Smithsonian HD Network Experts examine how engineering failures allowed Hurricane Katrina to devastate New Orleans and cause the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. 2026-05-04 The 2013 crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco shocks the nation. 2026-05-04 Experts examine how engineering failures allowed Hurricane Katrina to devastate New Orleans and cause the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. 2026-05-04 Following three horrifying crashes, investigators uncover fatal flaws in the very operations designed to prevent aircraft from flying into mountains. 2026-05-04 Experts examine how engineering failures allowed Hurricane Katrina to devastate New Orleans and cause the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. 2026-05-04 A plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team crashes just ten miles from the airport in 2016. 2026-05-04 A look at three commercial planes that became targets over the Sinai Desert, the Sea of Japan and Ukraine. 2026-05-04 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. 2026-05-04 TANS Perú Flight 204 crashes into a muddy swamp while attempting to land at Pucallpa Airport, Peru, in a thunderstorm, killing 40 of the 98 people on board. 2026-05-04 A plane crash lands in Guam after losing sight of the airport in a storm. 2026-05-04 A large cargo jet slices into an apartment complex in Amsterdam and reveals a potentially lethal problem threatening every 747 in the sky. 2026-05-04 How routine flights can turn catastrophic in mere seconds when the pilots become momentarily distracted; three flights end in a disaster. 2026-05-04 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. 2026-05-04 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. 2026-05-04 With its conductors sound asleep, a freight train fails to stop and collides with an oncoming passenger train, resulting in tragedy. 2026-05-04 Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 stalls and crashes less than a mile from the runway while approaching Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. 2026-05-04 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. 2026-05-04 A simple error years prior causes the deadliest single-plane crash in history. 2026-05-04 The 2010 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 sparks rumors of terrorism. 2026-05-04 Arrow Air Flight 1285 with 248 American soldiers on board crashes seconds after refueling in Newfoundland. 2026-05-04 A passenger plane veers off the runway in Denver sparking an investigation into the airport's proximity to the Rocky Mountains. 2026-05-04 Experts examine how engineering failures allowed Hurricane Katrina to devastate New Orleans and cause the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. 2026-05-04 An elite group of British paratroopers launch a midnight raid in order to capture Hitler's unusual radar equipment. 2026-05-04 American paratroopers are dropped behind German lines on D-Day in order to secure territory behind the beaches. 2026-05-04 British Commandos raid two occupied Norwegian islands to wipe out fish oil factories used to make explosives. 2026-05-05 The first invasion of the Italian Campaign of WWII: Operation Husky. 2026-05-05 A secret British regiment in 1942 led a daring raid on a Nazi-occupied Libyan harbor. 2026-05-05 An elite squad of Norwegians destroy a power plant in 1943 that the Nazis may have been using for nuclear weapons research. 2026-05-05 Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 stalls and crashes into the Java Sea while flying through a thunderstorm. 2026-05-05 A modern turboprop nosedives towards the North Sea after being struck by lightning, an unusual feature in the plane may explain why. 2026-05-05 SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River in Indonesia after abruptly diving from its cruise altitude. 2026-05-05 Three flights headed for disaster are saved at the last moment by heroes in the cockpit. 2026-05-05 Pilots of Eastern Airline Flight 401 try to determine why both landing-gear lights do not function on an L-1011, tragically distracting them. 2026-05-05 An Alitalia airliner crashes into a forested hillside just a few miles from a Zurich runway. 2026-05-05 This 50-year-old ocean liner offers off-season Baltic tours, battling unpredictable weather to deliver one-of-a-kind experiences. 2026-05-05 One of Holland America Line's largest cruisers makes its debut in the Caribbean, highlighted by a visit to an exclusive private island resort. 2026-05-05 Experience romance on a mega cruiser that pampers its guests with the best of Italian design and American convenience. 2026-05-05 The world's latest, most-advanced expedition cruise ship Roald Amundsen whisks passengers on an adventurous voyage to Antarctica. 2026-05-05 Japan's largest cruise ship brings East and West together on a cruise featuring cherry. 2026-05-05 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. 2026-05-05 Hector Rail's trains haul timber to a pulp mill in Ostrand, Sweden on some of the most difficult railways in the country. 2026-05-05 A trip through Lima details the voyage's breathtaking scenery and engineering challenges. 2026-05-05 The Glacier Express features cutting-edge technology to pull the train up the steepest slopes on its route across the Swiss Alps. 2026-05-05 The Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship sets sail on her first voyage, and her captain faces a tough decision when a North Atlantic tempest forms. 2026-05-05 Follow the building of the Norwegian Breakaway at Germany's Meyer-Werft shipyard; it is the largest ship they've ever built and they have only 18 months to finish it. 2026-05-05 The world's most adventurous cruise ship, MS Fram, battles ice-choked fjords of Greenland to visit wildlife and icebergs. 2026-05-05 Sailing from Chile and Peru to Ecuador and Costa Rica, the luxurious Seven Seas Explorer cruise ship is full of marble, granite and almost 500 chandeliers. 2026-05-05 Norwegian Joy sails amid icebergs in Alaska's Inside Passage, treating guests to glaciers, humpback whales, and the largest zip line in the world. 2026-05-05 SOFIA, the largest airborne observatory in the world, boasts a 17-ton telescope capable of making observations impossible for ground-based telescopes. 2026-05-06