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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
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.
Air Disasters
S13, EP4 "Borderline Tactics"When a DC-8 cargo jet crashes on approach to a U.S. naval base in Guantanamo, investigators wonder if Cuba played a role.
Air Disasters
S16, EP9 "Seconds From Touchdown"Facing a cascade of failures and a fire on board, a turboprop is just seconds from landing when it flips over and crashes.
Air Disasters
S12, EP2 "Blown Away"The investigation into the 2014 crash of a TransAsia flight uncovers a systemic problem with the airline.
Air Disasters
S20, EP6 "Perilous Payload"Three planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation; it's a flight risk that's entirely preventable, and yet repeated disasters reconfirm the need for critical backup systems.
Air Warriors
S9, EP1 "Lancaster"The inside story of the Avro Lancaster, the British bomber that was rushed into service to fight back against Nazi Germany.
Air Warriors
S10, EP3 "B-17 Flying Fortress"The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most lethal bombers of the U.S. Air Force in WWII's European and Pacific campaigns; among other things, the plane delivered food to the German-occupied Netherlands.
Air Warriors
S10, EP9 "Stuka Dive Bomber"A look at the rise and fall of the infamous Nazi dive bomber Ju-87 Stuka, an aircraft of World War II.
Air Warriors
S9, EP5 "Little Bird"The inside story of how the AH/MH-6 evolved over the decades to become an irreplacable aircraft for the U.S. Military.
Air Warriors
S10, EP7 "Hawker Hunter"The inside story of Britain's flagship super jet of the Cold War era, the Hawker Hunter, and its most thrilling flights during the late 20th century.
Air Warriors
S9, EP3 "F1-11"The history of the F-111 and how the fighter-bomber no one wanted went on to dominate both air and battlefields in the late 20th century.
Aerial America
S1, EP41 "Utah"An amazing aerial tour over Utah reveals a state full of otherworldly landscapes and landmarks, including a history steeped in Mormonism, pioneering tragedy, and Olympic glory.