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Egyptologist Zahi Hawas shares his excitement as mysterious mummies surrender their secrets under a pioneering CT scan.

Egyptologist Zahi Hawas unearths a clear case of foul play and intriguing evidence relating to two female mummies.

In 1954, disaster struck again when a third Comet jet airliner crashed, throwing the future of commercial aviation into question.

The largest airship ever built and the pride of the Nazi government, the Hindenburg met its fatal demise in May 1937.

Unravel a chain of critical events in the hours and minutes before the 9/11 attack.

A pilot struggles to control his passenger jet, at night, over the Red Sea. The plane seems to have a life of its own.

Fighter jets track a 737 high above Athens, more than 100 people are on board but who is flying the plane?

In 1991 something happened on board a 737 that sent shudders through the world of aviation.

A neighbourhood is destroyed in East Los Angeles, wreckage, still on fire, is strewn for blocks.

A Boeing 757 disappears from radar with 189 people on board, the plane’s wreckage is found at sea.

A lethal combination of pilot error, the devastating effects of severe weather and a dangerous race to keep the plane on schedule.

A 747 suffers a devastating explosion at high altitude and the crew struggle with an unprecedented crisis.

There’s one thing harder than being inside one of America’s toughest prisons – being on the outside.

Wayne County Jail, Detroit, is targeting habitual femail offenders, for help, not punishment.

Watch as a selection of history's most gruesome projectile weapons are tested for their accuracy and deadliness.