TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA HD
Monday, June 3rd TV listings for Smithsonian Channel USA HD
Air Disasters Who's In Control
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 stalls and crashes less than a mile from the runway while approaching Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Air Disasters The Plane That Flew Too High
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes down killing 160 people in 2005 ultimately leading to the bankruptcy of the troubled airline.
Air Disasters Cold Case
Two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York prompt an investigation which determines that the source of the crashes was due to a design flaw on the wings of the planes, both Fokker F28s.
Air Disasters Free Fall
A computer glitch causes a highly automated Qantas Airways flight to nearly fall out of the sky.
Air Disasters Deadly Inclination
An Alitalia airliner crashes into a forested hillside just a few miles from a Zurich runway.
Air Disasters Runaway Train
A freight train carrying an excess of cargo loses its brakes while descending a mountain causing it to gain speed and derail into a neighborhood killing several people.
Air Disasters Titanic in the Sky
On 4 November 2010, shortly after takeoff from Singapore, the number-two engine on Qantas Flight 32 partially disintegrates, causing serious damage to its left wing.
Air Disasters Slam Dunk
A quick trip from Washington D.C. to Ohio in 1994 turns deadly when pilots of a twin-engine turboprop attempt a risky landing.
Air Disasters Playing Catch Up
A private jet attempting to compensate for a late approach to the airport, slams into an Ohio apartment building just a couple of miles from the runway.
Air Disasters Tree Strike Terror
After a passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing, investigators attempt to uncover why the plane was flying so low.
Air Disasters Grounded: Boeing Max 8
Indonesian investigators must determine why a Boeing 737 Max 8 -- one of the world's best-selling new airplanes -- plunged into the Java Sea.
Air Disasters Cabin Catastrophe
A Boeing 737 is rocked by a midair explosion that challenges its pilots and nearly ejects a passenger out of a blown-out window.
Air Disasters Impossible Pitch
Experts investigate the West Air Sweden Flight 294 crash and how the cargo jet nosedived into the Swedish Arctic at speeds nearing 600 mph.
Air Disasters Who's Flying the Plane?
Aviation disasters that resulted from problems with autopilots and computerized systems.
Air Disasters Head-On Collision
With its conductors sound asleep, a freight train fails to stop and collides with an oncoming train, resulting in tragedy.
Air Disasters Tragic Takeoff
When a twin-engine jet careens off the runway in Kentucky, investigators must determine why the plane failed to take off.
Air Disasters Deadly Pitch
An anonymous tip helps uncover the cause of a cargo plane crash in Miami.
Air Disasters Fatal Friction
Human flaws cause three plane crashes in England, Colorado and Minnesota.
Air Disasters Deadly Disturbance
How routine flights can turn catastrophic in mere seconds when the pilots become distracted.
Air Disasters Controversial Crashes
Seeing how international investigative teams must overcome differences to solve controversial plane crashes.
Air Disasters Mission Disaster
After losing two engines near enemy territory, U.S. Air Force pilots abort their refueling mission and try to land their damaged plane.
Air Disasters Missed Opportunities
[EPG Series] History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.
Air Disasters Fire on Board
A Swissair passenger jet catches fire midflight and crashes into the Atlantic, leading to one of the largest investigations in aviation history.
Air Disasters Kathmandu Descent
A challenging descent in the Himalayas turns tragic when the pilots miscalculate their approach to a Kathmandu airport.