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Playing Right Now: How Did They Fix That? : Sealing Nevada's Abandoned Mines
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How Did They Fix That? 
Playing Now!
Sealing Nevada's Abandoned Mines
2025-02-21 13:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 14:00:00 PSTNevada has over 40,000 abandoned mines posing dangers. Mike joins contractors for a week to secure five sites. Alongside biologists, they explore and document wildlife. Reaching these isolated mines requires barges, helicopters, and bulldozers.
How Did They Fix That?
US Navy Hovercraft Overhaul
2025-02-21 14:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 15:00:00 PSTMike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs); LCACs carry heavy vehicles and troops onto beaches; Mike helps fly & fix an overhauled LCAC during a U.S. Marines beach assault training mission.
Air Disasters
Subtle Incapacitation
2025-02-21 15:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 16:00:00 PSTThe 2010 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 sparks rumors of terrorism.
Air Disasters
Fatal Distraction
2025-02-21 16:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 17:00:00 PSTPilots of Eastern Airline Flight 401 try to determine why both landing-gear lights do not function on an L-1011, tragically distracting them.
Air Disasters
Pushed to the Limit
2025-02-21 17:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 18:00:00 PSTSilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River in Indonesia after abruptly diving from its cruise altitude.
Air Disasters
Tree Strike Terror
2025-02-21 18:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 19:00:00 PSTAfter a passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing, investigators attempt to uncover why the plane was flying so low.
Extreme Airport Africa
Flight Of The Pangolin
2025-02-21 19:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 20:00:00 PSTA bush airport fights fire with fire. Flying Namibian cowboys race against the heat to save antelope from drought. A father and son duo of mechanics tackle a test that could make or break their careers, and an endangered Pangoli.
Air Disasters
Trained to Fail
2025-02-21 20:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 21:00:00 PSTPilots are prepared to cope with a range of emergency scenarios, but failures in training can lead to catastrophe in the cockpit.
Air Disasters
Lethal Choices
2025-02-21 21:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 22:00:00 PSTFaced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.
Air Disasters
Concorde: Up in Flames
2025-02-21 22:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 23:00:00 PSTOn 25 July 2000, a Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 stalls and crashes into a hotel in Gonesse shortly after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport, killing all of the 109 people on board and 4 on the ground.
Air Disasters
Into the Eye of the Storm
2025-02-21 23:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 00:00:00 PSTOn 15 September 1989, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft tasked with intercepting Hurricane Hugo over the Caribbean islands is jolted by strong winds, causing an engine to catch fire and fail.
Air Disasters
Taxiway Turmoil
2025-02-22 00:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 01:00:00 PSTExperts examine a departing DC-9 in Detroit which gets lost in the fog and ends up in the path of an oncoming 727.
Air Disasters
Caught on Tape
2025-02-22 01:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 02:00:00 PSTThe dashcam of a passing car captures stunning footage of the final moments of a Taiwanese commuter aircraft as it banks steeply, clips an elevated highway and nosedives into the river; investigators find no signs of pre-impact malfunction.
Air Disasters
Icy Descent
2025-02-22 02:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 03:00:00 PSTAfter experiencing icing conditions, a turboprop slams into an Argentine desert; investigators are mystified by what they uncover.
Aerial America
Idaho
2025-02-22 03:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 04:00:00 PSTA view of Idaho from the air reveals a state filled with agricultural fields, lands untouched by human hands, and riches in the form of gold, ski resorts and spuds.
Aerial America
Southern California
2025-02-22 04:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 05:00:00 PSTA soaring tour over Southern California explores the stunning beaches, vast deserts, sprawling city and unique culture.
Aerial America
Kentucky
2025-02-22 05:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 06:00:00 PSTAn aerial tour over Kentucky reveals a state of racetracks, country music highways, bourbon distilleries and a history of feuds and traditions.
Aerial America
West Virginia
2025-02-22 06:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 07:00:00 PSTGreat mountain ranges; coal-based economy.
Aerial America
Northern California
2025-02-22 07:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 08:00:00 PSTA flight over Northern California explores ancient forests, timeless coasts, golden cities and the region's pioneering spirit.
Legends of the Pharaohs
Egypt's First Pyramid
2025-02-22 08:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 09:00:00 PSTThe story of the construction of ancient Egypt's first pyramid, built 4,700 years ago to help the Pharaoh Djoser achieve immortality.
Legends of the Pharaohs
Curse of the Pyramids
2025-02-22 09:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 10:00:00 PSTExploring how Pharaoh Snefru shifted the pyramid age into high gear by ordering three massive monuments.
