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Why the Hawker Fury Was Upgraded into the Hawker Hurricane 🌪️ Air Warriors | Smithsonian Channel
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- Why the Hawker Fury Was Upgraded into the Hawker Hurricane 🌪️ Air Warriors | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:44
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- To catch up with faster German monoplanes, the RAF devised a cost-effective plan to upgrade their trusty Hawker Fury fleet. Instead of building new planes, they’d simply modify existing ones.
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- The Showstopping Capabilities of the B-29 Superfortress 🤩 Air Warriors | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The numbers on the B-29 are frightening, even today. A 141-foot wingspan, four massive piston engines, and five separate computer-controlled gun turrets all combined to make it a fearsome weapon.
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- A Legendary Sabre Pilot Flies Right Into a Squadron of MiG-15s | Air Warriors | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:39
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Joe McConnell is a record-breaking aerial combat ace, serving his last day in Korea. Instead of taking it easy, he embarks on a daring final day sortie that would cement his legendary status.
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- Title
- Will the Plane’s Flight Computer Reveal Reasons It Crashed? 🖥️ Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:40
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Investigators theorize that the flight computer of UPS 1354 malfunctioned and fed the crew bad data, which then led to its fatal August 14, 2013, crash. But will the flight computer analysis back that conclusion up?
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- 8 Powerful Warplanes in Combat ✈️ Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 27:23
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- From the F-86 Sabre’s first taste of battle to the upgrade of the Hawker Fury, here’s a closer look at 8 powerful warplanes in action.
0:00 - Intro to 8 Powerful Warplanes in Combat
0:23 - The F-86 Sabre Gets Its First Real Taste of Battle
4:02 - This Legendary Sabre Pilot Flies into a Squadron of MiG-15s
7:36 - The Showstopping Capabilities of B29 Superfortress
10:19 - This B29 Bombing Mission Is Interrupted by Japanese Fighters
14:13 - The Hawker Fury Gets an Upgrade
17:52 - This Japanese Fighter Plane Led the Attack on Pearl Harbor
20:54 - This Spitfire Pilot Rams a V1 Rocket w/ His Plane
24:28 - This U.S. Pilot Proves His Plane Has What It Takes
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- A Pilot Is Stunned to Find Out How Low His Plane Actually Is 😧 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 4:02
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- August 14, 2013: A last-minute runway switch and a non-responsive autopilot convinces the pilot of UPS 1354 to land the plane himself. Suddenly, he realizes just how close to the ground he is–but it’s too late.
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- A B29 Bombing Mission Is Interrupted by Japanese Fighters 💣 Air Warriors | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:59
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- It’s the dying days of WWII, and a fleet of US B-29s have reached their target: the Japanese city of Kobe. But before they can drop their payload, a squadron of Japanese fighters appears, ready for a fight.
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- Did a Passenger Accidentally Mislead a Plane Flight Crew? 🕵️♀️ Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Investigators looking into the July 18, 1998, crash of Propair Flight 420 zero in a passenger’s voice on the cockpit recorder alerting the crew to a fire on the left engine. But what if that fire didn’t start in the engine?
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- This Ground Crew Braces Itself for an Explosive Crash 😬 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 4:06
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- July 18, 1998: The fire crew of Mirabel airport, Montreal, waits anxiously for the emergency landing of Propair 420, struggling with hydraulic and engine problems. Minutes later, the plane would crash and explode.
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- Title
- Every Plane Crash from Air Disasters Season 16 | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 1:14:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- From a lightning strike that knocked a plane out of the sky to a plane with a history of landing gear failures, here is every plane crash from Air Disasters Season 16.
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- Intense: The F-86 Sabre Gets Its First Real Taste of Battle 💥 Air Warriors | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- It’s December 1950 and the US is rolling out its state-of-the-art F-86 Sabre, a plane that promises to match up better against the North Korean MiG-15s. Now, all they need to do is to test the Sabres in a real battle.
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- Troubling: This Plane Type's History of Landing Gear Failures 😳 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:50
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- An investigation into the crash of Ansett Flight 703, which went down on July 9, 1995, reveals the DHC-8 had experienced landing gear failures before. But why didn’t the pilots engage the manual failsafe?
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- Nightmare Scenario: A Plane’s Landing Gear Refuses to Release 😱 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 4:06
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- July 9, 1995, started out as just another day for Ansett Flight 703 as it made its approach towards the city of Palmerston North, in New Zealand. But then the landing gear refused to release.
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- The Apollo 13 Rescue Operation Was a Tense Affair 😨 Apollo's Moon Shot | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:44
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Apollo 13 was in trouble: the crew are forced to evacuate the damaged command module, and crowd into the smaller lunar module. But they now faced another problem: a depleting oxygen supply.
