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About The Most Dangerous Rescue These Engineers Have Ever Faced

Recovery teams face some of their toughest challenges yet as a stranded slide bed threatens to topple onto the M25, a bin lorry sinks into soft ground on a housing estate, and a motorway breakdown leaves operators working inches from high-speed traffic. With rush hour approaching and safety on the line, every recovery becomes a race against time to keep Britain's roads moving.

The Most Dangerous Rescue These Engineers Have Ever Faced is presented by Naked Science. Its listed runtime is 42 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

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Title
The Most Dangerous Rescue These Engineers Have Ever Faced
Category
Society
Runtime
42 minutes
Language
English
Publisher
Naked Science

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