Smithsonian HD Network The Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship sets sail on her first voyage, and her captain faces a tough decision when a North Atlantic tempest forms. 2026-06-14 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. 2026-06-14 The world's most adventurous cruise ship, MS Fram, battles ice-choked fjords of Greenland to visit wildlife and icebergs. 2026-06-14 The maiden voyage of the Oasis of the Seas, the largest, most revolutionary cruise ship in the world. 2026-06-14 Filled with big toys, guests fly the trapeze, surf and skydive without ever leaving the world's most innovative cruise ship. 2026-06-14 The 2010 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 sparks rumors of terrorism. 2026-06-14 Arrow Air Flight 1285 with 248 American soldiers on board crashes seconds after refueling in Newfoundland. 2026-06-14 A passenger plane veers off the runway in Denver sparking an investigation into the airport's proximity to the Rocky Mountains. 2026-06-14 Human flaws cause three plane crashes in England, Colorado and Minnesota. 2026-06-14 On 21 February 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 strays off course and flies into the side of a mountain shortly after takeoff. 2026-06-14 An aerial tour of Nevada; the state's deserts, ghost towns, neon cities and Hoover Dam; its history built on epic booms and busts. 2026-06-14 White sand beaches; Blue Ridge Mountains; Charleston's Rainbow Row. 2026-06-14 A cross-country aerial journey over America's most majestic and unique roadside attractions. 2026-06-14 An aerial tour over New England captures its beauty while celebrating its rich history; from the Massachusetts harbors, where Americans rebelled against the British, to the autumn colors that blanket the mountains of Vermont. 2026-06-14 A high-flying tour over Illinois; the Windy City, prairies and rivers; the state's dramatic history of great fires, crime and historic battles; Chicago's unique skyscrapers and the Lincoln Tomb. 2026-06-14 An aerial tour over Dallas and Fort Worth highlights the cities' differences while showcasing their shared contributions to the Texas narrative. 2026-06-14 A sky-high tour over Iowa explores its vast stretches of farmland, covered bridges and evolution from wilderness to statehood. 2026-06-14 An aerial tour over Kentucky reveals a state of racetracks, country music highways, bourbon distilleries and a history of feuds and traditions. 2026-06-14 The Empire State of the South; ancient Mound builders to the Cherokee Indians. 2026-06-14 Oregon's Cascade Mountains; Columbia River waterway. 2026-06-14 A high-flying tour of Pennsylvania. 2026-06-14 A sky-high tour over Minnesota reveals the state's ancient, glacial landscapes and tells the stories of the pioneers who helped build the nation. 2026-06-14 Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashes into mountainous woodlands while trying to land at Polonia International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, in low visibility. 2026-06-14 A look at the fate of United Airlines Flight 232 which crashed into Sioux City's runway in 1989; it caused a subsequent explosion that left 111 people dead. 2026-06-14 Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question; a look at how two planes end up on the same runway at the same time. 2026-06-15 Featuring captivating reenactments and state-of-the-art CGI; Air Crash Investigation uncovers the truth behind the most legendary aviation disasters of all time. 2026-06-15 An investigation into a jet crash from 2008 leads to a drastic change into the Russian aviation system. 2026-06-15 A U.S. military plane veers off course and flies into a mountain while attempting to land at Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia in heavy fog, killing all 35 people on board. 2026-06-15 Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes shortly after take off from London Stansted Airport on December 22, 1999. 2026-06-15 In 1978, PSA Flight 182 collides with a Cessna and crashes into a San Diego residential area, killing everyone on both planes and seven people on the ground. 2026-06-15 Air Midwest Flight 5481 plummets to the ground just after takeoff, killing all on board and injuring one on the ground. 2026-06-15 West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes down killing 160 people in 2005; it leads to the bankruptcy of the troubled airline. 2026-06-15 After a passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing, investigators attempt to uncover why the plane was flying so low. 2026-06-15 Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem. 2026-06-15 Following three air crash investigations in which examiners are pushed to the limit to crack the cases. 2026-06-15 [EPG Series] History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined. 2026-06-15 A Swissair passenger jet catches fire midflight and crashes into the Atlantic, leading to one of the largest investigations in aviation history. 2026-06-15 A challenging descent in the Himalayas turns tragic when the pilots miscalculate their approach to a Kathmandu airport. 2026-06-15 Three planes fall prey to deadly winds, and it is up to investigators to find out why. 2026-06-15 A British Airways Flight's engines failure to respond cause the plane to crash-land just short of the runway. 2026-06-15 Pilots leaving Cameroon steer their plane clear of a storm, but the aircraft begins rolling to the right, and they are unable to regain control. 2026-06-15 In São Paulo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, the toughest landings on earth pushed three flight crews. 2026-06-15 Pilots of TACA Flight 110 make a remarkable landing on a narrow levee, but investigators must find out why the engines in a brand-new plane failed. 2026-06-15 The business jet carrying PGA golfer Payne Stewart and former Alabama football quarterback crashes; how loss of pressurization and structural failure led to this crash and the deadliest aviation accidents in both Greek and Taiwanese history. 2026-06-15 On July 17, 2007, TAM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off runway 35L at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, and crashes at high speed into a warehouse adjacent to a petrol station killing nearly 200 people. 2026-06-15 Following the story of the Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 and Captain Rasmussen. 2026-06-15 In 1944, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe brings the hope of freedom and the devastation of war to the people of France. 2026-06-15 New colorized footage and testimony reveal the cost paid by the Allies and civilians to free Belgium and the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. 2026-06-15 In late 1944, Hitler forces the Americans into their biggest battle of the war when he launches a surprise attack into liberated Belgium. 2026-06-16