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Air Disasters
S20, EP27 "Runway Collisions"Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question; a look at how two planes end up on the same runway at the same time.
Air Disasters
S11, EP6 "Storming Out"On its final approach to Charlotte, N.C., US Air Flight 1016 is engulfed in intense rain obstructing the view from the cockpit; the pilots abort the landing, but the aircraft crashes to earth, hurtling along a road and breaking apart.
Air Disasters
S3, EP8 "The Invisible Plane"SAS Flight 686 takes off from Milan's Linate Airport and moments later collides with a Cessna on the runway.
Air Disasters
S1, 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.
Air Disasters
S2, EP1 "Cracks in the System"Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 crashes just after take-off from Watson Island in Miami on December 19, 2005, killing 20 people.
Aerial Mexico
S1, EP4 "The Industrious Highlands"In Mexico's North, ancient runners defy impossible distances and living fossils reveal Earth's secrets; from Monterrey's industrial city to Guanajuato's revolutionary past, discover how mighty mountains forge unbreakable spirit.
Air Disasters
S2, EP9 "The Final Blow"An Air Inter flight crashes into the Vosges Mountains while attempting to land killing most of the 96 passengers.
Air Disasters
S8, 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 Disasters
S8, EP1 "Choosing Sides"British Midland Flight 92 slams into Britain's busy M1 motorway and it seems like a rare case of dual engine failure, but investigators learn the real cause was a tragic misunderstanding.
Air Disasters
S17, EP5 "Pacific Plunge"Fifteen minutes after taking off from Puerto Vallarta for San Francisco, the pilots of an MD-83 realize something is very wrong with their plane.
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.
Air Disasters
S10, EP1 "Deadly Silence"Investigators try to figure out why a private Learjet carrying Payne Stewart went rogue before crashing in a South Dakota hayfield.
Air Disasters
S9, EP1 "Fatal Transmission"A runway collision at a small airport turns tragic when passengers cannot escape the burning aircraft.
Air Disasters
S20, EP20 "Take Off Tragedies"Three flights ending in tragedy, prove that minor missteps during takeoff can have disastrous consequences.
Aerial Mexico
S1, EP3 "The Timeless South"Southern Mexico stretches from Yucatan's crystal-clear cenotes to the fertile land of the Oaxaca Valley; Maya and Zapotec traditions live through gastronomy and art; history is ever present in ancient pyramids and architecture.
Aerial Mexico
S1, EP2 "The Historic Center"For centuries, Mexico's historic center has been a land of legends and power. From Veracruz's shores to Mexico City's ancient layers, Puebla's epic battle and Michoacan's indigenous traditions, discover where empires rise and tr.