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WWII's Most Daring Raids
S1, EP6 "Secret Weapon Sabotage"An elite squad of Norwegians destroy a power plant in 1943 that the Nazis may have been using for nuclear weapons research.
Air Disasters
S8, EP1 "Choosing Sides"British Midland Flight 92 slams into Britain's busy M1 motorway, and it seems like a rare case of dual engine failure, but investigators learn the real cause was a tragic misunderstanding.
Air Disasters
S20, EP12 "Instrument Confusion"When critical instruments in the cockpit can't be trusted, the consequences can be fatal.
Air Disasters
S4, EP1 "Fight for Control"A propeller breaks off and rips a hole in the fuselage of an aircraft en route from Alaska to Washington 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean.
Air Disasters
S3, EP8 "The Invisible Plane"SAS Flight 686 takes off from Milan's Linate Airport and moments later collides with a Cessna on the runway.
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.
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.
Air Disasters
S11, EP8 "Terror Over Egypt"When a plane carrying Russian tourists crashes in Egypt, investigators face political tensions and terrorist claims in their search for the truth.
Air Disasters
S2, EP2 "Target Is Destroyed"A Korean Airlines passenger plane is shot down by a Soviet fighter jet in 1983; political tensions nearly escalate into war.
Air Disasters
S17, EP5 "Pacific Plunge"Fifteen minutes after taking off from Puerto Vallarta for San Francisco, the pilots of an MD-83 realize something is very wrong with their plane.
Air Disasters
S2, EP9 "The Final Blow"An Air Inter flight crashes into the Vosges Mountains while attempting to land killing most of the 96 passengers.
Air Disasters
S9, EP1 "Fatal Transmission"A runway collision at a small airport turns tragic when passengers cannot escape the burning aircraft.
Air Disasters
S20, EP20 "Take Off Tragedies"Three flights ending in tragedy, prove that minor missteps during takeoff can have disastrous consequences.
Air Disasters
S18, EP17 "Lost"Investigators struggle to determine why a 757 strayed off course during its final approach to a Colombia airport and crashed into a mountain.
Aerial America
S1, EP15 "New Hampshire"Ancestral home of the Abenaki Indians; Henry David Thoreau's first book; Mount Monadnock; New Hampshire is seen from the air.