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Air Disasters
S8, EP9 "No Clear Options"When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation safety.
Air Disasters
S23, EP1 "Pitch Problems"Alaska Airlines 261 nosedives into the Pacific leaving investigators stumped; a rare storm and a deadly design flaw intersect cause American Eagle 4184 to fall from the sky; investigators suspect a fatal flaw in the Boeing 737.
Air Disasters
S17, EP10 "Kobe Bryant"When basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, investigators examine the data, the wreckage, and the pilot's actions for clues.
Air Disasters
S21, EP8 "Frozen in Flight"A design flaw sends American Eagle Flight 41-84 smashing into a cornfield outside of Chicago, killing all 68 people on board.
Air Disasters
S5, EP5 "Queens Catastrophe"On 12 November 2001, just two months after the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 spirals out of control shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport and crashes into Queens.
Air Disasters
S4, EP3 "Caution to the Wind"On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai-shek airport in Taipei while attempting to take off on the wrong runway in a typhoon, killing 83 of the 179 people on board.
Air Disasters
S20, EP16 "Survivors"From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.
Air Disasters
S11, EP9 "Deadly Discussions"A shocking error in the cockpit causes the crash of a 737 on takeoff and leaves an entire nation reeling.
Air Warriors
S1, EP2 "Apache"The AH-64 Apache, one of the most heavily fortified and well-armed helicopters ever built.
Air Warriors
S10, EP5 "F-100 Super Sabre"The North American F-100 Super Saber, also known as the Hun, becomes a supersonic powerhouse after initial difficulties; it was used primarily in the Vietnam War.
Air Warriors
S10, EP8 "C-47 Skytrain"A look at how the C-47 evolved from passenger plane to a transport aircraft and flying hospital in WWII and years later as a gunship in Vietnam.
Air Warriors
S7, EP1 "Top Dogfighters"Stories of fighter aircraft and deadly combat, including dogfights with the P-38 Lightning and Messerschmitts over Nazi Germany, told through rarely seen battle footage and first-hand accounts.
Aerial America
S1, EP2 "California"Zoom above, and below, some of the Golden State's greatest monuments.