TV Guide Smithsonian Monday

While DC-6 flies into fuel-freezing weather to deliver medicine for sick patients, a rookie rescue swimmer gets ready to face his final helicopter test.

Some of the most unique buildings, bridges and lifts in the world highlight the creativity of the engineers and architects behind their radical designs.

Investigators are shocked at what they find in the wreckage of a turboprop that crashed into an Argentine desert due to icy conditions.

An overview of air traffic controllers' work recounts some notable crashes and explores new technology designed to reduce mid-air collisions.

On an icy day in 1982, a Boeing 737 took off from Washington, D.C., but it lost lift, hit a bridge, and dove into the frozen Potomac River.

Investigators search the wreckage of an MD-90, which suffered a sudden explosion upon landing in Hualien, Taiwan, to uncover the cause of the tragedy.

A look is taken at Britain's natural and man-made destinations from above, which includes Scotland's Great Glen, the castles of Wales and Hadrian's Wall.

An exploration of Britain's love of sports includes a bird's eye view of Wimbledon, St. Andrews, Guards Polo Club and the Wales Coast Path.

The natural beauty and manmade landmarks of Northern England are highlighted through an aerial journey that explores Hadrian's Wall and the Yorkshire Moors.

An aerial exploration across Wales celebrates the legends, history and inhabitants of the region as famous landmarks and natural wonders are seen from above.

Relics from the ancient past and modern-day wonders are highlighted as an aerial crew captures footage of Scotland's rugged glens and soaring peaks.

King Arthur's castle, Buckingham Palace and the most diverse cities in the world are seen from above as an aerial tour of Southern England is presented.

Even when they're pushed to the limits of their training and willpower, three flight crews try to land their crippled aircrafts despite the impossible odds.

The toilet of an Air Canada DC-9 catches on fire, and as the plane makes an emergency landing in Cincinnati, a flashover causes the cabin to burst into flames.

A calculation error leaves the crew of a freight train unaware of its true weight and leads them to underestimate the amount of braking force it needs.

On February 4, 2015, TransAsia Airways Flight 235 crashes into the Keelung River in Taiwan shortly after taking off from Taipei Songshan Airport.

A Boeing 737 is rocked by a midair explosion that challenges its pilots and nearly ejects a passenger out of a blown-out window.

A 737 aircraft crashes on a Caribbean island just before it makes it to the runway, but investigatorsbelieve that the crash may not have been an accident.

On October 31, 2015, Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed after taking off from Sharm El Sheikh Airport, Egypt, while on route to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

On October 7, 2008, Qantas Flight 72 from Singapore Changi to Perth made an emergency landing at Learmonth airport near the town of Exmouth, Western Australia.

Investigations into Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, Italia Airlines Flight 870 and LAM Airlines Flight 470 reveal how sabotage can occur in many forms.

In 1961, a United Nations DC-6 fatally is involved in a crash on the way to Ndola Airport from Zambia, which kills the Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold.

Some of the most unique buildings, bridges and lifts in the world highlight the creativity of the engineers and architects behind their radical designs.

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport.

Investigators conclude that a pilot deliberately wrecked his aircraft after LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 nosedives and crashes in Namibia.

The hydraulics controlling the lower rudder of a Boeing 747 fail 35,000 feet above the Bering Sea, but its pilots maintain control of the plane.

In Los Angeles, a controller sent a commuter plane onto a runway for takeoff just as a Boeing 737 was landing there, and their collision killed 37 people.

One of an Airbus A-380's engines explodes soon after taking off from Singapore, and the pilots have to hold the plane together and return to the airport.

On June 24, 1982, all the engines on British Airways Flight 009 mysteriously stop working, terrifying the passengers as the plane begins to fall from the sky.

In 1972 a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 flying from Detroit to Buffalo, N.Y. loses a cargo door and decompresses; two years later another DC-10 has the same problem.