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Combat Ships
S1, EP4 "Metal War Ships"The evolution from wooden ships to metal ones in the second half of the 19th century is examined.
Combat Ships
S1, EP2 "War Beneath the Waves"The 200-year evolution of the submarine in wartime is examined, told by the designers and engineers behind the machines.
Combat Ships
S1, EP6 "Cold War Warriors"An up-close look at the naval carriers, destroyers, and nuclear submarines of the Cold War.
Combat Ships
S4, EP3 "Hidden Figures"Stories of historic Black struggle for equality in maritime combat; an enslaved powder boy who served during the French and Indian War; a Civil War gunner; the first African American to command a vessel with a fully integrated crew: Hugh Mulzac.
Combat Ships
S4, EP7 "Record Breakers"A look at how technological advances over the centuries have led to bigger and faster combat ships and transformed maritime warfare.
Combat Ships
S3, EP4 "Gulf War Warriors"A look at key naval battles that have taken place in the Persian Gulf over the last 50 years and the warships involved, from both sides of the conflicts.
Combat Ships
S1, EP8 "The Smallest Ships"A look at the smallest ships of war and the major roles they've played over the centuries, including the 1776 gunboat built to stop a British invasion and the HA-19 sub.
Combat Ships
S3, EP5 "Sunk"New high-tech investigations uncover what sunk a World War I cruiser, a World War II submarine, a British destroyer from the Falklands War, and more.
Air Disasters
S20, EP8 "Deadly Confusion"JFK Jr. disappears on the way to Martha's Vineyard; a captain loses his bearings and crashes over the Red Sea; pilots crash a plane over Indonesia.
Air Disasters
S18, EP5 "Hudson River Runway"US Airways Flight 1549 suffers a bird strike with a flock of Canada geese, causing both engines to fail.
Air Disasters
S10, EP5 "Deadly Detour"The crew of a commuter flight over France makes a sightseeing detour that sets off a deadly chain of events.
Air Disasters
S15, EP6 "Icy Descent"After experiencing icing conditions, a turboprop slams into an Argentine desert; investigators are mystified by what they uncover.
Air Disasters
S2, EP8 "System Breakdown"Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.
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.