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Air Disasters

S15, EP9 "Cockpit Killer"

When an African airliner mysteriously crashes, Namibian investigators have to rule out a host of possible causes before reaching a conclusion.

Smithsonian Channel • 8:00 PM UTC • 1h

Air Disasters

S3, EP5 "Turning Point"

A Northwest Airlines flight cruises above the Bering Sea before problems develop and pilots must make an emergency landing in Anchorage.

Smithsonian Channel • 9:00 PM UTC • 1h

Air Disasters

S2, EP10 "Cleared for Disaster"

An air traffic controller's mistake causes a Boeing 737 to land on a runway already occupied by another aircraft.

Smithsonian Channel • 10:00 PM UTC • 1h

Air Disasters

S20, EP5 "Fuel Trouble"

History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.

Smithsonian Channel • 11:00 PM UTC • 1h

Air Disasters

S20, EP6 "Perilous Payload"

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.

Smithsonian Channel • Jan 23, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S20, EP7 "Runway in Sight"

If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.

Smithsonian Channel • Jan 23, 2025 • 1h

Liberation: D-Day to Berlin

S1, EP1 "France"

In 1944 the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe brings the hope of freedom and the devastation of war to the people of France.

Smithsonian Channel • Jan 23, 2025 • 1h

Liberation: D-Day to Berlin

S1, EP2 "Belgium and the Netherlands"

New colourized footage and testimony reveal the true cost paid by the Allies and civilians to free Belgium and the Netherlands from Nazi occupation.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Jan 19, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S16, EP10 "Deadly Delivery"

UPS Airlines Flight 1354 clips the tops of trees and crashes into a hillside about one nautical mile short of the runway during final approach to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Jan 19, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S8, EP8 "Accident or Assassination"

A plane carrying Mexico's interior minister crashes into Mexico City's financial district.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Jan 19, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S11, EP5 "Lethal Turn"

Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashes into mountainous woodlands while trying to land at Polonia International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, in low visibility.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Jan 19, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S11, EP6 "Storming Out"

On its final approach to Charlotte, N.C., US Air Flight 1016 is engulfed in intense rain obstructing the view from the cockpit; the pilots abort the landing, but the aircraft crashes to earth, hurtling along a road and breaking apart.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Jan 19, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S20, EP27 "Runway Collisions"

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.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Jan 20, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S12, EP6 "Deadly Space"

In the skies above the Mojave Desert, the VSS Enterprise accelerates toward the outer reaches of Earth's atmosphere, guided by test pilots; the aircraft breaks apart and falls from the sky, killing the flight's co-pilot.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Jan 20, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S12, EP3 "Deadly Distraction"

Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Jan 20, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S10, EP3 "Disaster at Tenerife"

Two 747s collide on the runway of a small airport in the Canary Islands, resulting in history's deadliest air crash.

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