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Lethal Limits

Air Disasters

S13, EP8 "Lethal Limits"

An investigation into a jet crash from 2008 leads to a drastic change into the Russian aviation system.

Air Disasters

S7, EP8 "Fog of War"

A U.S. military plane veers off course and flies into a mountain while attempting to land at Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia in heavy fog, killing all 35 people on board.

Air Disasters

S18, EP2 "The Heathrow Enigma"

A British Airways Flight's engines failure to respond cause the plane to crash-land just short of the runway.

Air Disasters

S15, EP10 "Stormy Cockpit"

Pilots leaving Cameroon steer their plane clear of a storm, but the aircraft begins rolling to the right, and they are unable to regain control.

Air Disasters

S3, EP10 "Split Decision"

Arrow Air Flight 1285 with 248 American soldiers on board crashes seconds after refueling in Newfoundland.

Air Disasters

S13, EP7 "Runway Runoff"

A passenger plane veers off the runway in Denver sparking an investigation into the airport's proximity to the Rocky Mountains.

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.

Air Disasters

S16, EP4 "Grounded: Boeing Max 8"

Indonesian investigators must determine why a Boeing 737 Max 8 -- one of the world's best-selling new airplanes -- plunged into the Java Sea.

Air Disasters

S9, EP6 "Carnage in Sao Paolo"

TAM flight 402 slammed into a residential neighborhood and burst into flames, just seconds after lifting off from Congonhas airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 95 people on board and three people on the ground.

Air Disasters

S17, EP2 "Peril Over Portugal"

On December 21, 1992, Martinair Flight 495 crashes off the right side of the runway while attempting to land at Faro Airport in Faro, Portugal, in severe weather conditions, killing 56 of the 340 people on board.

Air Disasters

S16, EP7 "Mission Disaster"

After losing two engines near enemy territory, U.S. Air Force pilots abort their refueling mission and try to land their damaged plane.

Air Disasters

S21, EP4 "Sight Unseen"

Saudi Airways and Kazakhstan Airlines jets hit each other at 14,000 feet sending both planes spiraling to the ground.

Air Disasters

S9, EP2 "Terror in San Francisco"

The 2013 crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco shocks the nation.

Air Disasters

S7, EP4 "Missed Approach"

A plane crash lands in Guam after losing sight of the airport in a storm.

Air Disasters

S18, EP6 "Who's In Control"

Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 stalls and crashes less than a mile from the runway while approaching Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

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