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- This US Ruse in Vietnam Was a Deadly Gamble that Paid Off | Surviving Vietnam | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 5:30
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The BOLO operation was as cunning as it was risky: F4 pilots would fly into North Vietnam disguised as a squadron of vulnerable F-105s. When the MIGs attacked, they’d get a deadly reception.
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- You Won't Believe the Damage Turbulence Did to this Plane 💨 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 4:03
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- USAF investigators are beginning to understand how a giant military refueling plane, a Stratotanker, had two of its engines ripped off on February 22, 1991. The leading theory is turbulence from a passing plane.
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- Terrifying: This Flight Crew Isn't Sure What Hit Their Plane! 😱 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:52
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Operation Desert Storm, February 22, 1991: a USAF refueling plane experiences a violent leftward turn, mid-flight. For a few tense moments, the crew aren’t sure if the plane has malfunctioned or if they’re under attack.
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- Title
- 19 Dangerous Historical Weapons | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 48:38
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- From a massive pipe bomb to a deceptive vehicle, these historical weapons from The Weapon Hunter were highly dangerous.
0:00 Intro to '19 Dangerous Historical Weapons'
0:16 What it was like to be on the ground at Iwo Jima
3:24 Allied troops used these massive pipe bombs at Omaha Beach
7:38 Unleashing the historic gatling gun on a watermelon line-up
11:25 A Pearl Harbor veteran tells his harrowing story of survival
13:50 Putting a disposable Vietnam-era rocket launcher to the test
18:18 A demonstration of elite WWII combat techniques
19:48 How dirty is Sniper training?
23:13 How not to lose your hand while firing a cannon
26:32 Rare: The $30,000 sword George Custer used in battle
28:06 Epic footage of a flamethrower in action
29:59 How a U.S. veteran held off more than 35 enemy soldiers
33:53 How psychological warfare scared German troops
35:31 Firing one of the deadliest cannons of the Civil War<...
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- Staggering Number of Faults on this Plane’s Fan Blade 🤯 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:47
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Investigators looking into the emergency landing of South West Flight 1380 on April 17, 2018 zero in on "striations"–microscopic grooves in the metallic fan blades of the plane. In total, they counted over 32,000 of them.
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- Title
- Crash Investigators Turn to Plane’s Manufacturer for Answers 🔍 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:53
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The flight data from Lion Air Flight 610, which went down on October 29, 2018, reveals discrepancies between several of the plane’s sensors. To help identify the problem, an expert from Boeing is brought in.
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- Title
- 10 Intense European Plane Crashes | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 34:03
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- From the crash that destroyed the Concorde’s mystique to one in the French Alps that raised a lot of questions, these 10 European crashes are intense.
0:00 Intro to '10 Intense European Plane Crashes'
0:19 The worst air disaster in Romanian history
2:13 This plane was flying at a dangerously slow speed
5:33 A disagreement in the Alitalia cockpit has deadly consequences
9:30 Did this co-pilot willfully crash into the French Alps?
12:40 Experts assess why this plane fell off a cliff
14:58 Survivor shares terrifying moments before plane crash
18:10 Lost in fog, a plane crashes upside down on the runway
22:09 How the crash of Flight 4590 destroyed Concorde's mystique
26:06 What simple mistake caused this flight's crash?
29:54 When a flight crew trusts a plane too much
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- The Deadly Sequence of Events Preceding Flight 610's Crash 😲 Air Disasters | Smithsonian
- Runtime
- 3:34
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- October 29, 2018: A shaking control yoke suggests the plane is about to stall, while warning sensors indicate there is a problem that the pilots can’t identify. Minutes later, Lion Air 610 has crashed into the Java Sea.
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- How Wildlife Specialists Keep Owls Away from the Runway 🦉 Ice Airport Alaska | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 4:08
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- One of wildlife specialist Katie Krombach’s many tasks is keeping birds away from the dangers of Ted Stevens International. Flare guns work in the short-term–but for more persistent encroachers, only relocation is effective.
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- What’s Aviation Code for ‘Moose on the Runway’? 📣 Ice Airport Alaska | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:49
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- It’s code red for wildlife specialist Katie Krombach at Ted Stevens International: a thousand pound moose has found itself near a busy runway– where a plane takes off or lands every 6 minutes.
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- A Plane’s Inability to Take Off Leads to a Horrifying Crash 😶🌫️ Air Disasters | SmithsonianChannel
- Runtime
- 3:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Why did Comair Flight 5191 have so much difficulty getting off the ground on August 27, 2006? The NTSB wants to know the exact sequence of events on the runway, that ended up with 49 people dead.
