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How Did They Build That?
S1, EP2 "Towers & Roofs"A Manhattan high-rise; an Athens cultural center; a Singapore university.
Air Disasters
S2, EP501 "Pacific Ditching"Just after takeoff from Honolulu, TransAir Flight 810 loses power and ditches in the Pacific. Both pilots survive, blaming dual engine failure-but when the Boeing 737 is recovered, the wreckage reveals a different cause behind t.
Air Disasters
S20, EP7 "Runway in Sight"If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.
Air Disasters
S17, EP1 "Holding Pattern"Flydubai Flight 981 enters a rapid descent and crashes nose-first at Rostov-on-Don Airport in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, after aborting its second landing attempt in poor weather conditions.
Air Disasters
S20, EP18 "Courage in the Cockpit"Devastating failures in the air put pilots to the test and shine a light on three feats of flying.
Air Disasters
S4, EP13 "Vanished"On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447 stalls and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all 228 people on board.
Air Disasters
S6, EP1 "Mistaken Identity"The captain of a Navy cruiser must quickly determine if an approaching plane is friendly.
Air Disasters
"Time Critical"In a rush to complete their flights, three different flight crews skip key procedures, ignore signs of danger and make deadly decisions.
Air Disasters
S2, EP501 "Pacific Ditching"Just after takeoff from Honolulu, TransAir Flight 810 loses power and ditches in the Pacific. Both pilots survive, blaming dual engine failure-but when the Boeing 737 is recovered, the wreckage reveals a different cause behind t.
Air Disasters
S11, EP7 "Caught on Tape"The dashcam of a passing car captures stunning footage of the final moments of a Taiwanese commuter aircraft as it banks steeply, clips an elevated highway and nosedives into the river; investigators find no signs of pre-impact malfunction.
Air Disasters
S16, EP5 "Cabin Catastrophe"A Boeing 737 is rocked by a midair explosion that challenges its pilots and nearly ejects a passenger out of a blown-out window.
Air Disasters
S9, EP3 "High Rise Catastrophe"A large cargo jet slices into an apartment complex in Amsterdam and reveals a potentially lethal problem threatening every 747 in the sky.
Air Disasters
S7, EP10 "Ghost Plane"Investigators try to solve the mystery of a plane whose captain and co-pilot are missing.
Air Disasters
S17, EP4 "Double Trouble"Trans-Air Service Flight 671 suffers an in-flight separation of its two right engines while en route to Kano, Nigeria, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing at Istres-Le Tubé Air Base in France.
Air Disasters
S13, EP4 "Borderline Tactics"When a DC-8 cargo jet crashes on approach to a U.S. naval base in Guantanamo, investigators wonder if Cuba played a role.
Air Disasters
S16, EP9 "Seconds From Touchdown"Facing a cascade of failures and a fire on board, a turboprop is just seconds from landing when it flips over and crashes.