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Air Disasters
S23, EP4 "Landing Hazards"Martinair 495 crashes on a rain-soaked runway in Portugal, showing how weather can doom a landing; American 1572 hits a storm and loses both engines amid a tower shutdown.
Air Disasters
S14, EP4 "No Control"An examination of three crashes that occurred when pilots battled against their sophisticated aircraft.
Air Disasters
S16, EP2 "Playing Catch Up"A private jet attempting to compensate for a late approach to the airport, slams into an Ohio apartment building just a couple of miles from the runway.
Air Disasters
S12, EP5 "Deadly Display"A high-stakes demonstration flight in Indonesia turns catastrophic when a Russian jet slams into a mountain.
Air Disasters
S22, EP6 "Trained to Fail"Pilots are prepared to cope with a range of emergency scenarios, but failures in training can lead to catastrophe in the cockpit.
Combat Ships
S3, EP2 "The Battle of Trafalgar"The legendary Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, which pitted Napoleon's French ships against a British armada under the command of Admiral Horatio Nelson.
Combat Ships
S1, EP10 "Secrets and Lies"A look at how the art of deception was used by naval forces in the first half of the 20th century; in 1939, the German raider Atlantis was equipped with fake funnels, while its sailors dressed as women pushing strollers to fool Allied merchant ships.
Combat Ships
S2, EP6 "Galleons and Privateers"Revolutionary ship design helped Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake lead England to defeat the Spanish Armada and become a world power.
