TV Schedule for Smithsonian Channel USA

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 Fanning the Flames

A complex recovery operation is launched to find out if a 747 which disappeared into the Indian Ocean was carrying illegal weapons.

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.

Disasters Engineered Industrial Slides

A 1966 landslide in Wales killed 116 children and 28 adults, and a 2019 dam collapse killed 115 people in Brazil.

Apocalypse: The Second World War Aggression

Hitler unleashes the full wrath of his military might.

Apocalypse: World War II Crushing Defeat

The darkest days of the war are covered; Germany conquers France; British civilians endure the Blitz.

Apocalypse: The Second World War Shock

As the war continues into 1941, the conflict goes truly global with the savage battle for Moscow and Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Apocalypse: World War II World Ablaze

America joins the war; the conflict rages in South-East Asia, North Africa and Russia; the Nazis instigate The Final Solution.

Apocalypse: The Second World War The Noose

The death toll rises as the war reaches its conclusion.

Apocalypse: World War II Inferno

The Allies' heroics keep Hitler from advancing; the Red Army arrives in Berlin.

Air Disasters Caught in a Jam

A commuter turboprop crashes onto hilly terrain in New Zealand; the search for answers inevitably leads to the cockpit.

Air Disasters Speed Trap

Joining NTSB and military experts as they work together to uncover how a fighter jet could collide with a civilian flight.

Air Disasters Meltdown Over Kathmandu

Landing at one of the world's most challenging airports, a passenger plane comes in like a fighter jet and crashes, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard.

Air Disasters Vertigo

On Jan. 3, 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 banks to the right just after takeoff and crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board.

Air Disasters Lapse in Security

Three aviation disasters are all linked to breakdowns in vital security measures.

Air Disasters Delivery to Disaster

History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.

Mighty Cruise Ships Viking Long Ship Gefjon

Take a river tour through some of Europe's greatest cities--Budapest, Vienna, and Amsterdam--on Viking Longship Gefjon.

Mighty Cruise Ships Azamara Journey

Azamara Journey travels the rivers of Southeast Asia, delivering passengers to exotic cities and hidden treasures that larger cruise ships cannot reach.

Mighty Cruise Ships Viking Star

We follow passengers and crew aboard Viking Star during its two-week tour from Barcelona to its home port in Bergen, Norway.