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Air DisastersS12, EP10 "Dead of Winter"An investigation into Continental Airlines Flight 1713, which crashed on takeoff from Denver during a snowstorm in 1987, changes commercial flight forever.
Air DisastersS3, EP9 "Bad Attitude"Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes shortly after take off from London Stansted Airport on December 22, 1999.
Air DisastersS3, EP10 "Split Decision"Arrow Air Flight 1285 with 248 American soldiers on board crashes seconds after refueling in Newfoundland.
Air DisastersS1, EP6 "Southern Storm"Pilots of Southern Airways Flight 242 must try to land on a Georgia highway after the engines die and the windshield shatters.
Gun Trucks of VietnamU.S. Army gun truckers are assigned trucks that are woefully under equipped for protecting vital convoys; the truckers scavenge parts and weapons to turn these unarmed trucks into five-ton killing machines during the war.
The Spy in the Hanoi HiltonTop-secret communications between POWs and U.S. intelligence in the Vietnam War.
100 Missions: Surviving VietnamAn inside look at the USAF's bombing operation over North Vietnam in the late 1960s and each pilot's goal to reach 100 missions to earn his ticket home.
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo JimaThe identity of an unnamed hero in the iconic photo of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima is revealed by modern science.
Air DisastersS4, EP12 "Seconds to Survive"On 21 February 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 strays off course and flies into the side of a mountain shortly after takeoff.
Air DisastersS8, EP10 "Death in the Arctic"On 20 August 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a charter flight, crashes near its destination of Resolute Bay Airport, Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, in poor weather conditions; out of the fifteen passengers and crew members, only three survived.
Air DisastersS5, EP1 "Fight to the Death"On 18 June 1972, British European Airways Flight 548 stalls and crashes in a field near Staines shortly after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
Air DisastersS9, EP1 "Fatal Transmission"A runway collision at a small airport turns tragic when passengers cannot escape the burning aircraft.
Air DisastersS17, 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 DisastersS1, EP5 "Dead Weight"Air Midwest Flight 5481 plane plummets to the ground just after take off killing all on board and injuring one on the ground.
Air DisastersS6, EP4 "Fight for Your Life"Three FedEx employees must regain control of their plane when a coworker attacks them in midair.
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