TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific HD
Monday, July 13th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific HD
Air Disasters The Turning Point
A Boeing 767 crashes miles from a South Korean runway; the investigation leads to contradicting stories between the surviving pilot and air traffic control.
Air Disasters Deadly Delay
Almost immediately after taking off from Madrid International Airport, Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Air Disasters Landing Hazards
Martinair 495 crashes on a rain-soaked runway in Portugal, showing how weather can doom a landing; American 1572 hits a storm and loses both engines amid a tower shutdown; crosswinds challenge an Air France crew already halfway down the runway.
Air Disasters No Control
An examination of three crashes that occurred when pilots battled against their sophisticated aircraft.
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 Deadly Display
A high-stakes demonstration flight in Indonesia turns catastrophic when a Russian jet slams into a mountain.
Air Disasters Trained to Fail
Pilots are prepared to cope with a range of emergency scenarios, but failures in training can lead to catastrophe in the cockpit.
Air Disasters Communication Breakdown
A look at three deadly air disasters that are caused by misunderstandings between pilots and air traffic controllers.
Air Disasters Fuel Trouble
History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.
Air Disasters Dead of Night
Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose sight of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.
Air Disasters Cockpit Breakdown
Three flights end in tragedy after miscommunication mix-ups and personality clashes; Investigators try to unravel what went wrong.
Air Disasters Vanishing Act
Investigators face a mystery when Varig Flight 254 disappears without a trace over the jungles of Brazil.
The Codebreaker Who Hacked Hitler
Gordon Welchman's top-secret work helped defeat the Nazis and impacted modern codebreaking.
The remarkable story of Hitler's last will and testament, from his surprising discovery to the family dispute he triggered and the new ideas he offers about the Führer.
Dan Snow follows treasure hunters as they hunt for a missing train full of gold; Dan carries out his own investigation into this extraordinary story, one that leads all the way to Adolf Hitler himself.
Treblinka: Hitler's Killing Machine
For the first time in 70 years, forensic archaeologists have been granted access to the Treblinka death camp, which suddenly disappeared in 1943, along with some 900,000 victims.
Combat Trains Nazi Railway
Auschwitz survivors explore the railways' part in the Nazis' mass murder.
The Codebreaker Who Hacked Hitler
Gordon Welchman's top-secret work helped defeat the Nazis and impacted modern codebreaking.
Air Disasters Running on Empty
Air Tahoma Flight 185, an overnight cargo flight from Memphis, Tenn., approaches its final destination, Cincinnati.
Air Disasters Lockerbie Disaster
A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the aircraft to disintegrate in midair and the wreckage of the aircraft to crash into the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground.
Air Disasters Impossible Landing
A look at the fate of United Airlines Flight 232 which crashed into Sioux City's runway in 1989; it caused a subsequent explosion that left 111 people dead.
Air Disasters Controversial Crashes
Seeing how international investigative teams must overcome differences to solve controversial plane crashes.
Air Disasters Dead Tired
Investigating the 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407; the plane stalls at low altitude and dives into a residential area near Buffalo, N.Y.
Air Disasters Fire in the Hold
Moments after takeoff, a plane sustains electrical failures and crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 110 people on board.