Nat Geo HD

From a captain who took the battle to the enemy's backyard to a lifeguarding mission that singlehandedly saved one of America's future presidents. (S1, ep 1) 7+.

...Special Report. Runway Collisions: Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway? 7+.

Historic texts tell of an Egyptian city in the Nile delta. Can draining the waters of the Mediterranean reveal this metropolis in all its former glory? 7+.

Archaeologists explore hidden tombs to investigate how Tutankhamun transformed the way that ancient Egyptians worshipped their gods. 7+.

It's 1940 and 400,000 Allied troops find themselves surrounded by Hitler's army at Dunkirk. Can they escape and make it back to Britain unscathed? (S1, ep 6) 7+.

In 1985, Japan Airlines 123 was due to carry 524 passengers from Tokyo to Osaka. But just 12 minutes into the flight, the Boeing 747 suffered a fatal decompression. (S1, ep 2) 7+.

Experts look into the fate of TransAsia Flight 235. Dash cam footage captured its final moments, but still the cause of its crash remained a mystery. (S16, ep 8) 7+.

Discover how NASA studies past space disasters to design safer spacecraft, turning hard lessons into life saving innovations for the future. (S1, ep 1) 7+.

An investigation into the decisions and failings that culminated in the world's biggest accidental marine oil spill in 2010, leaving 11 crewmen dead. 7+.

Gate crew attempts to locate a passenger travelling with a deadly weapon and there's a medical emergency on a plane just minutes from taking off. (5 of 10) 7+.

US Paratroopers dropped into France before the D-Day landings and battled Nazi defenders for a key bridge behind enemy lines.

Air traffic controllers hear an explosion when an Air Algérie flight lifts off. Moments later, the Boeing 737-200 crashes in the Sahara. (3 of 10) 7+.

Investigate sudden structural disasters as floods, fires, eruptions and collapses expose deadly failures in design, weather and engineering.

Investigators uncover a problem threatening every 747 in the sky as they delve into the worst aviation disaster ever to occur in the Netherlands. 7+.

Step into a high stakes CIA mission as a chief of station races to manage a diplomatic crisis while hunting America's most wanted fugitive. (4 of.

Boeing Max 8: Indonesian investigators must determine why a Boeing 737 Max8, one of the best-selling new airplanes on Earth, plunged into the Java Sea. 7+.