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Ice Airport Alaska
S5, EP2 "Mountain Sheep, Pizza Pie"A breakdown on the Fairbanks runway threatens a heavy-weight military jet's urgent mission; a rookie flight instructor faces a make-or-break flight; an ice-tour pilot races against Alaskan weather; a bush airline flies a 400-mile pizza delivery.
Ice Airport Alaska
S2, EP1 "Into the Storm"The airport has never shut down for bad weather, but a heavy storm, a rookie snow boss, and broken equipment put their remarkable streak in jeopardy; a 5.3 magnitude earthquake shakes the airport, grounding all planes.
Ice Airport Alaska
S2, EP2 "Heavy Lifting"A large construction load, a massive repair, and a fallen soldier weigh heavily on the crews.
Ice Airport Alaska
S2, EP3 "Emergency Landing"Witness wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders and pandemic panics at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport.
Ice Airport Alaska
S2, EP4 "Whiskey and Water"A crisis in a remote Alaskan village, a grounded cargo 737 and alcohol smugglers keep the pilots and crews busy.
Ice Airport Alaska
S2, EP5 "War Planes and Sled Dogs"An armed, suicidal man and a suspicious powdery substance threaten the staff of Ted Stevens while rough weather may ground a 70-year-old cargo plane.
Ice Airport Alaska
S2, EP6 "Mayday"A heavy blizzard, an earthquake, and a plane crash threaten the safety of the Ice Airports as well as the people of downtown Anchorage.
Ice Airport Alaska
S3, EP1 "Holiday Whiteout"Passenger numbers at Ted Stevens International Airport are up by 93%, but a freak storm is about to throw Christmas into chaos; at Fairbanks International Airport a 737 is forced to dock for the night and is in danger of freezing over.
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.
Air Disasters
S16, EP8 "Caught in a Jam"When a commuter turboprop crashes onto hilly terrain in New Zealand, the search for answers inevitably leads to the cockpit.
Air Disasters
S5, EP2 "Speed Trap"A deadly midair collision between a commercial airliner and a F-4 Phantom reveals a lack of communication.
Air Disasters
S18, EP8 "Racing the Storm"An MD-82 crash lands in Arkansas during a severe thunderstorm, but investigators believe weather was not the main reason for the accident.
Air Disasters
S18, EP18 "Missing Over New York"Avianca Flight 52 is delayed numerous times by bad weather en route and is dangerously low on fuel as it attempts a landing at New York City.
Air Disasters
S7, EP6 "Panic Over the Pacific"A miraculous rescue is launched after a 747 plummets toward the Pacific.
Air Disasters
S10, EP2 "The Pentagon Attack"The FBI and NTSB join forces to determine how terrorists hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 and flew it into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
Air Disasters
S9, EP4 "Fatal Focus"When a 737 careens off the runway in Indonesia, investigators uncover a shocking explanation for the crash.
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