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Disasters Engineered
S2, EP7 "Unnatural Causes"The 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown hit Japan in the wake of a tsunami, creating a crisis on a par with Chernobyl; just a few months later, a lightning strike affected signaling on a bullet train in China, leading to a catastrophic collision.
Air Disasters
S2, EP10 "Cleared for Disaster"An air traffic controller's mistake causes a Boeing 737 to land on a runway already occupied by another aircraft.
Air Disasters
S7, EP2 "Falling From the Sky"A British Airways flight to Australia in 1982 crashes into the Indian Ocean.
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
S5, EP11 "Titanic in the Sky"On 4 November 2010, shortly after takeoff from Singapore, the number-two engine on Qantas Flight 32 partially disintegrates, causing serious damage to its left wing.
Air Disasters
S13, EP6 "Fatal Climb"A commercial airliner crashes minutes after taking off from an airport in Bucharest causing suspicions to rise.
Aerial America
S1, EP15 "New Hampshire"Ancestral home of the Abenaki Indians; Henry David Thoreau's first book; Mount Monadnock; New Hampshire is seen from the air.
Aerial America
S1, EP54 "Missouri"A flight over Missouri explores the Show Me State's towering monuments, mighty rivers and spectacular Ozarks.
