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The Petrel team searches for the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. The Doolittle Raid was launched off her deck to avenge Pearl Harbor, but the vessel was sunk just six months later

Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose sight of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap

A high stakes CIA mission in which a chief of station raced to manage a diplomatic crisis while hunting America's most wanted fugitive

Archaeologists investigate one of the great mysteries of ancient Egypt - the mummy. Join them as they excavate buried tombs and make shocking discoveries

The story of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest military campaign of the Second World War as the Nazis attempted to starve Britain

First-hand accounts of the disaster that befell United Airlines Flight 232, which was making its way from Denver to Chicago in 1989 when the tail-engine suffered

A cargo plane crashes within a mile of the airport where it was attempting to make an emergency landing. A colleague of the crew helps investigators to discover why

The surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor, revealing how it required months of secret preparation, innovations in torpedo design, and clever counter-intelligence

The events leading up to the crash of Japanese Airlines Flight 123 in 1985, which resulted in the deaths of 520 people

Toronto Airport takes preparedness and safety seriously: mechanics, firefighters, and even a trainee bird-scaring dog are put to the test

A US Parachute Infantry Regiment protects a critical bridge from a Nazi battle group during the opening days of the Battle of the Bulge

Aeroperú Flight 603 crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 1996, killing all 70 aboard. The crew received false speed and altitude readings due to duct tape left on static ports

Author Tim Malton explains his theory about the cruise liner's demise, arguing it could have been down to strange atmospheric conditions in the Atlantic

Investigation into sudden structural disasters as floods, fires, eruptions and collapses expose deadly failures in design, weather and engineering

A turboprop nearly crashes after being struck by lightning, temporarily blinding the crew and disabling their controls. Investigators uncover an unusual design flaw

How engineers learn from past disasters, beginning with a look at how NASA studies past space disasters to design safer spacecraft

Narcotics police battle the cartels at Colombia's biggest airport. They stop a man who has been duped into drug trafficking on social media