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Disasters Engineered
S2, EP2 "Construction Catastrophe"A towering inferno that killed 72 residents becomes Britain's deadliest fire; a pedestrian bridge collapses in Florida over eight lanes of traffic, killing six people; how can fatal design flaws happen in such important constructions?
Disasters Engineered
S2, EP4 "Beneath the Surface"Nothing can stop an earthquake and while the ground may feel solid, below our feet, the earth is shifting constantly, sometimes violently.
Air Disasters
S1, EP3 "Behind Closed Doors"A design fault leads to an explosion on a DC-10 and two years later the same design fault causes another tragedy.
Air Disasters
S18, EP19 "Runaway Train"A freight train carrying an excess of cargo loses its brakes while descending a mountain causing it to gain speed and derail into a neighborhood killing several people.
Air Disasters
S24, EP9 "Lost Star Footballer"With rising young football star Emiliano Sala on board, a chartered Piper Malibu suddenly disappears from radar over the English Channel.
Air Disasters
S24, EP10 "Deadly Directive"When Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes shortly after takeoff, the catastrophe leads to the grounding of the entire Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet.
Air Disasters
S11, EP7 "Caught on Tape"The dashcam of a passing car captures stunning footage of the final moments of a Taiwanese commuter aircraft as it banks steeply, clips an elevated highway and nosedives into the river; investigators find no signs of pre-impact malfunction.
Air Disasters
S16, EP5 "Cabin Catastrophe"A Boeing 737 is rocked by a midair explosion that challenges its pilots and nearly ejects a passenger out of a blown-out window.
Air Warriors
S10, EP8 "C-47 Skytrain"A look at how the C-47 evolved from passenger plane to a transport aircraft and flying hospital in WWII and years later as a gunship in Vietnam.
Air Warriors
S7, EP1 "Top Dogfighters"Stories of fighter aircraft and deadly combat, including dogfights with the P-38 Lightning and Messerschmitts over Nazi Germany, told through rarely seen battle footage and first-hand accounts.
Air Warriors
S8, EP2 "B-29 Superfortress"The story of the world's first nuclear bomber, the B-29, and its explosive impact on aerial warfare.
Air Warriors
S6, EP9 "Zero"An inside look at Japan's A6M Zero, the most feared fighter at the start of World War II.
Air Warriors
S10, EP6 "B-1 Lancer"The history of the B-1 Lancer reveals how the Cold War bomber evolved to become one of Americas most effective military aircraft.
Air Warriors
"Top Ten Cold War"A countdown of the most influential and impactful military planes of the Cold War, from America's B-2 to the Soviet's MiG-15.
Air Warriors
S4, EP1 "F-16"The history of the F-16 Fighting Falcon and how it became the U.S. Air Force's most versatile plane.