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Taxiway Turmoil
Blanketed by confusion and heavy fog, a DC-9 ends up at the wrong end of an active runway in Detroit, and directly in the path...
No Warning
A turboprop commuter plane is approaching a remote airport in Papua, Indonesia, when it mysteriously disappears. Billowing...
Turboprop Terror
After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight—and uncover an industry-wide safety...
Collisions At Sea
Collisions at sea are of the most costly accidents, both financially and to lives. Exploring 3 historical wrecks – HMS...
Nuclear Wrecks
We uncover the remains of warships from the remote Pacific to the deep Atlantic revealing new insights into how the atom bomb...
Salvage Code Red
Salvage Code Red
Close The Door, Load The Shotgun
Volcanoes
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Witness to Disaster
Eyewitness; compelling stories of disaster, told through the eyes of those who were there. A Mine Collapses in Chile,...
Explosive Touchdown
After a routine landing, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion. The resulting inferno destroys the...
Runway Breakup
En route from Bogota to the tiny Caribbean island of San Andres, Aires Flight 8250 is rocked by a major tropical storm. And...
Delivery to Disaster
An Amazon cargo plane nosedives into a swamp outside Houston, the evidence eventually leads investigators to a pilot with a...
Mystery over the Mediterranean
Evidence from the disappearance of EgyptAir Flight 804 leads investigators to theorize different causes for the plane’s...
Assassins of The Deep
We explore three different German U-Boat wrecks from the First and Second World War with marine archaeologist Dr Innes...
The Lost Fleet of Wwi
In the wake of WWI, 74 of the most powerful warships of the German High Seas fleet disappear into the depths of Scapa Flow. We...
Disasters Engineered
Engineers push the boundaries of innovation leading humanity towards our greatest achievements. Their failures are Icarus-like...
Seconds From Disaster
Master Of Disaster
Master Of Disaster
Chilean Mine Rescue
A mine collapses in Chile trapping 33 miners almost half a mile underground. Their rescue becomes a desperate race against the...
Deadly Exchange
Corporate Airlines 5966 crashes mysteriously in Missouri, but investigators uncover a conversation in the cockpit that set the...