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Air Disasters
S2, EP3 "Cruel Skies"The U.S. Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Miss.; the importance of accurate weather forecasting to the aviation industry.
Air Disasters
S5, EP3 "Lost in Translation"On 10 January 2000, Crossair Flight 498 crashes just two minutes after takeoff from Zürich, Switzerland, while heading for Dresden, Germany, killing all 10 people on board.
Air Disasters
S13, EP3 "Fatal Approach"A false warning in the cockpit triggers a series of pilot errors, sending a commuter plane crashing by the runway of an Amsterdam airport.
Air Disasters
S17, EP9 "Turboprop Terror"When a turboprop stalls and crashes into a North Carolina forest, investigators resort to a risky test flight-and uncover an industry-wide safety problem.
Air Disasters
S20, EP22 "Engine Gone"Three crews experience the same devastating event; with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.
Air Disasters
S14, EP9 "Deadly Disturbance"How routine flights can turn catastrophic in mere seconds when the pilots become momentarily distracted; three flights end in a disaster.
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
S9, EP7 "Deadly Delay"Almost immediately after taking off from Madrid International Airport, Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Mighty Trains
S1, EP4 "White Pass And Yukon Route"The White Pass and Yukon route was built in 1869 to take miners and supplies to the Klondike gold fields.
Mighty Ships
S3, EP1 "Oasis of the Seas"The maiden voyage of the Oasis of the Seas, the largest, most revolutionary cruise ship in the world.
Mighty Ships
S8, EP1 "Quantum of the Seas"Filled with big toys, guests fly the trapeze, surf and skydive without ever leaving the world's most innovative cruise ship.
Mighty Ships
S6, EP1 "Crystal Serenity"The world's top cruise ship, the Crystal Serenity visits Sydney harbor, the port of Melbourne, Bali, a large-scale furniture load in Semarang, Indonesia and the port of Singapore.
Mighty Cruise Ships
S4, EP5 "Nieuw Statendam"One of Holland America Line's largest cruisers makes its debut in the Caribbean, highlighted by a visit to an exclusive private island resort.
Mighty Cruise Ships
S2, EP6 "MSC Divina"Experience romance on a mega cruiser that pampers its guests with the best of Italian design and American convenience.
Mighty Planes
S2, EP3 "Omega 707"This modified Boeing 707 is one of only two 707 tankers in the world that provide commercial air-to-air re-fueling to the American military.
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.