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Hollywood Shootout
Show: Situation Critical

Deadly Glide
Show: Air Crash Investigation 10

Blow Out
Show: Air Crash Investigation 10

Bomb on Board
Show: Air Crash Investigation 10

Dead Weight
Show: Air Crash Investigation 10

Deadly Delay
Show: Air Crash Investigation 10

Egypt Air 990
Show: Air Crash Investigation 10

Wounded Bird
Show: Air Crash Investigation 10

Snow Leopard
Show: Hostile Planet

Johannesburg
Show: Don't Tell My Mother

Finding Genghis Khan
Show: Forbidden Tomb Of Genghis Khan

Baby Orangutans
Show: Orangutan Rescue

Life Under ISIS
Show: The State

Ketamine
Show: Drugs Inc.

Nudity
Show: Taboo

Monster Fish
Show: Monster Fish