Egypt
2025-02-22 10:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 11:00:00 PSTSacred Sites
Egyptian Priestesses
2025-02-22 11:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 12:00:00 PSTNew evidence found in Egyptian sacred sites is revealing secrets about a forgotten succession of powerful female priests.
Sacred Sites
Temples of Priestesses
2025-02-22 12:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 13:00:00 PSTNew discoveries reveal the astonishing role of women in the ancient world; from goddesses to matriarchies to witch trials.
Secrets
Egypt's Lost City
2025-02-22 13:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 14:00:00 PSTThe search for the ancient Egyptian city Pi-Ramesses, which mysteriously vanished 3,000 years ago.
Secrets
Cleopatra's Lost City
2025-02-22 14:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 15:00:00 PSTThe Sphinx, the Shroud of Turin, El Dorado, and other ancient mysteries.
Secrets
Egypt's Apocalypse Volcano
2025-02-22 15:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 16:00:00 PSTA massive volcanic eruption in 44 B.C. may have hastened the end of the ancient Egyptian empire.
Tomb Hunters
Secrets of the Mega-Tomb
2025-02-22 16:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 17:00:00 PSTEgyptian archaeologists discover a vast burial chamber filled with over a hundred coffins.
56th NAACP Image Awards
2025-02-22 17:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 19:30:00 PSTAnnual celebration of Black excellence, the NAACP Image Awards draws the biggest and brightest stars in Hollywood.
The Real Top Gun
2025-02-22 19:30:00 PST - 2025-02-22 20:00:00 PSTTop Gun flight instructors show the famous and prestigious training program in the sky, and reveal the tactics and techniques taught in the classroom and in the air; examining how the real Navy Top Gun came to be.
Hell Below
In Enemy Waters
2025-02-22 20:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 21:00:00 PSTUnder the command of Lt. Cdr. Creed Burlingame, the USS Silversides sets its course to patrol in the crossfire of the Guadalcanal campaign to help swing the fighting in America's favor.
Hell Below
Submarine Sabotage
2025-02-22 21:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 22:00:00 PSTThe first submarine outfitted with rocket launchers attacks the Japanese coastline.
Hell Below
U-Boat Killers
2025-02-22 22:00:00 PST - 2025-02-22 23:00:00 PSTIn April 1944, U-515 heads to the Gold Coast, where it is tested by one of the new Hunter Killer Groups led by Captain Daniel Gallery.
Hell Below
Defying Rommel
2025-02-22 23:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 00:00:00 PSTA small fleet of British submarines is perhaps the Allies last chance to keep Germany and the Axis Powers from capturing Egypt.
Hell Below
Sub Vs. Sub
2025-02-23 00:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 01:00:00 PSTThe February 1945 clash of HMS Venturer and U-864 marks the first underwater submarine battle in history.
Hell Below
Cuban Crisis
2025-02-23 01:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 02:00:00 PSTThe four Soviet subs involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis and how they nearly triggered a nuclear war.
Air Disasters
Fatal Climb
2025-02-23 02:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 03:00:00 PSTA commercial airliner crashes minutes after taking off from an airport in Bucharest causing suspicions to rise.
Air Disasters
Lethal Limits
2025-02-23 03:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 04:00:00 PSTAn investigation into a jet crash from 2008 leads to a drastic change into the Russian aviation system.
Air Disasters
Fog of War
2025-02-23 04:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 05:00:00 PSTA U.S. military plane veers off course and flies into a mountain while attempting to land at Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia in heavy fog, killing all 35 people on board.
Air Disasters
The Heathrow Enigma
2025-02-23 05:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 06:00:00 PSTA British Airways Flight's engines failure to respond cause the plane to crash-land just short of the runway.
Air Disasters
North Sea Nightmare
2025-02-23 06:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 07:00:00 PSTA modern turboprop nosedives towards the North Sea after being struck by lightning, an unusual feature in the plane may explain why.
Air Disasters
Double Trouble
2025-02-23 07:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 08:00:00 PSTTrans-Air Service Flight 671 suffers an in-flight separation of its two right engines while en route to Kano, Nigeria, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing at Istres-Le Tubé Air Base in France.
Air Disasters
Borderline Tactics
2025-02-23 08:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 09:00:00 PSTWhen a DC-8 cargo jet crashes on approach to a U.S. naval base in Guantanamo, investigators wonder if Cuba played a role.
