March, 1986. After a 7 day rescue operation, 17 people are rescued but 33 perish. Why did the hotel collapse? Was it sabotage? Or was it faulty maintenance?