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Air Crash Investigation
S24, EP10 "Deadly Directive"Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes shortly after takeoff.
Air Disasters
S18, EP16 "Deadly Crossroads"A look at the string of events that caused a midair collision in 2002 over the skies of southern Germany; a Bashkirian Airlines Flight collides with a DHL Flight in German airspace near Überlingen.
Air Disasters
S21, EP5 "Operation Babylift"A United States Air Force transport aircraft conducting the inaugural flight of Operation Babylift suffers an explosive decompression when the rear cargo door fails and crashes into a paddy field while attempting an emergency landing.
Air Disasters
S21, EP6 "Falling Fast"Investigators discover a shocking mistake when pilots must ditch their plane in the Mediterranean, killing 14 of the 34 passengers.
Air Disasters
S12, EP3 "Deadly Distraction"Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Air Disasters
S15, EP4 "Taxiway Turmoil"Experts examine a departing DC-9 in Detroit which gets lost in the fog and ends up in the path of an oncoming 727.
Air Disasters
S18, EP18 "Missing Over New York"Avianca Flight 52 is delayed numerous times by bad weather en route; it is dangerously low on fuel as it attempts a landing at New York City.
Air Disasters
S5, EP7 "Massacre Over the Mediterranean"On June 27, 1980, Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Ustica, Italy; all 81 people on board are killed.
Hell Below
S2, EP4 "Sub Vs. Sub"The February 1945 clash of HMS Venturer and U-864 marks the first underwater submarine battle in history.
Hell Below
S2, EP10 "Cuban Crisis"The four Soviet subs involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis and how they nearly triggered a nuclear war.
Air Warriors
S9, EP6 "Galaxy"An inside look at the U.S. Air Force's largest aircraft, the C-5 Galaxy; its most dramatic combat and peacetime missions over the last 50 years.
Air Warriors
S6, EP5 "OV-10 Bronco"The Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco is pulled out of retirement to join the fight against ISIS.
Air Warriors
S6, EP6 "MiG"The history of the Russian MiG, American air power's fiercest rival for more than 50 years.
Air Warriors
S8, EP4 "Messerschmitt BF 109"Considered the deadliest fighter of WWII, Germany's Me-109s were feared by Allied bombers and fighters alike; 109s fought Spitfires in the Battle of Britain and alongside Rommel in North Africa.
Aerial America
S1, EP48 "Wilderness"A cross-country flight over icy landscapes in Alaska's Denali, vast wetlands in Florida's Everglades, and over 100 million acres of badlands, deserts, and mountains.
Aerial America
S1, EP17 "North Carolina"The Wright Brothers gave the state its slogan "First in Flight"; civil rights leaders in Greensboro; NASCAR.