TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA - Pacific

Aerial America Colorado

Alpine valleys; Rocky Mountains; Denver's towering skyscrapers.

Aerial America Ohio

An aerial journey over Ohio showcases the Buckeye State's autumnal vistas, majestic rivers, epic skyscrapers and battlegrounds.

Aerial America Maine

One of the most beautiful states on the Atlantic Coast.

Aerial America Virginia

Taking an aerial tour of Virginia.

Aerial America Indiana

A flight over Indiana explores the Hoosier State's rich agriculture, busy highways and basketball legends; exploring the War Memorial and the Angel Mounds of the southwest.

Aerial America Great Cities

An aerial view of major cities in the United States, including Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and Boston.

Air Disasters Carnage in Sao Paolo

TAM 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

On 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 Terror over the Pacific

On the 24th of February 1989, part of the right-side fuselage of United Airlines Flight 811 rips off, ejecting nine people from the aircraft and causing explosive decompression; the flight later lands safely at Honolulu without any more loss of life.

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 Sight Unseen

Saudi Airways and Kazakhstan Airlines jets hit each other at 14,000 feet sending both planes spiraling to the ground.

Air Disasters Terror in San Francisco

The 2013 crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco shocks the nation.

Air Disasters Caution to the Wind

On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai Shek airport in Taipei while attempting to take off on the wrong runway in a typhoon, killing 83 of the 179 people on board.

Air Disasters Survivors

From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.

Air Disasters Invisible Killer

During a storm, a strong gale slams Delta Airlines Flight 191 to the ground, killing most people on board.

Air Disasters Catastrophe at O'Hare

On 25 May 1979, the number-one engine on American Airlines Flight 191 detaches moments after taking off from Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The aircraft banks to the left and crashes into an open field, killing all 271 people on board.

Air Disasters Deadly Discussions

A shocking error in the cockpit causes the crash of a 737 on takeoff and leaves an entire nation reeling.

Ice Airport Alaska My Foggy Valentine

Valentine's day delays loom when a squadron of F22 makes an unexpected landing; high winds threaten a helicopter's 600lb sling load; Aviators come to the rescue of a village without water.

Ice Airport Alaska Winter Heat

Customs agents intercept a grenade launcher smuggled into the U.S.; a blizzard threatens to cut off a remote island airport; warm winter weather turns a village runway to mud.

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. And, investigators suspect a fatal flaw in the Boeing 737.

Air Disasters Poor Piloting

The crews of three doomed aircraft make catastrophic blunders.

Air Disasters Northern Extremes

Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.

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.