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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...
Geological Disasters
A sudden calamitous event, causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, like a flood, a tornado, an airplane crash, or an...
Deadly Display
On a high-stakes demonstration flight in Indonesia, a Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet slams into a mountain killing everyone on...
Deadly Go Round
Just minutes from touching down, China Airlines Flight 140 falls out of the sky at Japan's Nagoya Airport.
Slam Dunk
When United Express Flight 6291 crashed on final approach just a mile from the runway investigators were left with just...
Impossible Pitch
A cargo jet plummets to earth in the Swedish Arctic. And as investigators pore over the evidence, a terrifying picture of...
No Warning
A turboprop commuter plane is approaching a remote airport in Papua, Indonesia, when it mysteriously disappears. Billowing...
Stormy Cockpit
Taking off during a major storm, a brand-new 737 falls from the sky over West Africa, and an international group of...
Holding Pattern
Flydubai Flight 981 nosedives into the runway at Russia’s Rostov airport. And investigators uncover one of the most lethal...
Peril over Portugal
A Martinair flight crashes in Portugal amid thunderstorms and heavy rain, and when investigators piece together the evidence...
Terror Over Michigan
After a Boeing 727’s near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine why TWA Flight 841...
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...
Drain The Ocean: Great Barrier Reef
The mysterious sinking of Australia’s “Titanic”, a warship on a dangerous mission, and a ROV expedition searching for...
Fire
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...
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...
Dangerous Approach
When Continental Express Flight 2286 plunges into the frozen wilderness just a few miles from the runway, it’s up to...
River Runaway
On 16 January 2002, as Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 approached its destination, it encountered severe thunderstorms resulting...