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Northern Extremes

Air Disasters

S20, EP30 "Northern Extremes"

Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.

Air Disasters

S5, EP10 "Terror in Paradise"

On 9 August 2007, Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashed shortly after taking off from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia, killing all 19 passengers and the pilot.

Air Disasters

S6, EP5 "Attack Over Baghdad"

A surface-to-air missile cripples a cargo plane after it takes off from Baghdad International Airport.

Air Disasters

S18, EP1 "Cockpit Failure"

Bad weather and a series of errors lead to the 2001 crash of a plane on its approach to Zurich Airport.

Combat Ships

S4, EP6 "Smugglers and Pirates"

A look at how maritime task forces and the Coast Guard are keeping commercial vessels and US shores safe from pirates and drug smugglers.

Combat Ships

S4, EP4 "Heroes of Guadalcanal"

A comprehensive look at the naval battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942 and the heroic efforts of U.S. sailors who held off powerful Imperial Navy.

Combat Ships

S2, EP8 "Amphibious Assaults"

The evolution of amphibious assault vehicles, including the restoration of Britain's last surviving LCT 7074 landing craft, designed to carry six Churchill tanks.

Combat Ships

S1, EP1 "World Wars"

A look at how the role of battleships changed over the course of the First and Second World Wars.

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 Disasters

S21, EP3 "Blown Apart"

Partnair Flight 394 loses control, breaks up in midair and crashes into the North Sea; the aircraft's vertical stabilizer vibrates loose during flight due to excessive wear on substandard bolts, sleeves and pins that have been illegally sold.

Air Disasters

S8, EP10 "Death in the Arctic"

On 20 August 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a charter flight, crashes near its destination of Resolute Bay Airport, Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, in poor weather conditions; out of the fifteen passengers and crew members, only three survived.

Air Disasters

S18, EP24 "Who's Flying the Plane?"

A look at accidents and incidents where problems with the interface between crew members and onboard avionics are a factor, and the causes of those problems.

Air Disasters

S20, EP17 "Death From Above"

Midair tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a community, and rain terror on the people below.

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