Air Disasters
Getting Out Alive
2025-02-23 09:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 10:00:00 PSTAir accident survival stories; keeping passengers and crews alive when disaster strikes.
Air Disasters
Power Play
2025-02-23 10:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 11:00:00 PSTWhen a turboprop loses engine power and crashes in Papua New Guinea, investigators discover a fatal defect existing in Dash 8s around the world.
Air Disasters
Mystery Over the Mediterranean
2025-02-23 11:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 12:00:00 PSTHistory's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.
Air Disasters
Deadly Detour
2025-02-23 12:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 13:00:00 PSTThe crew of a commuter flight over France makes a sight-seeing detour that sets off a deadly chain of events.
Air Disasters
Deadly Myth
2025-02-23 13:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 14:00:00 PSTThe crash of a commuter flight to Detroit leads investigators to a cause the industry has known about for years.
Air Disasters
Edge of Disaster
2025-02-23 14:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 15:00:00 PSTAtlantic Airways Flight 670 careened off the runway and became engulfed in flames.
Air Disasters
Death Race
2025-02-23 15:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 16:00:00 PSTWhen a modified WWII fighter plane crashes into the crowd at a Nevada air show, investigators struggle to find the cause.
Air Disasters
High Rise Catastrophe
2025-02-23 16:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 17:00:00 PSTA large cargo jet slices into an apartment complex in Amsterdam and reveals a potentially lethal problem threatening every 747 in the sky.
Air Disasters
Deadly Data
2025-02-23 17:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 18:00:00 PSTWith hidden flaws buried in their navigation systems, three planes suffer catastrophic computer errors that force investigators to dig deep for clues.
Extreme Airport Africa
Penguin Airlift
2025-02-23 18:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 19:00:00 PSTAn SOS from an island of penguins sends a helicopter team on an emergency mission; a young pilot attempts a record-breaking flight; aircraft maintenance teams tackle a dangerous fluid leak; vets in Zambia stop a war between humans and elephants.
Air Disasters
Ghost Plane
2025-02-23 19:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 20:00:00 PSTInvestigators try to solve the mystery of a plane whose captain and co-pilot are missing.
Air Disasters
Falling From the Sky
2025-02-23 20:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 21:00:00 PSTA British Airways flight to Australia in 1982 crashes into the Indian Ocean.
Air Disasters
Behind Closed Doors
2025-02-23 21:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 22:00:00 PSTA design fault leads to an explosion on a DC-10 and two years later the same design fault causes another tragedy.
Air Disasters
Pilot vs. Plane
2025-02-23 22:00:00 PST - 2025-02-23 23:00:00 PSTAir France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a fly-by during an air show at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport.
Air Disasters
Explosive Evidence
2025-02-23 23:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 00:00:00 PSTA bomb explodes on Air India Flight 182 en route from Canada to India causing it to disintegrate over the coast of Ireland.
Air Disasters
Grand Canyon
2025-02-24 00:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 01:00:00 PSTUnited Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide midair over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing all 128 people on both aircraft in 1956.
Air Disasters
Death of the President
2025-02-24 01:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 02:00:00 PSTPolish Air Force Flight 101, carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria Kaczynska and other top officials, crashes in a wooded area while on final approach to Smolensk North Airport in heavy fog and low visibility.
Air Disasters
Deadly Mission
2025-02-24 02:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 03:00:00 PSTA new investigation sheds light on the controversial 1961 plane crash that killed U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld.
Air Disasters
Scratching the Surface
2025-02-24 03:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 04:00:00 PSTAfter taking off from Taiwan, a China Airlines 747 suddenly disappears from radar and crashes, killing 225 people.
Air Disasters
Unlocking Disaster
2025-02-24 04:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 05:00:00 PSTA 747's cargo door opens at 23,000 feet, causing an explosive decompression that ejects nine passengers from the plane.
Air Disasters
Fight for Control
2025-02-24 05:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 06:00:00 PSTA propeller breaks off and rips a hole in the fuselage of an aircraft en route from Alaska to Washington 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean.
Air Disasters
Queens Catastrophe
2025-02-24 06:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 07:00:00 PSTOn 12 November 2001, just two months after the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 spirals out of control shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport and crashes into Queens.
Air Disasters
Carnage in Sao Paolo
2025-02-24 07:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 08:00:00 PSTTAM flight 402 slammed into a residential neighborhood and burst into flames, just seconds after lifting off from Congonhas airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 95 people on board and three people on the ground.
