A film crew has found out the hard way that the only thing more frustrating than waiting for a bus is one arriving at just the wrong time.

A live broadcast of the destruction of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics stadium was ruined when a coach paused in front of the camera at the exact moment it imploded.

The timed explosions went off as planned and the Georgia Dome imploded without incident, unless of course you were following the US Weather Channel stream.

The Georgia Dome took 15 seconds to bring down. ( AP: Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution )

Associate science editor James Crugnale tweeted that the crew had set up and were live-streaming the dome for 40 minutes before the arrival of the bus at the exact moment of implosion.

The dome opened in 1992 and played host to two Super Bowls.

It was flattened within about 15 seconds.

About 2,268 kilograms of explosives were on hand to blast the stadium to smithereens. It took 12 seconds for the explosives to go off plus another three seconds for sections of grandstands to be felled.

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A spokeswoman for bus company MARTA, Goldie Taylor, was unapologetic when she spoke to local media.

"Given the potential dangers of bringing down the largest structure of its kind... If this is the biggest story, we're really glad about that," Ms Taylor told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

She later apologised on Twitter but also made light of the poor timing.

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The stadium was home to the NFL's Atlanta Falcons until this year.

A hotel, car park and green space will occupy the space where the dome stood.

About 2,268 kilograms of explosives were used to bring the Georgia Dome down. ( AP: Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution )

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