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How Did They Build That?
S1, EP7 "Sky Gardens & Seismic Stations"The engineering secrets behind a massive sky garden in Singapore, the world's most slender tower in Brighton, and a railway station in the shadow of Vesuvius.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP6 "Tricks & Trains"A new Olympic and Paralympic museum tests engineers with its trailblazing accessible design. A dazzling curved glass skyscraper battles gravity in Milan. And a student center built under a noisy railroad.
How Did They Build That?
S4, EP10 "Floating Parks & Upcycled Towers"On inadequate foundations, San Francisco's MoMA triples in size creating an exterior light enough to prevent collapse; a 1970s Sydney skyscraper is recycled into a 21st century tower; in Dallas, a five-acre park is created.
How Did They Build That?
S1, EP3 "Biomes & Rebuilds"A London railway station; giant Singapore biodomes; eye-catching hospital in Las Vegas.
How Did They Build That?
S2, EP8 "Breakthroughs & Bridges"Visiting London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.
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
S22, EP2 "Time Critical"In a rush to complete their flights, three different flight crews skip key procedures, ignore signs of danger and make deadly decisions.
Aerial America
S1, EP32 "Montana"An aerial journey across Montana celebrates the Treasure State's adventure-filled history while showcasing its sprawling farms and rugged terrain.
Aerial America
S1, EP63 "Trailblazers"An aerial tour over the places made famous by America's most influential men and women.
Air Disasters
S16, EP10 "Deadly Delivery"UPS Airlines Flight 1354 clips the tops of trees and crashes into a hillside about one nautical mile short of the runway during final approach to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama.
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?
Disasters Engineered
S2, EP4 "Beneath the Surface"Nothing can stop an earthquake and while the ground may feel solid, below our feet, the earth is shifting constantly, sometimes violently.
Air Disasters
S1, EP3 "Behind Closed Doors"A design fault leads to an explosion on a DC-10 and two years later the same design fault causes another tragedy.
Air Disasters
S18, EP19 "Runaway Train"A freight train carrying an excess of cargo loses its brakes while descending a mountain causing it to gain speed and derail into a neighborhood killing several people.
Air Disasters
S24, EP9 "Lost Star Footballer"With rising young football star Emiliano Sala on board, a chartered Piper Malibu suddenly disappears from radar over the English Channel.