In 1970s disaster epics, the disasters were always the result of an accident or natural phenomena, almost never caused by human intention. There were some exceptions, most notably the film *Airport* (1970), which sparked the trend for such films in Hollywood. Another example can be found in *Juggernaut*, the 1974 British film directed by Richard Lester. The plot, very loosely based on a real 1972 incident that took…







