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Disasters Engineered
S1, EP7 "Design Failures"Experts examine how engineering failures allowed Hurricane Katrina to devastate New Orleans and cause the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
Disasters Engineered
S2, EP2 "Construction Catastrophe"A towering inferno that killed 72 residents becomes Britain's deadliest fire; a pedestrian bridge collapses in Florida over eight lanes of traffic, killing six people; how can fatal design flaws happen in such important constructions?
Air Disasters
S21, EP6 "Falling Fast"Investigators discover a shocking mistake when pilots must ditch their plane in the Mediterranean, killing 14 of the 34 passengers.
Air Disasters
S12, EP3 "Deadly Distraction"Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Air Disasters
S15, EP4 "Taxiway Turmoil"Experts examine a departing DC-9 in Detroit which gets lost in the fog and ends up in the path of an oncoming 727.
Air Disasters
S8, EP7 "Concorde: Up in Flames"On 25 July 2000, a Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 stalled and crashed into a hotel in Gonesse shortly after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport, killing all the 109 people on board and 4 on the ground.
Air Disasters
S5, EP6 "Into the Eye of the Storm"On 15 September 1989, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft tasked with intercepting Hurricane Hugo over the Caribbean islands is jolted by strong winds, causing an engine to catch fire and fail.
Air Disasters
S6, EP9 "Kid in the Cockpit"A pilot's decision to let his 15-year-old son fly has disastrous consequences on a commercial flight.
Air Warriors
S5, EP1 "Harrier"The inside story of the Harrier, the world's most famous short takeoff and vertical landing fighter jet.
Air Warriors
S10, EP10 "AH-1 Cobra"During the Vietnam War, the United States needed a helicopter that could defend itself; the AH-1 Cobra, the world's first pure attack helicopter.
Air Warriors
S2, EP2 "Prowler-Growler"Electronic warfare aircraft; the EA-6B Prowler; the EA-18G Growler.
Air Warriors
S4, EP2 "B-52"The history of the longest serving bomber in the U.S. military: the B-52 Stratofortress.
Air Warriors
S3, EP2 "Chinook"The 50-year evolution of the Army's top transport helicopter, the CH-47 Chinook.
Air Warriors
S4, EP3 "P-51 Mustang"The fighter plane that helped turn the tide of World War II; the P-51 Mustang.
Air Warriors
S8, EP1 "F-86 Sabre"The inside story of the F-86 Sabre, one of America's first fighter jets, and its epic battles against the Soviet MiG jet during the Korean War and beyond.