2024-09-25
History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined. (Repeat).
A modified Boeing 747 jetliner is examined. (Repeat).
Featuring Switzerland's Bernina Express, one of the most beautiful train journeys on Earth, especially in winter; one of three railway lines on the UNESCO World Heritage list, it navigates 55 tunnels and nearly 200 viaducts and bridges. (Repeat).
In the Season 2 premiere, Carnival Vista carries more than 4,600 passengers and boasts 10 restaurants, nearly 2,000 staterooms and a crew of 1,400 ready to tend to guests' every need. (Repeat).
In the Season 6 premiere, a Navy cruiser in the Persian Gulf must determine if an incoming plane is friend or foe. (Repeat).
The 1995 crash of a Super Puma helicopter in the North Sea while ferrying workers to an oil platform is recounted. (Repeat).
A private Learjet carrying golf legend and reigning U.S. Open champion Payne Stewart takes off from Orlando heading for Dallas in 1999. But within minutes, air traffic control loses contact with the aircraft. The situation grows more urgent when the plane begins an unplanned trajectory across the Midwest. Air Force F-16 fighter planes scramble to intercept the Learjet, only to discover that the pi
The two-man crew of a UPS cargo jet must attempt an emergency landing when a fire in the cargo hold fills their cockpit with smoke (Repeat).
A comprehensive look at the famous "Miracle on the Hudson" emergency landing in January 2009, and the investigation that followed. (Repeat).
The tragedy of Airtours Flight 28M in 1985 Manchester, England, in which an engine fire resulted in many deaths, is recalled. (Repeat).
An Airbus A310 is minutes from reaching Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport when it disappears in the Himalayas. Two days later, the wreckage is found. None of the 113 people onboard have survived. Witness the flight's final moments, investigate the cause of the crash, and discover how the disaster underscored the need for more advanced air traffic control technology at the mountainous Nep
A helicopter carrying oil rig workers from Newfoundland crashes in the Atlantic Ocean killing 17. Investigation conclude that the disaster is caused by an oil leak from the main gear box. (Repeat).
The Pacific Ocean is also known as "The Peaceful Sea," and color footage of some of its remote American outposts taken in the late-1930s captures a world of fun and sun. But a wave of war will soon replace these serene scenes with images of cataclysmic horror. Through rarely seen color home movies and combat footage, we detail Japan's violent blitz of the Pacific-from its raid on China to its atta
Six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the shockwaves of war have flooded into every corner of the Pacific, from Alaska to parts of China to New Guinea. U.S. soldiers head into unfamiliar worlds thousands of miles from home, encountering steamy island jungles, bitter arctic cold, and an unrelenting enemy. Through rare personal films and color combat footage, witness early Allied victories-i
Under the command of Admiral Nimitz in 1943, America advances towards Japan, engaging in a new series of island-hopping invasions through the Central Pacific. But a ferocious and inauspicious start at the Tarawa atoll forces war strategists to redesign their plan from top to bottom, sparking new innovations and breaking new barriers. (Repeat).
After a disastrous start, Admiral Chester Nimitz's island-hopping campaign across the Central Pacific has gained momentum and led his men to their largest and most important target yet: Saipan in the Mariana Islands. The nearly month-long battle on this island featured mountain sieges, Banzai attacks, white-knuckled dogfights, and escalating tensions between the U.S. Army and Marines. (Repeat).
While an attack on Japan from inland Asia stalls, the U.S. island-hopping campaign gains momentum. (Repeat).
March 1945. Japan feels the pressure coming from all fronts-ships from the sea, boots on the ground, and fire from the sky. The Japanese Empire has been weakened, but there is no sign of surrender. Through rarely seen color combat footage and frontline stories, witness the American invasions of Peleliu, the Philippines, and Iwo Jima, in addition to the war's first organized kamikaze attacks and th
The Allies celebrate the end of the war in Europe, but the Pacific War rages on. Okinawa, the last stop in the island-hopping campaign to the Japanese mainland, is absolute havoc, with Japan sending an unprecedented wave of kamikaze attacks to destroy Allied warships. Meanwhile, Australians liberate Indonesians from three years of oppressive Japanese occupation in Borneo. Witness the final battles
By the summer of 1945, the Allies are reducing Japan to ashes, but there's no sign of surrender. While a ground invasion seems imminent, a casualty estimate of U.S. soldiers in the hundreds of thousands leads President Truman to a decision that will not only end the war, but forever change the course of warfare. Color combat footage and witness accounts of the atomic bombings provide rare insights
There's a serious threat to airport security and a couple fly out to get married on top of a glacier. (Repeat).
Urgent maintenance to a Boeing 737 Max 9 is needed to avoid flight delays and Customs uncover a smuggling ring. (Repeat).
A suspected toxic leak grounds a 737 at Anchorage International, engine trouble endangers the mid-air refueling of the USAF's most advanced fighter jets in Alaska, and a discovery at airport customs busts a potential smuggling. (Repeat).
A national snowstorm brings US aviation to a standstill, but Anchorage fights through the storm. USAF aircrews endure the toughest survival training on Alaska's North Slope, and a veteran aircraft flies life-saving cargo. (Repeat).