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On the 24th of February 1989, part of the right-side fuselage of United Airlines Flight 811 rips off, ejecting nine people from the aircraft and causing explosive decompression; the flight later lands safely at Honolulu without any more loss of life.

Caught in a major tropical storm, a 737 crashes just short of the runway on a Caribbean island, but the accident may not have been weather-related.

Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a fly-by during an air show at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport.

A bomb explodes on Air India Flight 182 en route from Canada to India causing it to disintegrate over the coast of Ireland.

United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide midair over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing all 128 people on both aircraft in 1956.

A commercial airliner crashes minutes after taking off from an airport in Bucharest causing suspicions to rise.

After touching down, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion, but investigators find no evidence of a bomb on board.

A design fault leads to an explosion on a DC-10 and two years later the same design fault causes another tragedy.

A freight train carrying an excess of cargo loses its brakes while descending a mountain causing it to gain speed and derail into a neighborhood killing several people.

The dashcam of a passing car captures stunning footage of the final moments of a Taiwanese commuter aircraft as it banks steeply, clips an elevated highway and nosedives into the river; investigators find no signs of pre-impact malfunction.

A Boeing 737 is rocked by a midair explosion that challenges its pilots and nearly ejects a passenger out of a blown-out window.

As flames emerge through the cockpit floor, the pilots of Pilgrim Airlines 458 manage a landing on a frozen Rhode Island reservoir.

A large cargo jet slices into an apartment complex in Amsterdam and reveals a potentially lethal problem threatening every 747 in the sky.

Investigators try to solve the mystery of a plane whose captain and co-pilot are missing.

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.

When a DC-8 cargo jet crashes on approach to a U.S. naval base in Guantanamo, investigators wonder if Cuba played a role.

Facing a cascade of failures and a fire on board, a turboprop is just seconds from landing when it flips over and crashes.

The investigation into the 2014 crash of a TransAsia flight uncovers a systemic problem with the airline.

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.

Japan's largest cruise ship brings East and West together on a cruise featuring cherry.

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.

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.

Facing Australia's fierce heat, Celebrity Solstice provides guests with views of waterfalls, jumping crocodiles, koalas and the Great Barrier Reef.

Visit Stonehenge, kiss the Blarney Stone and hunt for Nessie on a magical tour of the British Isles, aboard Marina.

Follow mega cruiser Regal Princess as she whisks guests to Germany, Russia, and Scandinavia in style.

The Glacier Express features cutting-edge technology to pull the train up the steepest slopes on its route across the Swiss Alps.

Switzerland's Bernina Express is one of three railway lines on the UNESCO World Heritage list; it navigates 55 tunnels and nearly 200 viaducts and bridges.

Japan's Tokaido Shinkansen, known as the bullet train, operates on a dedicated railway line at up to 177 mph.

The Norwegian Epic is a billion-dollar showboat with more than 20 bars and restaurants and pool decks that transform into nightclubs.

Le Boreal is built to take on the demanding waters of the Southern Ocean.

MSC's biggest cruise ship navigates tight Mediterranean harbors, offering a brand new water park, classic excursions and Cirque du Soleil at Sea.

This 50-year-old ocean liner offers off-season Baltic tours, battling unpredictable weather to deliver one-of-a-kind experiences.

Set a course for breathtaking sights on Koningsdam's 15-day voyage from Amsterdam to the northern tip of Norway.

The CP-140, a spy plane built to protect Canada and her coastlines from unseen enemies is upgraded with the latest technology.

The Indian Pacific is a four-day, 4,352-kilometre transcontinental journey across Australia, a trip which features the world's longest straight stretch of railway and steepest incline.

Take a river tour through some of Europe's greatest cities--Budapest, Vienna, and Amsterdam--on Viking Longship Gefjon.

Azamara Journey travels the rivers of Southeast Asia, delivering passengers to exotic cities and hidden treasures that larger cruise ships cannot reach.

Go behind the scenes with NTV's two Italo trains - the AGV and the EVO - as they expand to cover more of the Italian railway network, connecting passengers from Turin to Venice, and Naples to Milan, on two of the world's fastest trains.