National Geographic Channel HD Friday
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8:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
An aircraft design flaw that caused two accidents
How a serious design flaw in a cargo door brought down a DC-10 aircraft, even though it had been identified by investigators as the cause of a similar crash two years earlier

9:00 AM
Air Crash Investigation
Two almost identical air crashes
How two almost identical air crashes involving the Boeing 737 signalled the possibility of a mechanical failure throughout the full model range

10:00 AM
Engineering Europe
Denmark's Storstrøm Bridge, Castle de Haar and London's Super Sewer
Journey across Europe to Denmark's Storstrøm Bridge, Castle de Haar and London's Super Sewer, where bold engineering reshapes the continent.

11:00 AM
Car S.O.S.
A highly modified 1955 Ford Poplar has a host of problems
Tim and Fuzz are off to the home counties, where Andy, who has cerebral palsy, awaits with his highly modified 1955 Ford Poplar and a host of problems

12:00 PM
Seconds from Disaster
The effects of a multiple tornado outbreak
The devastating effect of a multiple tornado outbreak in America on April 3, 1974, and the possibility of avoiding such disasters in the future

1:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A turboprop is just seconds from landing when it flips over
Facing a cascade of failures and an engine fire, a turboprop is just seconds from the tarmac in Montreal when it flips over and crashes to the ground

2:00 PM
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the East
The German invasion of the USSR during the Second World War
Documentary following the German invasion of the USSR during the Second World War, beginning in 1941 with the first steps toward conquer the world's largest country

3:00 PM
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the East
October 1941, and Hitler believes his triumph over the USSR is imminent
October 1941, and Hitler believes his triumph over the USSR is imminent, but his murderous madness leads to an apocalypse on the Eastern front

4:00 PM
Strangest Things
Investigating the Shroud of Turin
Investigating the Shroud of Turin, the science of jet packs, and ancient cups with unusual holes

5:00 PM
D-Day Revealed: Drain the Oceans
Sonar technology is used to explore the wreckage of ships sunk on D-Day
Sonar technology is used beneath Normandy's waves for a powerful look at the more than 100 ships wrecked during the largest amphibious invasion ever

6:00 PM
World War II: Secrets from Above
In 1940, 400,000 Allied troops find themselves surrounded by Hitler's army at Dunkirk
In 1940, 400,000 Allied troops find themselves surrounded by Hitler's army at Dunkirk. Can they escape and make it back to Britain unscathed?

7:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
South Korea's worst ever air disaster
The investigation into South Korea's worst ever air disaster encounters a problem when the surviving captain's story contradicts air traffic control's account of events

8:00 PM
World War II: The Apocalypse
Footage of D-Day in Normandy
Rare footage of the most significant events of the Second World War, including the landings on the island of Saipan and D-Day in Normandy

9:00 PM
World War II: The Apocalypse
Footage of the end of the Second World War
Footage from the end of the Second World War, including the final stages of fighting and America's preparations for dropping the atomic bomb

10:00 PM
Mega Marine Machines
Wind-powered machines in southern France
Wind-powered machines in southern France, including racing catamarans and a record-breaking train

11:00 PM
Air Crash Investigation
A plane falls out of the sky during an intensifying electrical storm
Approaching Taipei in an intensifying electrical storm, China Airlines Flight 676 falls out of the sky, killing all 196 people on board

12:00 AM
Inside Melbourne Airport
Dangerous weapons concealed in luggage test airport security
Dangerous weapons concealed in luggage test airport security and paramedics rush to treat a passenger suspected of having a stroke

1:00 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
Homeland Security Investigations seize cocaine from a beached boat
Homeland Security Investigations seize cocaine from a beached boat. In Texas, Customs and Border Protection officers uncovered packages of methamphetamine.

2:00 AM
Car S.O.S.
Tim and Fuzz are taking on their 100th car and their first electric conversion
Tim and Fuzz are taking on their 100th car, which is also going to be their first electric conversion - a 1978 MG, which the owner inherited from her father

2:55 AM
To Catch a Smuggler
An elderly woman arriving at JFK airport from Peru is suspected of carrying drugs
An elderly woman arriving at JFK airport from Peru is supected of carrying drugs concealed in bottles. At MIA, a sting operation is carried out on a shipment of paintings

3:20 AM
Food Factory
The production of Canadian whiskey, brioche and vegetable soup
A look at how certain foods are made in factories, including Canadian whiskey, brioche and vegetable soup

3:45 AM
Food Factory
The making of ginger snaps and apple juice
A look at how certain foods are made in factories, including spanakopita, ginger snaps, tartufo and apple juice

4:10 AM
Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales
Keepers help Katie the koala get better by ingesting her partner's feces
Keepers help Katie the koala get better by ingesting her partner's feces. Over at The Wilds, the team welcome several newborn baby takins

4:35 AM
Secrets of the Zoo: Keeper Tales
Dr Priya is called in to examine a potentially life-threatening injury
At the Wilds, newborn dholes make their entrance. Dr Priya is called in to examine a potentially life-threatening injury on a new baby musk deer


