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Breakthroughs & Bridges

How Did They Build That?

S2, EP8 "Breakthroughs & Bridges"

Visiting London's Gherkin, Seattle's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and Lyon's Musée des Confluences to uncover how and why they were built.

How Did They Build That?

S2, EP2 "Swamps & Swagger"

Exploring behind-the-scenes of design and construction of revolutionary buildings in Spain, New York and a university campus in Florida.

How Did They Build That?

S1, EP2 "Towers & Roofs"

A Manhattan high-rise; an Athens cultural center; a Singapore university.

Air Disasters

S2, EP501 "Pacific Ditching"

Just after takeoff from Honolulu, TransAir Flight 810 loses power and ditches in the Pacific. Both pilots survive, blaming dual engine failure-but when the Boeing 737 is recovered, the wreckage reveals a different cause behind t.

Air Disasters

S20, EP7 "Runway in Sight"

If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.

Air Disasters

S17, EP1 "Holding Pattern"

Flydubai Flight 981 enters a rapid descent and crashes nose-first at Rostov-on-Don Airport in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, after aborting its second landing attempt in poor weather conditions.

Air Disasters

S20, EP18 "Courage in the Cockpit"

Devastating failures in the air put pilots to the test and shine a light on three feats of flying.

Air Disasters

S4, EP13 "Vanished"

On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447 stalls and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all 228 people on board.

Air Crash Investigation

S24, EP9 "Lost Star Footballer"

With a young rising football star on board, a chartered Piper Malibu suddenly disappears from radar over the English Channel.

Air Crash Investigation

S24, EP10 "Deadly Directive"

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes shortly after takeoff.

Air Disasters

S2, EP501 "Pacific Ditching"

Just after takeoff from Honolulu, TransAir Flight 810 loses power and ditches in the Pacific. Both pilots survive, blaming dual engine failure-but when the Boeing 737 is recovered, the wreckage reveals a different cause behind t.

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 Disasters

S9, EP3 "High Rise Catastrophe"

A large cargo jet slices into an apartment complex in Amsterdam and reveals a potentially lethal problem threatening every 747 in the sky.

Air Disasters

S7, EP10 "Ghost Plane"

Investigators try to solve the mystery of a plane whose captain and co-pilot are missing.

Air Disasters

S17, EP4 "Double Trouble"

Trans-Air Service Flight 671 suffers an in-flight separation of its two right engines while en route to Kano, Nigeria, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing at Istres-Le Tubé Air Base in France.

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