Air Disasters
Peril Over Portugal
2025-02-24 08:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 09:00:00 PSTOn December 21, 1992, Martinair Flight 495 crashes off the right side of the runway while attempting to land at Faro Airport in Faro, Portugal, in severe weather conditions, killing 56 of the 340 people on board.
Air Disasters
What Happened To Malaysian 370?
2025-02-24 09:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 10:00:00 PSTLeading aviation experts are confronted with a shocking theory as they investigate one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time.
Air Disasters
Cockpit Killer
2025-02-24 10:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 11:00:00 PSTWhen an African airliner mysteriously crashes, Namibian investigators have to rule out a host of possible causes before reaching a conclusion.
Air Disasters
Turning Point
2025-02-24 11:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 12:00:00 PSTA Northwest Airlines flight cruises above the Bering Sea before problems develop and pilots must make an emergency landing in Anchorage.
Air Disasters
Cleared for Disaster
2025-02-24 12:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 13:00:00 PSTAn air traffic controller's mistake causes a Boeing 737 to land on a runway already occupied by another aircraft.
Air Disasters
Fuel Trouble
2025-02-24 13:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 14:00:00 PSTHistory's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.
Air Disasters
Perilous Payload
2025-02-24 14:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 15:00:00 PSTThree planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation; it's a flight risk that's entirely preventable, and yet repeated disasters reconfirm the need for critical backup systems.
Air Disasters
Runway in Sight
2025-02-24 15:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 16:00:00 PSTIf pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.
Air Disasters
Holding Pattern
2025-02-24 16:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 17:00:00 PSTFlydubai Flight 981 enters a rapid descent and crashes nose-first at Rostov-on-Don Airport in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, after aborting its second landing attempt in poor weather conditions.
Cassius X: Becoming Ali
2025-02-24 17:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 19:00:00 PSTExploring the transformation of Cassius Clay, World Heavyweight Champion, into international boxing icon and activist, Muhammad Ali.
Air Disasters
Deadly Data
2025-02-24 19:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 20:00:00 PSTWith hidden flaws buried in their navigation systems, three planes suffer catastrophic computer errors that force investigators to dig deep for clues.
Extreme Airport Africa
Flight For Life
2025-02-24 20:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 21:00:00 PSTIn the wilds of Southern Africa, aviation takes over where roads don't go. Extreme Airport Africa brings you into the world of high-octane, high-risk bush flying where pilots brave rough runways, wild fires and wild animals.
Air Disasters
Courage in the Cockpit
2025-02-24 21:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 22:00:00 PSTDevastating failures in the air put pilots to the test and shine a light on three feats of flying.
Air Disasters
System Breakdown
2025-02-24 22:00:00 PST - 2025-02-24 23:00:00 PSTFive aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.
Air Disasters
Vanished
2025-02-24 23:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 00:00:00 PSTOn 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447 stalls and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all 228 people on board.
Air Disasters
Mistaken Identity
2025-02-25 00:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 01:00:00 PSTThe captain of a Navy cruiser must quickly determine if an approaching plane is friendly.
Air Disasters
Helicopter Down
2025-02-25 01:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 02:00:00 PSTA helicopter carrying oil workers to an offshore drilling platform crashes.
Air Disasters
Fatal Delivery
2025-02-25 02:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 03:00:00 PSTThe two-man crew of a UPS cargo jet must attempt an emergency landing when a fire in the cargo hold fills their cockpit with smoke.
Mighty Cruise Ships
Symphony of the Seas
2025-02-25 03:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 04:00:00 PSTA crew of 2,200 on the Symphony of the Seas tends to more than 5,500 passengers as they sail to ports in Spain, France and Italy.
Mighty Cruise Ships
Norwegian Joy
2025-02-25 04:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 05:00:00 PSTNorwegian Joy sails amid icebergs in Alaska's Inside Passage, treating guests to glaciers, humpback whales, and the largest zip line in the world.
Mighty Cruise Ships
Paul Gauguin
2025-02-25 05:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 06:00:00 PSTThe Paul Gauguin offers five-star luxury while sailing near the coral reefs, mountainous islands and tropical playgrounds of French Polynesia.
Mighty Cruise Ships
Le Soléal
2025-02-25 06:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 07:00:00 PSTNew luxury liner Le Soleal navigates the uncharted waters of Indonesia to give her passengers one-of-a-kind encounters at exotic destinations.
Mighty Cruise Ships
Seven Seas Explorer
2025-02-25 07:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 08:00:00 PSTSailing from Chile and Peru to Ecuador and Costa Rica, the luxurious Seven Seas Explorer cruise ship is full of marble, granite and almost 500 chandeliers.
