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Air Disasters
S6, EP9 "Kid in the Cockpit"A pilot's decision to let his 15-year-old son fly has disastrous consequences on a commercial flight.
Air Disasters
S4, EP9 "Hockey Team Tragedy"A Russian passenger jet crashes into the Volga River, killing almost everyone on board; the incident turns into a national tragedy when rescuers discover the plane carried some of the country's famous athletes.
Air Disasters
S5, EP1 "Fight to the Death"On 18 June 1972, British European Airways Flight 548 stalls and crashes in a field near Staines shortly after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
Air Disasters
S17, EP6 "Terror Over Michigan"After a Boeing 727's near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine what caused the aircraft to lose control.
Air Disasters
S11, EP1 "Explosive Proof"The inside story of one of history's most infamous and complex investigations: the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800.
Air Disasters
S18, EP11 "Cutting Corners"The 2000 crash of an Alaska Airlines plane just off the California coast leads to a disturbing discovery about the company's cost-cutting procedures.
Combat Ships
S2, EP4 "Destroyers and Cruisers"The ships that made mighty empires, from the lone wolves that patrolled the high seas for imperial Britain to the USS Laffey's heroic WWII battle against kamikazes at Okinawa.
Combat Ships
S1, EP7 "Rescue Ships"A look at some of the rescue ships of the past 200 years of wartime and the brave men and women who risked their lives to save others.
Air Disasters
S3, EP9 "Bad Attitude"Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes shortly after take off from London Stansted Airport on December 22, 1999.
Air Disasters
S3, EP1 "Blind Spot"In 1978, PSA Flight 182 collides with a Cessna and crashes into a San Diego residential area, killing everyone on both planes and seven people on the ground.
Air Disasters
S1, EP5 "Dead Weight"Air Midwest Flight 5481 plummets to the ground just after takeoff, killing all on board and injuring one on the ground.
Air Disasters
S2, EP11 "The Plane That Flew Too High"West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes down killing 160 people in 2005; it leads to the bankruptcy of the troubled airline.
Air Disasters
S17, EP7 "Tree Strike Terror"After a passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing, investigators attempt to uncover why the plane was flying so low.
Air Disasters
S20, EP23 "Lethal Choices"Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.
Air Disasters
S14, EP7 "Missing Pieces"Following three air crash investigations in which examiners are pushed to the limit to crack the cases.
Air Disasters
S19, EP2 "Missed Opportunities"[EPG Series] History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.