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Air Disasters
S21, EP3 "Blown Apart"Partnair Flight 394 loses control, breaks up in mid-air and crashes into the North Sea; the aircraft's vertical stabilizer vibrates loose during flight due to excessive wear on substandard bolts, sleeves and pins that have been illegally sold.
Air Disasters
S18, EP21 "Head-On Collision"With its conductors sound asleep, a freight train fails to stop and collides with an oncoming passenger train, resulting in tragedy.
Air Disasters
S6, EP2 "Bomb on Board"A 1994 terrorist bombing aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 forces its pilots into a daring emergency landing.
Air Disasters
S6, EP10 "Ocean Landing"Pilots aboard a hijacked plane are forced to attempt an emergency landing at sea.
Air Disasters
S19, EP6 "Cockpit Catastrophe"The cockpit window of an Airbus A319 explodes; pilots miraculously land the out-of-control plane; investigators must determine how the freshly serviced aircraft was released with a fatal flaw.
Air Disasters
S15, EP8 "No Warning"Investigators must figure out why the safety systems of a turboprop plane failed to prevent a crash into an Indonesian mountain.
Air Disasters
S2, EP403 "Deadly Departure"After a DC-8 cargo plane with only three working engines crashes on takeoff in Kansas City, investigators uncover a flaw in the pilots' training.
Air Disasters
S14, EP6 "Killer in the Cockpit?"A look at the commercial flights that ended in disaster because of suspected murder-suicide.
Mighty Trains
S2, EP4 "AVE 103"On Europe's high-speed rail network, between Barcelona and Madrid, crews work to expand the infrastructure for a new train.
Mighty Ships
S5, EP1 "Norwegian Epic"The Norwegian Epic is a billion-dollar showboat with more than 20 bars and restaurants and pool decks that transform into nightclubs.
Mighty Ships
S5, EP3 "Le Boreal"Le Boreal is built to take on the demanding waters of the Southern Ocean.
Mighty Ships
S10, EP3 "MSC Meraviglia"MSC's biggest cruise ship navigates tight Mediterranean harbors, offering a brand new water park, classic excursions and Cirque du Soleil at Sea.
Mighty Cruise Ships
S2, EP1 "Carnival Vista"The Carnival Vista is the new flagship for one of the world's largest cruise lines, carrying more than 4,600 passengers and boasting 10 restaurants, nearly 2,000 staterooms and a crew of 1,400.
Mighty Cruise Ships
S3, EP5 "Symphony of the Seas"A crew of 2,200 on the Symphony of the Seas tends to more than 5,500 passengers as they sail to ports in Spain, France and Italy.
Mighty Planes
S2, EP4 "P-3 Orion"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's hurricane hunting WP-3D Orion aircraft fly where other planes refuse to venture.
Mighty Trains
S2, EP3 "Maharaja's Express"Passengers are treated like royalty on Indian Railways' Maharaja's Express.