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Air Disasters
S2, EP4 "Panic on the Runway"On August 22nd, 1985, 55 people died aboard British Airtours flight 28M when its engine catches fire as it accelerates.
Air Disasters
S11, EP10 "The Lost Plane"Investigators struggle to understand the unusual flight path and Himalayan crash site of Thai Airways Flight 311.
Air Disasters
S15, EP7 "Atlantic Ditching"A helicopter carrying offshore drilling workers crashes into the ocean, leading to an investigation that reveals a fatal flaw in the chopper's design.
Air Disasters
S18, EP10 "Flying Blind"A cleaning crew makes a careless error while cleaning a Boeing 757, affecting the plane's computer system and causing it to crash into the Pacific Ocean.
Air Disasters
S17, EP3 "Stealth Bomber Down"When a USAF stealth bomber crashes after takeoff, investigators search for a reason.
Air Disasters
S6, EP8 "Death and Denial"In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying from New York City to Cairo, killing all 217 people on board; the cause of the crash is disputed.
Air Disasters
S2, EP5 "Alarming Silence"Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit in 1987; a fatal preflight error caused the second-deadliest plane crash in the U.S. history.
Air Disasters
S18, EP12 "Flying on Empty"When Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic, its pilots desperately try to keep their Airbus A330 in the air until they reach land.
How Did They Build That?
S2, EP9 "Mirrors & Marble"Visiting Australia's One Central Park, the Oslo Opera House and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.
How Did They Build That?
S1, EP3 "Biomes & Rebuilds"A London railway station; giant Singapore biodomes; eye-catching hospital in Las Vegas.
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?
S3, EP4 "Parking & Sparkling"A dazzling new 1400 foot tapering skyscraper is built right next to New York's Grand Central. A curving wine museum requires ingenious engineering in Bordeaux, France. And possibly the world's most glamorous parking garage.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP10 "Boxes & Birds"The American Museum of Natural History in NYC gets a cave-like extension; an arts center inspired by migrating birds is built on a lake in China; Boston University gains a fossil-free, Jenga-like tower.
Extreme Airport Africa
S2, EP1 "Flying Lions"In the wilds of Southern Africa, aviation takes over where roads don't go. Extreme Airport Africa brings you into the world of high-octane, high-risk bush flying where pilots brave rough runways, wild fires and wild animals.
Extreme Airport Africa
S2, EP2 "Flying Grandmas"A P51 Mustang takes a combat veteran back in time. A bush aviator flies a mission to save rhinos from extinction. Mechanics race to fit new engines on an air ambulance heading into a warzone, and a pilot takes control of a jet f.
Extreme Airport Africa
S2, EP3 "Flight For Life"In the wilds of Southern Africa, aviation takes over where roads don't go. Extreme Airport Africa brings you into the world of high-octane, high-risk bush flying where pilots brave rough runways, wild fires and wild animals.