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Air Disasters
S3, EP5 "Turning Point"A Northwest Airlines flight cruises above the Bering Sea before problems develop and pilots must make an emergency landing in Anchorage.
Air Disasters
S2, EP10 "Cleared for Disaster"An air traffic controller's mistake causes a Boeing 737 to land on a runway already occupied by another aircraft.
Air Disasters
S5, EP11 "Titanic in the Sky"On 4 November 2010, shortly after takeoff from Singapore, the number-two engine on Qantas Flight 32 partially disintegrates, causing serious damage to its left wing.
Air Disasters
S7, EP2 "Falling From the Sky"A British Airways flight to Australia in 1982 crashes into the Indian Ocean.
Air Disasters
S7, EP1 "Miracle Escape"Passengers and crew escape a jet that skid off the runway before catching fire.
Air Disasters
S13, EP1 "Deadly Descent"When an airbus A330 loses both engines, its pilots must think of a solution before they crash into the South China Sea.
Air Disasters
S10, EP4 "Deadly Detail"After a seemingly routine landing, a Boeing 737 erupts in flames, putting 165 debarking passengers and crew in jeopardy.
Air Disasters
S12, 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.
Aerial America
S1, EP46 "Alaska's Fire and Ice"The world's largest volcanic island; Iceland's landscapes, forged by fire and ice; a tour over Alaska, the residents it attracts and the wildlife that thrives in these unique surroundings.
Air Disasters
S16, EP1 "North Sea Nightmare"A modern turboprop nosedives towards the North Sea after being struck by lightning, an unusual feature in the plane may explain why.
Air Disasters
S4, EP4 "Pushed to the Limit"SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River in Indonesia after abruptly diving from its cruise altitude.
Air Disasters
S14, EP3 "Hero Pilots"Three flights headed for disaster are saved at the last moment by heroes in the cockpit.
Air Disasters
S20, EP24 "Risky Runways"In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, the toughest landings on earth pushed three flight crews.
Air Disasters
S3, EP11 "Nowhere to Land"Pilots of TACA Flight 110 make a remarkable landing on a narrow levee, but investigators must find out why the engines in a brand new plane failed.
Air Disasters
S2, EP12 "Deadly Reputation"On July 17, 2007, TAM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off runway 35L at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, and crashes at high speed into a warehouse adjacent to a petrol station killing nearly 200 people.
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.