TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific HD

Air Disasters Cruel Skies

The U.S. Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Miss.; the importance of accurate weather forecasting to the aviation industry.

Air Disasters Frozen Wings

The consequences are disastrous when ice forms on an airplane's wings; three planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.

Air Disasters Cockpit Catastrophe

The cockpit window of an Airbus A319 explodes; pilots miraculously land the out-of-control plane; investigators must determine how the freshly serviced aircraft was released with a fatal flaw.

Air Disasters Take Off Tragedies

Three flights ending in tragedy, prove that minor missteps during takeoff can have disastrous consequences.

Air Disasters Lost

Investigators struggle to determine why a 757 strayed off course during its final approach to a Colombia airport and crashed into a mountain.

Air Disasters Killer in the Cockpit?

A look at the commercial flights that ended in disaster because of suspected murder-suicide.

Air Disasters The Death of JFK Jr.

When John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Piper Saratoga crashed in 1999, the NTSB faces big pressure to find the wreckage and the cause.

Air Disasters Ocean Landing

Pilots aboard a hijacked plane are forced to attempt an emergency landing at sea.

Air Disasters Pitch Black

When an Illinois turboprop crashes after losing battery power, investigators uncover a series of errors made by the pilots.

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.

How Did They Build That? Swamps & Swagger

Exploring 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? Radical & Resplendent

Exploring the design and engineering stories behind D.C.'s Museum of African American History, the Montreal Tower and the Equinor building in Oslo.

How Did They Build That? Space Stations and Super

Celebrating one of humanities biggest engineering achievements, the International Space Station, a meteor proof lab bigger than a football field, constructed by astronauts traveling 250 miles above us at 17,500 miles an hour.

How Did They Build That? Floating Parks & Upcycled Towers

On inadequate foundations, San Francisco's MoMA triples in size creating an exterior light enough to prevent collapse; a 1970s Sydney skyscraper is recycled into a 21st century tower; in Dallas, a five-acre park is created.

How Did They Build That? Canals & Curves New

Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge.

How Did They Build That? Elevated & Elegant

Traveling from Canada to Belgium to the Southern U.S. to examine an eye-popping school, museum and railway station and reveal how they were built.

How Did They Build That? Canals & Curves

Witness amazing buildings, bridges, lifts, and other structures that pushed structural concrete engineering to the edge.

How Did They Build That? Skywalks & Suspensions

Uncovering the design and engineering secrets behind the Grand Canyon Skywalk, the Audain Museum and more.

Air Disasters Firebomber Down

A C-130 firebomber crashes while battling an epic Australian wildfire; ATSB investigators must determine the cause within an active fire zone.

Air Disasters Control Catastrophe

Experts investigate an unfortunate string of events that caused the freshly serviced Air Astana Flight 1388 to become completely uncontrollable.

Air Disasters Splash Down

Three last-resort water landings, all handled differently yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.

Air Disasters Maintenance Mistakes

A trio of crashes reveals that when the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe.

Air Disasters Deadly Airspace

When a commercial airliner goes down in eastern Ukraine in 2014, examiners must conduct an investigation in the middle of a war zone.

Air Disasters Panic Over the Pacific

A miraculous rescue is launched after a 747 plummets toward the Pacific.