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Air Disasters
S20, EP13 "VIP on Board"Airplane crashes involving high-profile passengers put added pressure on investigators.
Air Disasters
S8, EP4 "Sideswiped"A Boeing 737 leaving Panama City crashes into one of the most remote and treacherous jungles on the planet.
Air Disasters
S21, EP2 "Lockerbie Disaster"A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the aircraft to disintegrate in mid-air and the wreckage of the aircraft to crash into the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground.
Air Crash Investigation Special Report
S6, EP5 "Training Ignored"Investigators hunt for answers when the pilots of three aircraft skip protocols, ignore their training and crash.
Air Disasters
S19, EP3 "Pressure Point"Investigators race to determine the cause of the deadliest single aircraft accident in history: the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines 123, which claimed 520 lives.
Combat Ships
S2, EP4 "Destroyers and Cruisers"The ships that made mighty empires, from the lone wolves that patrolled the high seas for imperial Britain to the USS Laffey's heroic WWII battle against kamikazes at Okinawa.
Combat Ships
S1, EP7 "Rescue Ships"A look at some of the rescue ships of the past 200 years of wartime and the brave men and women who risked their lives to save others.
Combat Ships
S3, EP1 "Game Changers"A look at experimental ships and revolutionary designers that have changed the tide of war through the centuries.
Air Disasters
S11, EP4 "The Turning Point"A Boeing 767 crashes miles from a South Korean runway; the investigation leads to contradicting stories between the surviving pilot and air traffic control.
Air Disasters
S13, EP5 "Deadly Pitch"A team of experts investigates in detail the carnage of a cargo plane; an anonymous tip helps explain why a cargo plane crashed just moments after taking off from Miami.
Air Disasters
S14, EP1 "Communication Breakdown"A look at three deadly air disasters that are caused by misunderstandings between pilots and air traffic controllers.
Air Disasters
S16, EP8 "Caught in a Jam"A commuter turboprop crashes onto hilly terrain in New Zealand; the search for answers inevitably leads to the cockpit.
Air Disasters
S5, EP2 "Speed Trap"Joining NTSB and military experts as they work together to uncover how a fighter jet could collide with a civilian flight.
Air Disasters
S9, EP4 "Fatal Focus"When a 737 careens off the runway in Indonesia, investigators uncover a shocking explanation for the crash.
Air Disasters
S14, EP10 "Fire on Board"A look at the fatal consequences that can occur when a fire breaks out on a plane; three flights that erupted in flames and the investigations that changed aviation forever.
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.