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Meltdown Over Kathmandu

Air Disasters

S16, EP6 "Meltdown Over Kathmandu"

Landing at one of the world's most challenging airports, a passenger plane comes in like a fighter jet and crashes, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard.

Air Disasters

S7, EP9 "Vertigo"

On Jan. 3, 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 banks to the right just after takeoff and crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board.

Air Disasters

S20, EP14 "Lapse in Security"

Air Disasters

S19, EP9 "Delivery to Disaster"

History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.

Combat Ships

S1, EP1 "World Wars"

A look at how the role of battleships changed over the course of the First and Second World Wars.

Combat Ships

S1, EP5 "Torpedo Boats"

From tests in the River Thames, to the German's deadly U-boat attacks in World War II, this episode explores the silent threat of submarines.

Combat Ships

S2, EP7 "The Battle of Leyte Gulf"

It is considered the largest sea battle in history: the Battle of Leyte Gulf in WWII was three days of ingenious strategy and white-knuckle combat between warships, aircraft and kamikazes.

Combat Ships

S2, EP5 "Secrets of the Sea"

Stories of espionage at sea, including deadly U-boat cat-and-mouse games during WWI, the sinking of the Lusitania, a gun-smuggling private yacht that made history, and liners turned troopships.

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.

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

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.

Air Crash Investigation Special Report

S6, EP4 "Landing Hazards"

Martinair 495 crashes on a rain-soaked runway in Portugal, showing how weather can doom a landing; American 1572 hits a storm and loses both engines amid a tower shutdown; crosswinds challenge an Air France crew already halfway down the runway.

Air Disasters

S14, EP4 "No Control"

An examination of three crashes that occurred when pilots battled against their sophisticated aircraft.

Air Disasters

S16, EP2 "Playing Catch Up"

A private jet attempting to compensate for a late approach to the airport, slams into an Ohio apartment building just a couple of miles from the runway.

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