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Desperate Hours
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Epidemics
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Floods
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Volcanoes
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Wild Wind
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Geological Disasters
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
IWO JIMA
During World War Two, The Battle of Iwo Jima was a brutal and unforgiving fight to the death - resulting in the highest...
Rebuilding Paradise
On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, a devastating firestorm engulfed the picturesque city of Paradise, California. By the time the...
Explosive Proof
Just minutes after taking off from New York's JFK Airport, TWA Flight 800 is ripped apart by a massive explosion. With a...
Turning Point
Headed for South Korea's Gimhae International Airport, a Boeing 767 crashes into a hillside several miles from the runway. As...
Deadly Discussions
Just as LAPA Flight 3142 lifts off from an airport in Buenos Aires, the 737 starts shaking violently and, in moments, it has...
Deadly Inclination
Alitalia Flight 404 plows into a forested hillside killing everyone. Did a hidden flaw in the navigation system lead two...
Dead of Winter
En route to Boise, Idaho, Continental Airlines Flight 1713 barely lifts off the ground before its banks sharply and crashes.
Deadly Go Round
Just minutes from touching down, China Airlines Flight 140 falls out of the sky at Japan's Nagoya Airport.
Runway Runoff
After Continental Airlines Flight 1404 careens off the runway and crashes in flames, investigators are left to determine what...
Explosive Touchdown
After a routine landing, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion. The resulting inferno destroys the...
Cockpit Killer
LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 is headed for Luanda, Angola, when it disappears from radar. Rangers in a remote Namibian...
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...
Playing Catch Up
A private jet shuttling business passengers to Akron, Ohio slams into an apartment building less than two miles from the...