TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific HD

Air Disasters Blown Apart

Partnair Flight 394 loses control, breaks up in midair and crashes into the North Sea; the aircraft's vertical stabilizer vibrates loose during flight due to excessive wear on substandard bolts, sleeves and pins that have been illegally sold.

Air Disasters Death in the Arctic

On 20 August 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a charter flight, crashes near its destination of Resolute Bay Airport, Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, in poor weather conditions; out of the fifteen passengers and crew members, only three survived.

Air Disasters Who's Flying the Plane?

A look at accidents and incidents where problems with the interface between crew members and onboard avionics are a factor, and the causes of those problems.

Air Disasters Death From Above

Midair tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a community, and rain terror on the people below.

Air Disasters Afghan Nightmare

When a cargo plane crashes at a U.S. airfield in Afghanistan, investigators reach a conclusion that ultimately proves incorrect.

Air Disasters No Clear Options

When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation safety.

Air Disasters Pitch Problems

Alaska Airlines 261 nosedives into the Pacific leaving investigators stumped; a rare storm and a deadly design flaw intersect cause American Eagle 4184 to fall from the sky; investigators suspect a fatal flaw in the Boeing 737.

Air Disasters Kobe Bryant

When basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, investigators examine the data, the wreckage, and the pilot's actions for clues.

Air Disasters Frozen in Flight

A design flaw sends American Eagle Flight 41-84 smashing into a cornfield outside of Chicago, killing all 68 people on board.

Air Disasters Queens Catastrophe

On 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 Choosing Sides

British Midland Flight 92 slams into Britain's busy M1 motorway, and it seems like a rare case of dual engine failure, but investigators learn the real cause was a tragic misunderstanding.

Air Disasters Instrument Confusion

When critical instruments in the cockpit can't be trusted, the consequences can be fatal.

Hell Below In Enemy Waters

Under 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

The first submarine outfitted with rocket launchers attacks the Japanese coastline.

Hell Below U-Boat Killers

In 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

A 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

The February 1945 clash of HMS Venturer and U-864 marks the first underwater submarine battle in history.

Hell Below Cuban Crisis

The four Soviet subs involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis and how they nearly triggered a nuclear war.

Air Disasters Power Struggle

In Indonesia, a Boeing 737 spirals out of the sky and nosedives into the Java Sea.