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- Title
- Neil Armstrong’s Genius Saved Gemini 8 from Disaster 🏆 Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 2:41
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- On March 16, 1966, the Gemini 8 capsule found itself spinning wildly, 160 miles above earth. On board, astronaut Neil Armstrong decided to take a gamble so crazy that it had a chance of working.
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- Title
- 25 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Apollo Space Missions | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 1:12:33
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- From near death situations to launches that were watched around the world, here’s a look at 25 mind-blowing facts about the Apollo space missions!
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- Harrowing: Pilot Completely Loses the Runway While Landing 😱 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:42
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- March 12, 2018: US-Bangla Flight 211 is making its final approach toward Kathmandu airport. Soon, it becomes apparent that the pilot has no idea where the runway is, prompting panic in the air traffic control tower.
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- Title
- Safety is a Key Priority for This Aircraft Carrier 🦺 Rise of the Supercarrier | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The HMS Queen Elizabeth is conducting a strict test of its marine evacuation system. The aircraft carrier must demonstrate its safety to a high degree, otherwise it won’t be allowed to leave port.
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- Title
- Did This Plane's Pilots Take Off from the Wrong Runway? 🛫 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:32
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Investigating the August 27, 2006 crash of Comair 5191, the NTSB makes a startling discovery: The plane was trying to take off from the wrong runway. But this still doesn’t explain why it had such a hard time taking off.
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- Title
- 10 Infamous US Plane Crashes | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 29:37
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- From two planes colliding on a foggy runway to TWA Flight 800, here’s a look at 10 infamous US plane crashes.
0:00 Introduction to 10 Infamous US Plane Crashes
0:18 Flight 1380 Attempts A Dangerous Maneuver To Land In One Piece
4:09 Shocking: This Plane Crashed Into a Two-Story Building
7:30 Two Planes Collide On A Foggy Detroit Runway
10:20 Disturbing Footage of 2011 Reno Air Races Crash
13:09 A Plane Crashes After Takeoff In the Heart of Miami
15:57 A Plane Runs Into Trouble As It Prepares For Take Off
18:31 Why Locating The Four Corners Of A Plane Crash Is Essential
20:43 A Routine Plane Takeoff Quickly Turns Into A Disaster
24:25 Did Wingtip Vortices Bring This Plane Down?
26:19 TWA Flight 800 Explodes Over The Atlantic Near New York
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- Did This Plane’s Autopilot Work Against the Flight Crew? 😲 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:46
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Investigators want to know what stopped the pilots of Logan Air Flight 6780 from controlling their plane after a lightning strike, on December 15, 2014. Their eyes turn to a suspect: the plane’s autopilot.
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- Title
- Airport Runway Lights Built for Brutal Winters 💡 Ice Airport Alaska | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 4:38
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A record snowfall has technicians bracing for major damage to Ted Stevens International’s 6,000 runway lights. But the lights are already built specifically for these conditions–with many ingenious safety features.
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- Title
- Intense Footage of the Pacific War in Color | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 1:05:22
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- From the Japanese invasion of Shanghai to the aftermath of the Manila Invasion, this footage captures the intensity of the Pacific War.
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- Title
- Flight 1380 Attempts a Dangerous Maneuver to Land in One Piece 🛬 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:57
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- As South West Flight 1380 began emergency landing procedures on April 17, 2018, it had one thing in its favor: Captain Tammie Jo Shults, an experienced navy pilot who had landed F-18s in war zones.
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- Title
- This Plane’s Angle of Approach May Have Doomed It 😔 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:55
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- NTSB investigators pored through the wreckage of the November 10, 2015 crash of ExecuFlight 1526, trying to piece together what happened. One thing soon becomes clear: The plane’s angle of approach was all wrong.
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- Title
- Every Plane Crash from Air Disasters Season 11 | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 49:26
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A look at every plane crash featured in Air Disasters Season 11, including TWA Flight 800, Flight 1016, and more.
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- Title
- Shocking: This Plane Crashed Into a Two-Story Building 😲 Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:27
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Descending into Akron on November 10, 2015, the pilots of ExecuFlight 1526 decide to land as scheduled in the midst of poor visibility. Minutes later, the plane crashes into a 2-story residence.
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- Title
- What This Rock Sample Tells Us About the Moon 🌙 Apollo's Moon Shot | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:34
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The astronauts of Apollo 15 stumbled across a dazzling geological find: a white rock, thought to have been part of the early crust of the moon. NASA dubbed it the ‘Genesis Rock.’
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- Title
- 19 Game-Changing War Ships | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 56:49
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- From D-Day swimming tanks to Viking longships, these 19 ships changed everything.
