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How Did They Build That?
S2, EP3 "Retrofits & Airport Glitz"Visiting the Hearst Tower in Manhattan and Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore to understand how they were built; covering how designers and engineers attempt to create a museum worthy of Salvador Dalí in Florida.
Air Disasters
S20, EP1 "Headline News"Three devastating crashes make front-page news around the globe; the media frenzy puts intense pressure on investigators to uncover the causes.
Air Disasters
S20, EP2 "Rookie Errors"History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.
Air Disasters
S23, EP2 "Fight to the Finish"Three flight crews face impossible odds: a Boeing 707 loses engines over the Alps as fire spreads, Air Astana 1388 goes out of control over Portugal, and a bomb on PA 434 severs control cables and blasts a hole in the fuselage.
Air Disasters
S1, EP8 "Mixed Signals"Within five minutes of takeoff, the Dominican Republic bound Birgenair Flight 301 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean; a series of confusing signals crashes the plane.
Air Disasters
S20, EP26 "Frozen Wings"The consequences are disastrous when ice forms on an airplane's wings; three planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.
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
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; crosswinds challenge an Air France crew already halfway down the runway.
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
S1, EP4 "Fanning the Flames"A complex recovery operation is launched to find out if a 747 which disappeared into the Indian Ocean was carrying illegal weapons.
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.
Air Disasters
S14, EP1 "Communication Breakdown"A look at three deadly air disasters that are caused by misunderstandings between pilots and air traffic controllers.
Air Disasters
S20, EP5 "Fuel Trouble"History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.