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Meltdown Over Kathmandu
Landing at one of the world's most challenging airports, a passenger plane comes in like a fighter jet, skids off the runway,...
Caught In A Jam
On final approach through thick clouds, a commuter turboprop in New Zealand slams into hilly terrain. Rescuers struggle to...
Mission Disaster
On a refuelling mission during the Gulf War, a US Air Force tanker plane loses two engines. The crew struggles to fly their...
Pressure Point
Slamming into a mountain, Japan Airlines 123 becomes the deadliest single aircraft accident in history, and threatens to...
Under Fire
Three hundred people are killed in one of the deadliest aviation accidents of all time, after a fire breaks out on board...
Nicobar Islands: A Monkey's Long Tale
A captivating exploration of nature's ability to adapt to millennia of gradual changes and a sudden natural disaster in a...
Jackie Chan's Green Heroes
Access details on Nat Geo's inspiring eco-programming.
Predator C.S.I.
Predator C.S.I.
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 Detour
When Proteus Airlines Flight 706 suddenly explodes after deviating from their flight path, investigators turn to a local...
Killer Attitude
During a routine one-hour flight in December 1993, Northwest Airline Flight 5719 crashes in northern Minnesota, killing...
Caught On Tape
A car dashcam captures stunning footage of the moment TransAsia Flight 235 nosedived into Taipei’s Keelung River. Facing a...
Storming Out
When USAir Flight 1016 fell out of the sky above North Carolina during a storm most passengers on board perished. Somehow both...
Terror Over Egypt
Twenty minutes after leaving Egypt, a plane carrying Russian tourists falls out of the sky. Charred remains are all that's...
Deadly Go Round
Just minutes from touching down, China Airlines Flight 140 falls out of the sky at Japan's Nagoya Airport.
Kathmandu Descent
A Pakistani airliner crashes in the Himalayas. And when their most vital piece of evidence fails to deliver, investigators...
Tragic Takeoffs
An early-morning flight from Lexington, Kentucky ends in disaster when a twin-engine jet careens off the tarmac.
Cabin Catastrophe
A mid-air explosion rocks Southwest Airlines 1380. While pilots struggle to regain control, flight attendants make a...
Turboprop Terror
After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight—and uncover an industry-wide safety...
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...