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- Title
- Why Airplanes & Wildlife Are a Risk to Each Other 🐦 Ice Airport Alaska | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 4:08
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- In Alaska, when wildlife and planes collide, it’s almost always fatal for the wildlife. That’s why local authorities spend vast amounts of money trying to keep those accidents from happening.
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- Title
- Diversity Was the Real Space Race in the 1970s ⚖️ Black in Space | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:22
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- While NASA lagged behind the USSR in diversity, they did find assistance from an unlikely source: Hollywood, specifically Star Trek’s Lieutenant Uhura, aka Nichelle Nichols.
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- Title
- Every Plane Crash from Air Disasters Season 15 | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 1:09:26
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A look at every plane crash featured in Air Disasters Season 15, including West Air Flight 294, Flight 5428, and more.
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- Title
- Jet Engine Swaps Are a Big Challenge for Any Maintenance Crew 😵💫 Ice Airport Alaska | Smithsonian
- Runtime
- 3:41
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A maintenance crew in an Alaskan airport are taking on a challenging operation, where safety and precision are paramount: changing the 7-ton engine on a Boeing 747.
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- Title
- Unlucky Pair of US Pilots Stall in their Race to 100 Missions 🧑✈️ Surviving Vietnam | Smithsonian
- Runtime
- 5:20
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- ‘Wild Weasels’ pilots served as a kind of bait, allowing themselves to be picked up by Vietnamese radar and then firing a missile to identify the source. It was a dangerous job with a high mortality rate.
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- Title
- Every Plane Crash from Air Disasters (Season 12) | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 49:53
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A look at every plane crash featured in Air Disasters Season 12, including Flight 140, TransAsia Flight 222, MH17, and more!
0:00 - Intro to Every Plane Crash from Air Disasters (Season 12)
0:15 - A Routine Plane Takeoff Quickly Turns into a Disaster
3:52 - Did Shifting Cargo Cause This Plane Crash?
7:43 - Why the TransAsia Flight 222 Crash Troubled Investigators
10:28 - Finding Out Why TransAsia Flight 222 Crashed
11:52 - Did Wingtip Vortices Bring this Plane Down?
13:48 - Why Pilots Were Too Distracted to Notice This Deadly Mistake
16:54 - Was Flight MH17 Hit by a Meteor?
20:20 - Why Was This Aircraft Allowed to Fly at Such a Low Altitude?
22:16 - Why Was a Safety Alarm Ignored by Sukhoi Superjet 100 Pilots?
24:57 - What Caused Flight 72 to Lose Control in 2008
28:49 - Did This Quantas Flight Computer Have a Mind of Its Own?
32:46 - A Captain's Decision to Overrule His First Officer Ends in Disaster<...
- Title
- A Crewman on a Sinking Chemical Tanker Recalls The Horror 😱 Disasters at Sea | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 2:56
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The sinking of chemical tanker Bow Mariner on February 28, 2004, was one of the worst disasters in maritime history. This stunning first-hand account of the events reveals the desperation in the ship's final hours.
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- Title
- A Lightning Strike Knocks This Plane Out of the Sky ⛈️ Air Disasters | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 3:46
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- December 15, 2014: a lightning strike has the pilots of Logan Air Flight 6780 desperately trying to lift the plane up as it plunges downwards. Out of options, they try something counter-intuitive: increasing the engine power.
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- Title
- Did Fast-forming Ice Cause this Shipping Vessel to Lose Stability? ❄️ Disasters at Sea | Smithsonian
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- How does a big fishing vessel like Destinations lose stability as quickly as it did, on February 11, 2017? One theory: extra weight through the rapid accumulation of icy ocean spray.
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- Title
- Every Plane Crash From Air Disasters (Season 13) | Smithsonian Channel
- Runtime
- 1:00:45
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A look at every plane crash featured in Air Disasters Season 13, including the 2011 Reno Air Races Crash, Flight 780, and more.
0:00 Intro to 'Every Plane Crash From Air Disasters Season 13'
0:29 Engines fail on approach to Hong Kong
4:02 A mystery substance wreaks havoc on Flight 780
7:17 Disturbing footage of 2011 Reno Air Races crash
10:08 Was this P-51 Mustang modified to the point of instability?
12:58 Did this flight suffer from a rudder malfunction?
15:10 How an oil pressure alarm misled pilots
18:03 Plane approaches runway at an extreme angle
20:20 Did this pilot lack the training to land at Guantanamo Bay?
22:37 A plane crashes after takeoff in the heart of Miami
25:16 Eyewitnesses report a fire in one of flight 101's engines
27:27 Investigators get an anonymous tip into a plane crash
29:54 Did a faulty throttle bring down this Romanian plane?
32:58 Were Tarom Flight 371 pilots fit to fl...
