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Air Crash Investigation
S7, EP8 "Frozen in Flight"A design flaw sends American Eagle Flight 41-84 smashing into a cornfield outside of Chicago, killing all 68 people on board.
Combat Ships
S2, EP3 "Doomed Vessels"Bad design, human error and the enemy sent great ships to tragic ends, like Britain's K13 submarine and HMS Hood, Sweden's 17th century Vasa, and Kublai Khan's fleet, sunk by the original kamikaze.
Combat Ships
S1, EP4 "Metal War Ships"The evolution from wooden ships to metal ones in the second half of the 19th century is examined.
Combat Ships
S1, EP2 "War Beneath the Waves"The 200-year evolution of the submarine in wartime is examined, told by the designers and engineers behind the machines.
Combat Ships
S1, EP6 "Cold War Warriors"An up-close look at the naval carriers, destroyers, and nuclear submarines of the Cold War.
Combat Ships
S4, EP3 "Hidden Figures"Stories of historic Black struggle for equality in maritime combat; an enslaved powder boy who served during the French and Indian War; a Civil War gunner; the first African American to command a vessel with a fully integrated crew: Hugh Mulzac.
Combat Ships
S4, EP7 "Record Breakers"A look at how technological advances over the centuries have led to bigger and faster combat ships and transformed maritime warfare.
Air Warriors
S6, EP3 "F-4 Phantom"The inside story of the F-4 Phantom, the U.S. military's go-to fighter for more than four decades.
Air Disasters
"Accidents in the Air"From pilot error to meltdowns within air traffic control, investigators dig deep into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.
Air Disasters
S20, EP29 "Splash Down"Three last-resort water landings, all handled differently yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.
Air Disasters
S20, EP19 "Maintenance Mistakes"A trio of crashes reveals that when the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe.
Air Disasters
S12, EP4 "Deadly Airspace"When a commercial airliner goes down in eastern Ukraine in 2014, examiners must conduct an investigation in the middle of a war zone.
Air Disasters
S7, EP6 "Panic Over the Pacific"A miraculous rescue is launched after a 747 plummets toward the Pacific.
Air Disasters
S2, EP6 "Cold Case"Two identical plane crashes involving the same icy conditions and the same plane design are examined, revealing why neither disaster should have happened.
Air Disasters
S18, EP8 "Racing the Storm"An MD-82 crash lands in Arkansas during a severe thunderstorm; but investigators believe weather is not the main reason for the accident.
Air Disasters
S21, EP3 "Blown Apart"Partnair Flight 394 loses control, breaks up in mid-air and crashes into the North Sea; the aircraft's vertical stabilizer vibrates loose during flight due to excessive wear on substandard bolts, sleeves and pins that have been illegally sold.