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In the dead of night, Thord and Erlend get spooked, trying to rescue a van that crashed beside a graveyard.

When wild weather and traffic convoys cause carnage, Thord races against time to rescue stranded drivers.

A tricky rescue of an excavator forces Thord to find extraordinary solutions, but he’s in double trouble when rookie Terje...

In January 2008, British Airways Flight 38 crashed just before landing at Heathrow airport. An uneventful flight, until both...

On 4 November 2010, just after take-off from Singapore Changi Airport, Qantas Flight 32 suffered engine failure that put...

Survivors of the "Miracle on the Hudson" share their first-hand experiences of the emergency landing.

Discovering how France constructed ingenious fortifications, on a massive scale, to defend itself against attacks from the east.

After a 90-minute journey, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashed in a densely populated residential area not far...

“David Blaine Do Not Attempt” follows the magician as he travels in search of extraordinary people who perform real feats...

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Abu Dhabi celebrating International Women's Day, we pay tribute to some of the many female National...

Elephants have long been a source of wonder and mystery with their rich emotional lives and almost supernatural ways of...