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Deadly Silence

Air Disasters

S10, EP1 "Deadly Silence"

Investigators try to figure out why a private Learjet carrying Payne Stewart went rogue before crashing in a South Dakota hayfield.

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.

Air Disasters

S19, EP5 "Control Catastrophe"

Experts investigate an unfortunate string of events that caused the freshly serviced Air Astana Flight 1388 to become completely uncontrollable.

Combat Ships

S4, EP8 "Lightning Strikes"

Examining some of maritime history's most effective lightning strikes; how the French frigate Nivôse set a trap to lure Somali pirates; how the HMS Illustrious captured a well-defended Mediterranean harbor in WWII; a surprise attack on Tokyo in 1942.

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 is equipped with fake funnels, while its sailors dressed as women pushing prams 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.

Air Crash Investigation Special Report

S6, EP5 "Training Ignored"

Investigators hunt for answers when the pilots of three aircraft skip protocols, ignore their training and crash.

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.

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