Mighty Cruise Ships
Sky Princess
2025-02-25 08:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 09:00:00 PSTThe Sky Princess carries passengers from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to three Central American stops.
Mighty Trains
Tren Turistico
2025-02-25 09:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 10:00:00 PSTA trip through Lima details the voyage's breathtaking scenery and engineering challenges.
Mighty Trains
Maharaja's Express
2025-02-25 10:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 11:00:00 PSTPassengers are treated like royalty on Indian Railways' Maharaja's Express.
Mighty Trains
Kiwi Rail
2025-02-25 11:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 12:00:00 PSTTwo magnificent journeys with New Zealand's KiwiRail: the TranzAlpine, a five-hour journey across 223 kilometers, and Northern Explorer, an 11-hour trip through five unique regions of the North Island.
Mighty Ships
Norwegian Breakaway: The Build
2025-02-25 12:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 13:00:00 PSTFollow the building of the Norwegian Breakaway at Germany's Meyer-Werft shipyard; it is the largest ship they've ever built and they have only 18 months to finish it.
Mighty Ships
Le Boreal
2025-02-25 13:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 14:00:00 PSTLe Boreal is built to take on the demanding waters of the Southern Ocean.
Mighty Ships
MSC Meraviglia
2025-02-25 14:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 15:00:00 PSTMSC's biggest cruise ship navigates tight Mediterranean harbors, offering a brand new water park, classic excursions and Cirque du Soleil at Sea.
Mighty Cruise Ships
Koningsdam
2025-02-25 15:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 16:00:00 PSTSet a course for breathtaking sights on Koningsdam's 15-day voyage from Amsterdam to the northern tip of Norway.
Mighty Cruise Ships
Ocean Endeavor
2025-02-25 16:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 17:00:00 PSTCruise among the icebergs of Greenland and the Canadian High Arctic aboard the expedition cruiser Ocean Endeavour.
Mighty Planes
llyushin 76TD-90VD
2025-02-25 17:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 18:00:00 PSTBaffinland Mines needs to get equipment to a remote mine in Nunavut to support shipping operations for the summer and have hired one of Volga-Dnepr's Ilyushin-76.
Mighty Trains
Tren Crucero
2025-02-25 18:00:00 PST - 2025-02-25 19:00:00 PSTPassengers on Ecuador's Tren Crucero experience a dangerous rail journey, which includes tropical jungles, volcanoes and the Devil's Nose.
Past Shows (Last 2 Weeks)
Air Disasters
Lethal Choices
2025-02-21 21:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 22:00:00 PSTFaced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.
Air Disasters
Trained to Fail
2025-02-21 20:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 21:00:00 PSTPilots are prepared to cope with a range of emergency scenarios, but failures in training can lead to catastrophe in the cockpit.
Extreme Airport Africa
Flight Of The Pangolin
2025-02-21 19:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 20:00:00 PSTA bush airport fights fire with fire. Flying Namibian cowboys race against the heat to save antelope from drought. A father and son duo of mechanics tackle a test that could make or break their careers, and an endangered Pangoli.
Air Disasters
Tree Strike Terror
2025-02-21 18:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 19:00:00 PSTAfter a passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing, investigators attempt to uncover why the plane was flying so low.
Air Disasters
Pushed to the Limit
2025-02-21 17:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 18:00:00 PSTSilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River in Indonesia after abruptly diving from its cruise altitude.
Air Disasters
Fatal Distraction
2025-02-21 16:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 17:00:00 PSTPilots of Eastern Airline Flight 401 try to determine why both landing-gear lights do not function on an L-1011, tragically distracting them.
Air Disasters
Subtle Incapacitation
2025-02-21 15:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 16:00:00 PSTThe 2010 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 sparks rumors of terrorism.
How Did They Fix That?
US Navy Hovercraft Overhaul
2025-02-21 14:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 15:00:00 PSTMike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs); LCACs carry heavy vehicles and troops onto beaches; Mike helps fly & fix an overhauled LCAC during a U.S. Marines beach assault training mission.
How Did They Fix That?
Sealing Nevada's Abandoned Mines
2025-02-21 13:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 14:00:00 PSTNevada has over 40,000 abandoned mines posing dangers. Mike joins contractors for a week to secure five sites. Alongside biologists, they explore and document wildlife. Reaching these isolated mines requires barges, helicopters, and bulldozers.
