"Fault Line" is the eighth episode of Thunderbirds 2086, and fifth produced overall. The episode first aired in Japan on May 15, 1982.
Plot
U.E. Plant #1, the world's first underwater commercial thermoelectric power plant, is built directly over the Maui fault line near Hawaii. Progress goes well, until Edward Frontosa heads down to illegally mine for a mysterious substance. His greed results in the fault going unstable, and threatens to destroy the entire power plant.
Quotes
(To Be Added)
IRO Equipment Used
- IRO Headquarters
- Thunderbird 1
- Thunderbird 4
- Comm Harpoon
- Grapple Ropes
- Thunderbird 13
Trivia
- First Appearance: Thunderbird 4 and Thunderbird 13.
- First Mention: Thunderbird 14, Cryolite.
Anderson Stock Library
- A snatch from the 'suspense' music, as heard in episodes such as The Uninvited, is played while Edward steals the underwater map.
Foreign Name
- Japanese: Escape from the Sea of Magma (マグマの海からの脱出)