TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA

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 Lethal Choices

Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

Air Disasters Concorde: Up in Flames

On 25 July 2000, a Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 stalls and crashes into a hotel in Gonesse shortly after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport, killing all of the 109 people on board and 4 on the ground.

Air Disasters Into the Eye of the Storm

On 15 September 1989, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft tasked with intercepting Hurricane Hugo over the Caribbean islands is jolted by strong winds, causing an engine to catch fire and fail.

How Did They Fix That? Panama Canal Railway

A ride on the Panama Canal Railway reveals the track repairs, engine overhauls and dangerous searches involved in keeping vital freight runs rolling.

How Did They Fix That? Toronto Tunnel

Host Mike Davidson assists on a multi-million-dollar tunnel-boring project underground in Toronto.

How Did They Fix That? Abandoned Oil Wells

Mike Davidson goes on a cross-country road trip to help the Well Done Foundation; they work to find and cap some of the estimated 2 million leaking, toxic abandoned oil and gas wells scattered throughout the U.S.

How Did They Fix That? Savannah: Mega Cranes & Mega Moves

Mike helps fix the machines that keep one of the United States' biggest ports moving; he assists a team in moving a 3-million pound crane.

How Did They Fix That? Deep Sea Fish Farm

Host Mike Davidson helps make high-stakes repairs for one of the world's largest open-ocean fish farm operations in Panama.

How Did They Fix That?

An in-depth look at how things are repaired.

How Did They Build That? Fantastic & Futuristic

Challenges beset a sculptural new transportation hub for New York's World Trade Center; Amsterdam gains a building inspired by a mountain valley; a new launchpad for space travel prepares for liftoff in the New Mexico desert.

How Did They Build That? Medals & Marinas

Paying tribute to the brave, gravity-defying design of the U.S. National Medal of Honor Museum; traveling to Singapore for a look at a leaning tower of gambling, then exploring a New York City office building that lets the sun shine through.

How Did They Build That? Subways & Sightlines

A sculptural high-rise with rippling balconies breaks the mold in Chicago; Mammoth machines bore 26 miles of tunnels for an underground railroad beneath London's city streets.

How Did They Build That? Mirrors & Marble

Visiting Australia's One Central Park, the Oslo Opera House and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to reveal their architectural secrets.

How Did They Build That? Medals & Marinas

Paying tribute to the brave, gravity-defying design of the U.S. National Medal of Honor Museum; traveling to Singapore for a look at a leaning tower of gambling, then exploring a New York City office building that lets the sun shine through.

Air Disasters Blind Landing

TANS Perú Flight 204 crashes into a muddy swamp while attempting to land at Pucallpa Airport, Peru, in a thunderstorm, killing 40 of the 98 people on board.

Air Disasters Heat of the Moment

Featuring captivating reenactments and state-of-the-art CGI; Air Crash Investigation uncovers the truth behind the most legendary aviation disasters of all time.

Air Disasters Lethal Limits

An investigation into a jet crash from 2008 leads to a drastic change into the Russian aviation system.

Air Disasters Fog of War

A U.S. military plane veers off course and flies into a mountain while attempting to land at Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia in heavy fog, killing all 35 people on board.

Air Disasters Fight to the Finish

Three flight crews face impossible odds: a Boeing 707 loses engines over the Alps as fire spreads, Air Astana 1388 goes out of control over Portugal, and a bomb on PA 434 severs control cables and blasts a hole in the fuselage.

Air Disasters The Heathrow Enigma

A British Airways Flight's engines failure to respond cause the plane to crash-land just short of the runway.

Combat Ships The Smallest Ships

A look at the smallest ships of war and the major roles they've played over the centuries, including the 1776 gunboat built to stop a British invasion and the HA-19 sub.

Combat Ships Sunk

New high-tech investigations uncover what sunk a World War I cruiser, a World War II submarine, a British destroyer from the Falklands War, and more.

Combat Ships Top Guns

A look at how navy weapons have evolved over the centuries, from cannons to gun turrets to nuclear missiles and beyond.