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Swamps & Swagger

How Did They Build That?

S2, EP2 "Swamps & Swagger"

Exploring behind-the-scenes of design and construction of revolutionary buildings in Spain, New York and a university campus in Florida.

How Did They Build That?

S5, EP2 "Earthquakes & Exoskeletons"

Milwaukee commissions Calatrava to design a museum with 90-ton wings that take flight. Oslo tears down its national ski jump and rebuilds it for the World Championships. And in LA, a 235 foot tower is wrapped in steel bands to w.

Air Crash Investigation

S25, EP5 "Powerless Plunge"

Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea.

Air Disasters

S4, EP7 "Catastrophe at O'Hare"

On 25 May 1979, the number-one engine on American Airlines Flight 191 detaches moments after taking off from Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The aircraft banks to the left and crashes into an open field, killing all 271 people on board.

Air Disasters

S18, EP14 "A Wounded Bird"

A blade on the left-side propeller of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight breaks off; the imbalance of the rotating propeller causes the engine to partly tear itself from its mounting.

Air Disasters

S19, EP1 "Deadly Exchange"

When a commuter flight crashes mysteriously just a mile from a Missouri runway, investigators turn their attention to the final seconds in the cockpit.

Air Disasters

S7, EP3 "Fire Fight"

A mechanical problem aboard an Air Canada plane turns into an all-out emergency six miles in the air.

Air Disasters

S6, EP6 "Hanging by a Thread"

The roof of an Aloha Airlines 737 tears off the plane at 24,000 feet in the sky.

Air Disasters

S2, EP8 "System Breakdown"

Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.

Air Crash Investigation

S25, EP5 "Powerless Plunge"

Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea.

Air Disasters

S5, EP4 "Tragedy on the Potomac"

On 13 January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 stalls at 300 feet altitude, strikes a road bridge and crashes into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.

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 crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Ustica, Italy; all 81 people on board were killed.

Air Disasters

S10, EP6 "Dangerous Approach"

A Colorado commuter flight crashes five miles short of the runway and the reasons why rock the airline industry.

Air Disasters

S10, EP8 "River Runway"

Pilots attempt to land their Boeing 737 in an Indonesian river after losing their engines and electrical power.

Air Disasters

S10, EP3 "Disaster at Tenerife"

Two 747s collide on the runway of a small airport in the Canary Islands, resulting in history's deadliest air crash.

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