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Fight for Control

Air Disasters

S4, EP1 "Fight for Control"

A propeller breaks off and rips a hole in the fuselage of an aircraft en route from Alaska to Washington 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean.

Air Disasters

S5, EP5 "Queens Catastrophe"

On 12 November 2001, just two months after the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 spirals out of control shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport and crashes into Queens.

Air Disasters

S4, EP3 "Caution to the Wind"

On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai Shek airport in Taipei while attempting to take off on the wrong runway in a typhoon, killing 83 of the 179 people on board.

Air Disasters

S20, EP16 "Survivors"

From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.

Air Disasters

S11, EP9 "Deadly Discussions"

A shocking error in the cockpit causes the crash of a 737 on takeoff and leaves an entire nation reeling.

Air Disasters

S11, EP6 "Storming Out"

On its final approach to Charlotte, N.C., US Air Flight 1016 is engulfed in intense rain obstructing the view from the cockpit; the pilots abort the landing, but the aircraft crashes to earth, hurtling along a road and breaking apart.

Air Disasters

"Poor Piloting"

The crews of three doomed aircraft make catastrophic blunders.

Air Disasters

S20, EP30 "Northern Extremes"

Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.

Mighty Cruise Ships

S3, EP2 "Viking Long Ship Gefjon"

Take a river tour through some of Europe's greatest cities--Budapest, Vienna, and Amsterdam--on Viking Longship Gefjon.

Mighty Cruise Ships

S1, EP3 "Azamara Journey"

Azamara Journey travels the rivers of Southeast Asia, delivering passengers to exotic cities and hidden treasures that larger cruise ships cannot reach.

Mighty Trains

S1, EP1 "Glacier Express"

The Glacier Express features cutting-edge technology to pull the train up the steepest slopes on its route across the Swiss Alps.

Mighty Trains

S3, EP3 "Bernina Express"

Switzerland's Bernina Express is one of three railway lines on the UNESCO World Heritage list; it navigates 55 tunnels and nearly 200 viaducts and bridges.

Mighty Cruise Ships

S3, EP4 "Viking Star"

We follow passengers and crew aboard Viking Star during its two-week tour from Barcelona to its home port in Bergen, Norway.

Mighty Cruise Ships

S2, EP3 "Viking Sea"

The new Viking Sea cruise ship whisks guests away on a journey across the Arctic Circle and into the heart of Norway.

Mighty Cruise Ships

S2, EP4 "Europa 2"

Take a cruise where the guests choose the ports to visit and the captain and crew work overtime to make it happen.

Mighty Cruise Ships

S1, EP5 "Stella Australis"

The only cruise ship designed specifically to navigate the treasures and dangers at the southern tip of South America.

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