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Pressure Point

Air Disasters

S19, EP3 "Pressure Point"

Investigators race to determine the cause of the deadliest single aircraft accident in history: the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines 123, which claimed 520 lives.

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

S14, EP6 "Killer in the Cockpit?"

A look at the commercial flights that ended in disaster because of suspected murder-suicide.

Air Disasters

S12, EP4 "Deadly Airspace"

When a commercial airliner goes down in eastern Ukraine in 2014, examiners must conduct an investigation in the middle of a war zone.

Air Disasters

S7, EP6 "Panic Over the Pacific"

A miraculous rescue is launched after a 747 plummets toward the Pacific.

Air Disasters

S2, EP6 "Cold Case"

Two identical plane crashes involving the same icy conditions and the same plane design are examined, revealing why neither disaster should have happened.

Air Disasters

S18, EP8 "Racing the Storm"

An MD-82 crash lands in Arkansas during a severe thunderstorm; but investigators believe weather is not the main reason for the accident.

Air Warriors

S6, EP7 "P-38 Lightning"

Innovative engineering allows the P-38 Lightning to fly faster and climb higher than any other WWII warplane; a twin-propeller fighter with heavy armaments packed into its nose, the P-38 becomes one of America's premiere combat planes during the war.

Air Warriors

S1, EP2 "Apache"

The AH-64 Apache, one of the most heavily fortified and well-armed helicopters ever built.

Air Warriors

S7, EP4 "F-18"

Exploring the history of the F-18 and how the U.S. Navy's dual-role aircraft has dominated both the air and the battlefields for over three decades.

Air Warriors

S5, EP1 "Harrier"

The inside story of the Harrier, the world's most famous short takeoff and vertical landing fighter jet.

Aerial America

S1, EP63 "Trailblazers"

An aerial tour over the places made famous by America's most influential men and women.

Aerial America

S1, EP39 "Idaho"

A view of Idaho from the air reveals a state filled with agricultural fields, lands untouched by human hands, and riches in the form of gold, ski resorts and spuds.

Aerial America

S1, EP19 "Louisiana"

Louisiana's wetlands and underwater oil fields.

Aerial America

S1, EP37 "Beyond Hollywood"

A coast-to-coast aerial journey across America, visiting locations made famous by movies such as Rocky, Citizen Kane, Forrest Gump and others.

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