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Air Disasters

S4, EP6 "Grand Canyon"

United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide midair over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing all 128 people on both aircraft in 1956.

Disasters Engineered

S1, EP2 "Chemical Blasts"

Experts examine how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy happened; they also explore the consequences and how they could have been avoided.

Air Disasters

S13, EP6 "Fatal Climb"

A commercial airliner crashes minutes after taking off from an airport in Bucharest causing suspicions to rise.

Air Disasters

S15, EP3 "Explosive Touchdown"

After touching down, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion, but investigators find no evidence of a bomb on board.

Air Disasters

S15, EP7 "Atlantic Ditching"

A helicopter carrying offshore drilling workers crashes into the ocean, leading to an investigation that reveals a fatal flaw in the chopper's design.

Air Disasters

S18, EP10 "Flying Blind"

A cleaning crew makes a careless error while cleaning a Boeing 757, affecting the plane's computer system and causing it to crash into the Pacific Ocean.

Air Disasters

S12, EP2 "Blown Away"

The investigation into the 2014 crash of a TransAsia flight uncovers a systemic problem with the airline.

Air Disasters

S20, EP6 "Perilous Payload"

Three planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation; it's a flight risk that's entirely preventable, and yet repeated disasters reconfirm the need for critical backup systems.

Air Warriors

S1, EP2 "Apache"

The AH-64 Apache, one of the most heavily fortified and well-armed helicopters ever built.

Air Warriors

S7, EP4 "F-18"

Exploring the history of the F-18 and how the U.S. Navy's dual-role aircraft has dominated both the air and the battlefields for over three decades.

Air Warriors

S5, EP1 "Harrier"

The inside story of the Harrier, the world's most famous short takeoff and vertical landing fighter jet.

Air Warriors

S10, EP10 "AH-1 Cobra"

During the Vietnam War, the United States needed a helicopter that could defend itself; the AH-1 Cobra, the world's first pure attack helicopter.

Air Warriors

S2, EP2 "Prowler-Growler"

Electronic warfare aircraft; the EA-6B Prowler; the EA-18G Growler.

Air Warriors

S4, EP2 "B-52"

The history of the longest serving bomber in the U.S. military: the B-52 Stratofortress.

Air Warriors

S3, EP2 "Chinook"

The 50-year evolution of the Army's top transport helicopter, the CH-47 Chinook.

Air Warriors

S2, EP1 "A-10 Warthog"

The history of the mean and ugly jet aircraft, the A-10 Warthog.

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