National Geographic Channel Friday

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The engineering enthusiast takes a look at the technology of the 1940s, examining the impact of the Second World War as he mans a fire pump and explores an RAF control centre

The case of Sriwijaya Air Flight 182, which crashed into the Java Sea after a hard left bank, as a result of deadly defects revealed in the subsequent investigation

An insight into the events that led to the worst nuclear incident since Chernobyl, when a tsunami hit the Fukushima power plant in Japan in 2011

The story of German U-Boat commander Gunther Prien, who was credited with the first official U-Boat kill of the Second World War and sent on a mission to attack a Royal Navy port

Autumn 1942: German and Italian forces threaten British-controlled Egypt and the Suez Canal as the war comes to a head in the North African desert

Approaching Taipei in an intensifying electrical storm, China Airlines Flight 676 falls out of the sky, killing all 196 people on board

An insight into what caused a Flash Airlines flight to plummet into the Red Sea, only moments after it had taken off from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, in January 2004

Resistance fighters in German-occupied nations risk all to assassinate Hitler. Experts reveal the plot details of each mission

Experts use cutting edge computer graphics to uncover forgotten shipwrecks from the American Revolution, revealing startling new evidence about the conflict

When a truck driver refuses help after sliding to a standstill, he creates chaos on the main road. Plus, a gritter falls victim to the ice

The creation of the most advanced submarine of the Second World War, which had unprecedented speed and firepower. However, only two were completed during the conflict

An insight into what caused a Flash Airlines flight to plummet into the Red Sea, only moments after it had taken off from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, in January 2004

Investigators can find nothing wrong with a plane that crashed moments after take-off - but the real cause has far-reaching effects for commercial aviation

The case of a commuter plane that crashed mere seconds after take-off in 1985 - a year infamous for having the highest ever numbers of deaths in civilian aviation

An in-depth examination of the factors that transformed Hurricane Sandy into a superstorm, and how its ferocity left New York a disaster zone in October 2012

Experts try to determine how a Boeing 737 managed to veer more than 1,000 kilometres off course before crashing in a remote part of the Amazon jungle in September 1989

Spring break puts new pressure on the airport infrastructure, its staff and the very planes themselves

A mother travelling with her children to El Paso is caught with kilos of cocaine hidden in her car, while a boat carrying 388 kilos is chased down

CBP Nogales catches an internal body carrier and CBP San Diego discovers 22 kilos of meth in a gas tank

Rich tries to make money by extracting and selling the silver from solar panels, while Diego buys a casket hoping its gold engravings will net him a fortune

Diego needs cash quick when he comes across a hoard of platinum, so he empties his bank account and pawns his motorbike. Is it the deal of a lifetime or has he made a huge mistake?

Packed with a double dose of chocolate pudding and cookies, 144,000 pints of this ice cream are made every 12 hours. Plus, how are truffle pig candies mass-produced?

A look how certain foods are made in factories, featuring tofurkey and nutty bars

Every year, the number of shark attacks in Hawaii always doubles in one specific month. Scientists try to solve the mysterious phenomenon of Sharktober

In 2016, New Caledonia sees an unprecedented five shark attacks, two of them fatal. Scientists scramble to explain this horrifying surge

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