How Did They Fix That?
Fixing For A Fight: U.S. Army Mega Repair Base
2025-02-21 12:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 13:00:00 PSTMike works with the U.S. Army in Germany inside the massive fix facility The MAK, Maintenance Activity Kaiserslautern, as teams repair over one hundred Bradley fighting vehicles, then embeds with troops in a massive two week long battle exercise.
How Did They Fix That?
Abandoned Oil Wells
2025-02-21 11:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 12:00:00 PSTMike Davidson goes on a cross-country road trip to help the Well Done Foundation; they work to find and cap some of the estimated 2 million leaking, toxic abandoned oil and gas wells scattered throughout the U.S.
How Did They Fix That?
Savannah: Mega Cranes & Mega Moves
2025-02-21 10:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 11:00:00 PSTMike helps fix the machines that keep one of the United States' biggest ports moving; he assists a team in moving a 3-million pound crane.
How Did They Build That?
Swamps & Swagger
2025-02-21 09:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 10:00:00 PSTExploring behind-the-scenes of design and construction of revolutionary buildings in Spain, New York and a university campus in Florida.
How Did They Build That?
Biomes & Rebuilds
2025-02-21 08:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 09:00:00 PSTA London railway station; giant Singapore biodomes; eye-catching hospital in Las Vegas.
How Did They Build That?
Mirrors & Marble
2025-02-21 07:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 08:00:00 PSTVisiting Australia's One Central Park, the Oslo Opera House and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.
How Did They Build That?
Curved & Cables
2025-02-21 06:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 07:00:00 PSTA new performance center with a tent-like glass-and-steel lobby tests engineers in Kansas City; two twisting apartment towers make heads spin in Ontario.
How Did They Build That?
Fantastic & Futuristic
2025-02-21 05:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 06:00:00 PSTChallenges beset a sculptural new transportation hub for New York's World Trade Center; Amsterdam gains a building inspired by a mountain valley; a new launchpad for space travel prepares for liftoff in the New Mexico desert.
How Did They Build That?
Tricks & Trains
2025-02-21 04:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 05:00:00 PSTA new Olympic and Paralympic museum tests engineers with its trailblazing accessible design. A dazzling curved glass skyscraper battles gravity in Milan. And a student center built under a noisy railroad.
How Did They Build That?
Supertalls & Firehouses
2025-02-21 03:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 04:00:00 PSTAlien port authority in Belgium; ultrathin skyscraper in Manhattan; hanging museum in Scotland.
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Mosquito
2025-02-21 02:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 03:00:00 PSTA look at the British multi-role fighter aircraft; the de Havilland Mosquito was used in the Second World War as a bomber, fighter and reconnaissance aircraft.
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Top Gunships
2025-02-21 01:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 02:00:00 PSTExploring the world's top close air support aircraft, which enter battles at a minute's notice.
F6F Hellcat
2025-02-21 00:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 01:00:00 PSTThe naval fighter designed to counter the Japanese Zero turns the tide of the war in the Pacific.
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Messerschmitt BF 109
2025-02-20 23:00:00 PST - 2025-02-21 00:00:00 PSTConsidered the deadliest fighter of WWII, Germany's Me-109s were feared by Allied bombers and fighters alike; 109s fought Spitfires in the Battle of Britain and alongside Rommel in North Africa.
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MiG
2025-02-20 22:00:00 PST - 2025-02-20 23:00:00 PSTThe history of the Russian MiG, American air power's fiercest rival for more than 50 years.
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OV-10 Bronco
2025-02-20 21:00:00 PST - 2025-02-20 22:00:00 PSTThe Vietnam-era OV-10 Bronco is pulled out of retirement to join the fight against ISIS.
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Hawker Hunter
2025-02-20 20:00:00 PST - 2025-02-20 21:00:00 PSTThe inside story of Britain's flagship super jet of the Cold War era, the Hawker Hunter, and its most thrilling flights during the late 20th century.
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Little Bird
2025-02-20 19:00:00 PST - 2025-02-20 20:00:00 PSTThe inside story of how the AH/MH-6 evolved over the decades to become an irreplacable aircraft for the U.S. Military.
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P47
2025-02-20 18:00:00 PST - 2025-02-20 19:00:00 PSTAn inside look at the P47 Thunderbolt and the critical role it played in both the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II.
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F-16
2025-02-20 17:00:00 PST - 2025-02-20 18:00:00 PSTThe history of the F-16 Fighting Falcon and how it became the U.S. Air Force's most versatile plane.