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Air Disasters
S3, EP7 "Under Pressure"On July 11, 1991, the crew of Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 unsuccessfully tries to return to the airport after a burst tire creates an in-flight fire which causes 247 Nigerian pilgrims and 14 crew to perish.
Air Disasters
S9, EP8 "Steep Impact"When the crash of a commuter plane in Georgia kills a NASA astronaut, a four-term U.S. senator and 21 others, the disaster grabs headlines around the world.
Air Disasters
S20, EP21 "Dead of Night"Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose sight of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.
Air Disasters
S14, EP8 "Controversial Crashes"Seeing how international investigative teams must overcome differences to solve controversial plane crashes.
Air Disasters
S18, EP4 "Dead Tired"Investigating the 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407; the plane stalls at low altitude and dives into a residential area near Buffalo, N.Y.
Air Disasters
S4, EP2 "Fire in the Hold"Moments after takeoff, a plane sustains electrical failures and crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 110 people on board.
Air Disasters
S18, EP17 "Lost"Investigators struggle to determine why a 757 strayed off course during its final approach to a Colombia airport and crashed into a mountain.
Air Disasters
S1, EP8 "Mixed Signals"Within five minutes of takeoff, the Dominican Republic bound Birgenair Flight 301 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean; a series of confusing signals crashes the plane.
Aerial America
S1, EP50 "Wisconsin"Tour the Wisconsin State Capitol and Milwaukee City Hall, once the tallest building in the world.
Aerial America
S1, EP48 "Wilderness"A cross-country flight over icy landscapes in Alaska's Denali, vast wetlands in Florida's Everglades, and over 100 million acres of badlands, deserts, and mountains.
Aerial America
S1, EP17 "North Carolina"The Wright Brothers gave the state its slogan "First in Flight"; civil rights leaders in Greensboro; NASCAR.
Aerial America
S1, EP35 "Made in the USA"A cross-country flight across America reveals the nation's most iconic industries, the people behind them and the stories of how they came to be.
Aerial America
S1, EP42 "The Dakotas"A flight over North and South Dakota reveals the shared history and the vast differences of these sibling states.
Air Disasters
S18, EP12 "Flying on Empty"When Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic, its pilots desperately try to keep their Airbus A330 in the air until they reach land.
Air Disasters
S2, EP3 "Cruel Skies"The U.S. Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Miss.; the importance of accurate weather forecasting to the aviation industry.
Air Disasters
S5, EP3 "Lost in Translation"On 10 January 2000, Crossair Flight 498 crashes just two minutes after takeoff from Zürich, Switzerland, while heading for Dresden, Germany, killing all 10 people on board.