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Air Disasters
S9, EP5 "Fatal Delivery"The two-man crew of a UPS cargo jet must attempt an emergency landing when a fire in the cargo hold fills their cockpit with smoke.
Air Disasters
S8, EP5 "The Final Push"Investigators try to find the cause of two similar air crashes that happened nearly 12 years apart.
Air Disasters
S7, EP5 "Hidden Danger"In 1991, a Boeing 737 operating as United Airlines Flight 585 suddenly rolls into a dive and crashes within eight seconds, killing all 25 people on board.
Air Disasters
S10, EP7 "Murder in the Skies"When Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps, investigators discover shocking truths about the co-pilot's mental health.
Air Disasters
S5, EP8 "Imperfect Pitch"On 27 November 2008, an aircraft on a post-maintenance test flight operating as XL Airways Germany Flight 888T stalls and crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of France, killing all seven people on board.
Air Disasters
S6, EP8 "Death and Denial"In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying from New York City to Cairo, killing all 217 people on board; the cause of the crash is disputed.
Air Disasters
S2, EP5 "Alarming Silence"Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit in 1987; a fatal preflight error caused the second-deadliest plane crash in the U.S. history.
Combat Ships
S1, EP6 "Cold War Warriors"An up-close look at the naval carriers, destroyers, and nuclear submarines of the Cold War.
Air Crash Investigation
S23, EP1 "Terror over the Pacific"On the 24th of February 1989, part of the right-side fuselage of United Airlines Flight 811 rips off, ejecting nine people from the aircraft and causing explosive decompression; the flight later lands safely at Honolulu without any more loss of life.
Air Disasters
S2, EP402 "Disaster At Dutch Harbor"While landing at a notoriously tricky Alaskan island airport, the pilots of a twin turboprop can't stop their plane.
Air Disasters
S15, EP5 "Runway Breakup"Caught in a major tropical storm, a 737 crashes just short of the runway on a Caribbean island, but the accident may not have been weather-related.
Air Disasters
S2, EP7 "Pilot vs. Plane"Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a fly-by during an air show at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport.
Air Disasters
S1, EP7 "Explosive Evidence"A bomb explodes on Air India Flight 182 en route from Canada to India causing it to disintegrate over the coast of Ireland.
Air Disasters
S4, EP6 "Grand Canyon"United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide midair over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing all 128 people on both aircraft in 1956.
Air Disasters
S13, EP6 "Fatal Climb"A commercial airliner crashes minutes after taking off from an airport in Bucharest causing suspicions to rise.
Air Disasters
S13, EP2 "Death Race"When a modified WWII fighter plane crashes into the crowd at a Nevada air show, investigators struggle to find the cause.