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Training Ignored

Air Disasters

S23, EP5 "Training Ignored"

Kobe Bryant dies when a high-tech helicopter crashes on a routine L.A. route-training ignored with deadly results; in Missouri, cockpit chatter dooms Corporate 5966; in Lexington, a twin-engine jet crashes after taking off from the wrong runway.

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

S18, EP21 "Head-On Collision"

With its conductors sound asleep, a freight train fails to stop and collides with an oncoming passenger train, resulting in tragedy.

Air Disasters

S18, EP6 "Who's In Control"

Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 stalls and crashes less than a mile from the runway while approaching Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

Air Disasters

S12, EP6 "Deadly Space"

In the skies above the Mojave Desert, the VSS Enterprise accelerates toward the outer reaches of Earth's atmosphere, guided by test pilots; the aircraft breaks apart and falls from the sky, killing the flight's co-pilot.

Air Disasters

S6, EP4 "Out of Control"

A simple error years prior causes the deadliest single-plane crash in history.

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.

Mighty Trains

S2, EP5 "Kiwi Rail"

Two magnificent journeys with New Zealand's KiwiRail: the TranzAlpine, a five-hour journey across 223 kilometers, and Northern Explorer, an 11-hour trip through five unique regions of the North Island.

Mighty Trains

S2, EP2 "Tren Crucero"

Passengers on Ecuador's Tren Crucero experience a dangerous rail journey, which includes tropical jungles, volcanoes and the Devil's Nose.

Mighty Cruise Ships

S4, EP2 "AIDAnova"

We hop aboard a seven-day cruise to the Canary Islands and Madeira aboard the first large liner to run purely on cleaner-burning liquefied natural gas.

Mighty Cruise Ships

S2, EP1 "Carnival Vista"

The Carnival Vista is the new flagship for one of the world's largest cruise lines, carrying more than 4,600 passengers and boasting 10 restaurants, nearly 2,000 staterooms and a crew of 1,400.

Mighty Cruise Ships

S1, EP2 "Le Soléal"

New luxury liner Le Soleal navigates the uncharted waters of Indonesia to give her passengers one-of-a-kind encounters at exotic destinations.

Mighty Cruise Ships

S4, EP3 "Norwegian Joy"

Norwegian Joy sails amid icebergs in Alaska's Inside Passage, treating guests to glaciers, humpback whales, and the largest zip line in the world.

How Did They Build That?

S4, EP6 "Shipyards & Slender Builds"

A 284ft wooden skyscraper built from 1,200 bespoke pieces tests fire safety limits in Milwaukee; a decaying Amsterdam crane track transforms into glass offices; a needle-thin tower stacks 28 apartments onto a 21ft-wide plot in Melbourne, Australia.

How Did They Build That?

S4, EP2 "Medals & Marinas"

Paying tribute to the brave, gravity-defying design of the U.S. National Medal of Honor Museum; traveling to Singapore for a look at a leaning tower of gambling, then exploring a New York City office building that lets the sun shine through.

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