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Shipyards & Slender Builds

How Did They Build That?

S4, EP6 "Shipyards & Slender Builds"

A 284ft wooden skyscraper built from 1,200 bespoke pieces tests fire safety limits in Milwaukee; a decaying Amsterdam crane track transforms into glass offices; a needle-thin tower stacks 28 apartments onto a 21ft-wide plot in Melbourne, Australia.

How Did They Build That?

S4, EP2 "Medals & Marinas"

Paying tribute to the brave, gravity-defying design of the U.S. National Medal of Honor Museum; traveling to Singapore for a look at a leaning tower of gambling, then exploring a New York City office building that lets the sun shine through.

How Did They Build That?

S1, EP6 "Arches & Opera Houses"

The inside stories behind a new, horseshoe-shaped complex in Rotterdam, a rock-shaped opera house in China and a makeover of the British Museum.

How Did They Build That?

S4, EP8 "Facelifts & Scaffolds"

A museum building bends 1,100-glass tubes to form a facade and tunnels below the water table; a vast 11-storey glass atrium HQ is built on the former Berlin Wall site to represent unity.

How Did They Build That?

S3, EP10 "Boxes & Birds"

The American Museum of Natural History in NYC gets a cave-like extension; an arts center inspired by migrating birds is built on a lake in China; Boston University gains a fossil-free, Jenga-like tower.

Air Crash Investigation Special Report

"Fight for Survival"

As flames emerge through the cockpit floor, the pilots of Pilgrim Airlines 458 manage a landing on a frozen Rhode Island reservoir.

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.

Aerial America

S1, EP52 "Indiana"

A flight over Indiana explores the Hoosier State's rich agriculture, busy highways and basketball legends; exploring the War Memorial and the Angel Mounds of the southwest.

Aerial America

S1, EP67 "Northern California"

A flight over Northern California explores ancient forests, timeless coasts, golden cities and the region's pioneering spirit.

Air Disasters

S6, EP3 "Fight for Your Life"

Three FedEx employees must regain control of their plane when a coworker attacks them in midair.

Air Disasters

S20, EP10 "Design Flaws"

When former race car driver Niki Lauda's planes nosedives into a Thai jungle, a one-in-a-million failure reveals a weak spot in every Boeing 767; radio silence between pilots and air traffic controllers send investigators hunting for answers.

Air Crash Investigation Special Report

"Fight for Survival"

As flames emerge through the cockpit floor, the pilots of Pilgrim Airlines 458 manage a landing on a frozen Rhode Island reservoir.

Air Disasters

S18, EP13 "Blow Out"

A cockpit window on British Airways Flight blows out, partially ejecting and injuring the captain; the co-pilot completes an emergency landing.

Air Disasters

S4, EP7 "Catastrophe at O'Hare"

On 25 May 1979, the number-one engine on American Airlines Flight 191 detaches moments after taking off from Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The aircraft banks to the left and crashes into an open field, killing all 271 people on board.

Air Disasters

S1, EP1 "Invisible Killer"

During a storm, a strong gale slams Delta Airlines Flight 191 to the ground, killing most people on board.

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