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How Did They Build That?
S4, EP1 "Space Stations and Super"Celebrating one of humanities biggest engineering achievements, the International Space Station, a meteor proof lab bigger than a football field, constructed by astronauts traveling 250 miles above us at 17,500 miles an hour.
Disasters Engineered
S1, EP4 "Industrial Slides"A 1966 landslide in Wales killed 116 children and 28 adults; a 2019 dam collapse killed 115 people in Brazil.
Air Disasters
S20, EP5 "Fuel Trouble"History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.
Air Disasters
S3, EP4 "Impossible Landing"A look at the fate of United Airlines Flight 232 which crashed into Sioux City's runway in 1989; it caused a subsequent explosion that left 111 people dead.
Air Disasters
S14, EP8 "Controversial Crashes"Seeing how international investigative teams must overcome differences to solve controversial plane crashes.
Air Disasters
S18, EP4 "Dead Tired"Investigating the 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407; the plane stalls at low altitude and dives into a residential area near Buffalo, N.Y.
Air Disasters
S4, EP2 "Fire in the Hold"Moments after takeoff, a plane sustains electrical failures and crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 110 people on board.
Air Disasters
S18, EP17 "Lost"Investigators struggle to determine why a 757 strayed off course during its final approach to a Colombia airport and crashed into a mountain.
Disasters Engineered
S1, EP4 "Industrial Slides"A 1966 landslide in Wales killed 116 children and 28 adults; a 2019 dam collapse killed 115 people in Brazil.
Air Disasters
S18, EP7 "Unlocking Disaster"A 747's cargo door opens at 23,000 feet, causing an explosive decompression that ejects nine passengers from the plane.
Air Disasters
S18, EP12 "Flying on Empty"When Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic, its pilots desperately try to keep their Airbus A330 in the air until they reach land.
Air Disasters
S2, EP3 "Cruel Skies"The U.S. Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Miss.; the importance of accurate weather forecasting to the aviation industry.
Air Disasters
S5, EP3 "Lost in Translation"On 10 January 2000, Crossair Flight 498 crashes just two minutes after takeoff from Zürich, Switzerland, while heading for Dresden, Germany, killing all 10 people on board.
Air Disasters
S13, EP5 "Deadly Pitch"A team of experts investigates in detail the carnage of a cargo plane; an anonymous tip helps explain why a cargo plane crashed just moments after taking off from Miami.
Air Disasters
S20, EP25 "Landings Gone Wrong"Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.
Air Disasters
S20, EP3 "Collision Course"A passenger ferry sinks after crashing into rocks off the coast of a Greek island, killing 82; it leads to a shocking investigation.