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How Did They Build That?
S3, EP1 "Fantastic & Futuristic"Challenges beset a sculptural new transportation hub for New York's World Trade Center; Amsterdam gains a building inspired by a mountain valley; a new launchpad for space travel prepares for liftoff in the New Mexico desert.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP8 "Subways & Sightlines"A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies breaks the mold in Chicago; Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels for an underground railroad beneath London's city streets.
How Did They Build That?
S2, EP9 "Mirrors & Marble"Visiting Australia's One Central Park, the Oslo Opera House and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.
How Did They Build That?
S1, EP1 "Cantilevers & Lifts"An unstable high rise, an otherworldly museum, and a towering cliffside elevator.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP4 "Parking & Sparkling"A dazzling new 1400 foot tapering skyscraper is built right next to New York's Grand Central. A curving wine museum requires ingenious engineering in Bordeaux, France. And possibly the world's most glamorous parking garage.
How Did They Build That?
S1, EP7 "Sky Gardens & Seismic Stations"The engineering secrets behind a massive sky garden in Singapore, the world's most slender tower in Brighton, and a railway station in the shadow of Vesuvius.
Air Disasters
S17, EP2 "Peril Over Portugal"On December 21, 1992, Martinair Flight 495 crashes off the right side of the runway while attempting to land at Faro Airport in Faro, Portugal, in severe weather conditions, killing 56 of the 340 people on board.
Air Disasters
S16, EP7 "Mission Disaster"After losing two engines near enemy territory, U.S. Air Force pilots abort their refueling mission and try to land their damaged plane.
Aerial America
S1, EP65 "The Wild West"A journey over America's western landscape featuring "wild" history and stories of colorful characters.
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 midair 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.
Air Disasters
S8, EP10 "Death in the Arctic"On 20 August 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a charter flight, crashes near its destination of Resolute Bay Airport, Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, in poor weather conditions; out of the fifteen passengers and crew members, only three survived.
Air Disasters
S18, EP24 "Who's Flying the Plane?"A look at accidents and incidents where problems with the interface between crew members and onboard avionics are a factor, and the causes of those problems.
Air Disasters
S20, EP17 "Death from Above"Midair tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a community, and rain terror on the people below.
Air Disasters
S10, EP10 "Afghan Nightmare"When a cargo plane crashes at a U.S. airfield in Afghanistan, investigators reach a conclusion that ultimately proves incorrect.