TV Guide Smithsonian Sunday

An aerial tour of Central Italy reveals the wonders of ancient Rome, the medieval battlefields of Tuscany and Carrara's marble quarries.

A journey of Northern Italy from the sky, including Milan, the canals of Venice, the Dolomites and the coast of Cinque Terre.

Slush on a runway in Munich keeps an aircraft carrying members of a football team from getting up to takeoff speed, and it crashes into a house.

All four engines of a DC-8 aircraft headed for Oregon's Portland International Airport suddenly stop working, and the pilots make an emergency landing.

When John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Piper Saratoga crashed in July 1999, speculation was rampant all over the world, and the NTSB was under pressure to find answers.

When three flight crews decide to improvise their final approach, they choose to rely on instinct instead of the rules, which will end badly for them.

Looking down on Louisiana, one sees some of America's most spectacular wetlands alongside vast industrial plants that threaten to destroy them.

Viewers are taken on a coast-to-coast tour of locations made famous by some of Hollywood's greatest films, such as Manhattan and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The Garden State has been the birthplace of America's industrial revolution, the site of motion picture studios and the home of Thomas Edison's laboratory.

The Evergreen State has a rugged, rainy west coast and a dry, flat eastern sector, and it has high-tech firms as well as North America's oldest history.

Flights over America's natural features include iconic landmarks such as the Grand Canyon and the Everglades as well as lesser-known forests and wetlands.

America's 15th state, Kentucky, is explored, with its rich history and breathtaking beauty, from Daniel Boone's wilderness trail to the Country Music Highway.

An aerial tour of the former Indian Territory includes views of the homes of Will Rogers, Brad Pitt and Geronimo, buffalo herds and Native American settlements.

Viewed from the sky, the Empire State of the South offers views of natural wonders such as the Appalachian Mountains as well as the imposing skyline of Atlanta.

Narrator Jim Conrad goes on an aerial tour of the Sunshine State, explores the beaches of Miami and explores the hotels and homes of Palm Beach.

Thousands of square miles are explored to reveal the great sites in the state of Texas, from lush forests to forbidding deserts to modern cities.

The history of European explorers and Native Americans from Yellowstone is shared as an aerial journey depicts the beauty of the National Park.

The Copper State is famous for the Grand Canyon, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, but its rich history means there is plenty more to see.

A ferry traveling between islands off the coast of Greece is placed on autopilot with no crew member assigned to watch the controls, and it strikes a reef.

High-profile air disasters are examined through computer graphics, re-enactments, and accounts from witnesses, including their emotional aftermath.

High-profile air disasters are examined through computer graphics, re-enactments, and accounts from witnesses, including their emotional aftermath.

As pilots prepare to land a commuter plane in Houston, it suddenly dives and its left wing falls apart, and the resulting crash kills everyone on board.

High-profile air disasters are examined through computer graphics, re-enactments, and accounts from witnesses, including their emotional aftermath.

On February 16th, 2000, Emery Worldwide Flight 17, a DC-8 domestic cargo flight, crashed into a salvage yard after taking off from Sacramento Mather Airport.

High-profile air disasters are examined through computer graphics, re-enactments, and accounts from witnesses, including their emotional aftermath.

One of the worst air disasters in the history of South Korea is examined as an analytical look is taken at the final moments on board Air China Flight 129.

A cargo plane crashes just moments after taking off from Miami, and it will take an anonymous tip to determine what went wrong.

Two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Tenerife North Airport making it the worst aviation accident of all time, because of a misunderstanding.

A commuter turboprop slams into the side of a hill in New Zealand, and the search for answers inevitably leads to the cockpit.

In 1971, a civilian airliner collided with a military airplane, and the accident led to changed regulations for civilian and military flights.