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How Did They Build That?
S3, EP7 "Floating & Lifting"Architects and engineers build an eco-friendly convention center on Vancouver's waterfront, a lift bridge in Bordeaux and a cocoon-shaped skyscraper in Tokyo each with unique challenges like marine habitats and massive spans.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP2 "Jungles & Bricks"Exploring the engineering and architectural masterpieces like The Copper in Manhattan to Gardens By the Bay in Singapore.
Disasters Engineered
S1, EP1 "Manned Missions"Trace the chain of events that led to a deadly explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig and unleashed the largest marine oil spill in history; see the failed part that caused the NASA Challenger Space Shuttle to explode seconds after liftoff.
Disasters Engineered
S1, EP2 "Chemical Blasts"Experts examine how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy happened; they also explore the consequences and how they could have been avoided.
Disasters Engineered
S1, EP4 "Industrial Slides"A 1966 landslide in Wales killed 116 children and 28 adults; a 2019 dam collapse killed 115 people in Brazil.
Air Disasters
S5, EP6 "Into the Eye of the Storm"On 15 September 1989, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft tasked with intercepting Hurricane Hugo over the Caribbean islands is jolted by strong winds, causing an engine to catch fire and fail.
Air Disasters
S6, EP9 "Kid in the Cockpit"A pilot's decision to let his 15-year-old son fly has disastrous consequences on a commercial flight.
Air Disasters
S4, EP9 "Hockey Team Tragedy"A Russian passenger jet crashes into the Volga River, killing almost everyone on board; the incident turns into a national tragedy when rescuers discover the plane carried some of the country's famous athletes.
Air Disasters
S11, EP5 "Lethal Turn"Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashes into mountainous woodlands while trying to land at Polonia International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, in low visibility.
Air Disasters
S3, EP4 "Impossible Landing"A look at the fate of United Airlines Flight 232 which crashed into Sioux City's runway in 1989; it caused a subsequent explosion that left 111 people dead.
Air Disasters
S20, EP27 "Runway Collisions"Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question; a look at how two planes end up on the same runway at the same time.
Air Disasters
S20, EP11 "Heat of the Moment"Featuring captivating reenactments and state-of-the-art CGI; Air Crash Investigation uncovers the truth behind the most legendary aviation disasters of all time.
Air Disasters
S13, EP8 "Lethal Limits"An investigation into a jet crash from 2008 leads to a drastic change into the Russian aviation system.
Air Disasters
S7, EP8 "Fog of War"A U.S. military plane veers off course and flies into a mountain while attempting to land at Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia in heavy fog, killing all 35 people on board.
Air Disasters
S3, EP9 "Bad Attitude"Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes shortly after take off from London Stansted Airport on December 22, 1999.
Air Disasters
S3, EP1 "Blind Spot"In 1978, PSA Flight 182 collides with a Cessna and crashes into a San Diego residential area, killing everyone on both planes and seven people on the ground.