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A look at how cold weather may have played a factor in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which disintegrated shortly after take-off in 1986.
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The story of the Potomac air disaster in which Florida Flight 90 after take-off immediately crashed into a bridge.
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A look at how a dust storm contributed to the failure of Operation Eagle Claw, a rescue mission to bring hostages out of Iran.
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May 26, 1940: The course of World War II is at stake as the British army attempts to evacuate hundreds of thousands of Allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, despite severe weather. Estimates are that only about 10 percent of the troops can successfully evacuate because smaller boats are needed. Thousands of British citizens with small civilian boats volunteer to help in the effort, and in nine days, more than three hundred thousand French and British soldiers are rescued.
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On August 2, 1985, Delta Airlines Flight 191 is was route to Dallas, taking off from Fort Lauderdale. When the plane was landing in Texas, a strong thunderstorm named microburst caused the plane to crash.
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Narrator
Craps Player
Neighbor
Self - Host
General Leslie Groves
Lord Pirrie
Granddaughter
American G.I.
Self
Orphan