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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.

Following the story of the Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 and Captain Rasmussen.

Investigators struggle to explain why the plane slammed into a Portuguese mountaintop just minutes from the runway.

On 18 June 1972, British European Airways Flight 548 stalls and crashes in a field near Staines shortly after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport, killing all 118 people on board.

After a Boeing 727's near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine what caused the aircraft to lose control.

The inside story of one of history's most infamous and complex investigations: the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800.

The 2000 crash of an Alaska Airlines plane just off the California coast leads to a disturbing discovery about the company's cost-cutting procedures.

US Airways Flight 1549 suffers a bird strike with a flock of Canada geese, causing both engines to fail.

Witness wild weather, emergency landings, animal invaders and pandemic panics at Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport.

A crisis in a remote Alaskan village, a grounded cargo 737 and alcohol smugglers keep the pilots and crews busy.

An armed, suicidal man and a suspicious powdery substance threaten the staff of Ted Stevens while rough weather may ground a 70-year-old cargo plane.

A heavy blizzard, an earthquake, and a plane crash threaten the safety of the Ice Airports as well as the people of downtown Anchorage.

Pilots fly over the dangerous Brooks Mountains, so engineers can fix a remote weather station; a veteran pilot tests a rookie on their bush plane landings; crews fight ice and wind to save a winter festival; engineers race to repair a 737.