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Shopping with TJC
12 August, 1985 saw the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history. Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight carrying 524 people from Tokyo to Osaka. Just 12 minutes into the flight, the Boeing 747 jumbo-jet suffered a fatal decompression that ripped off most of the tail. With a total loss of hydraulics, the crew were unable to control the aircraft which tragically crashed into a mountainside. This episode features the account of a widowed partner of one passenger who perished in the crash, on why the grief from the tragedy still lives on. Part 6 of 10.
The rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin Senator who would test the limits of American decency and democracy.
Exploring the lives of six former white supremacists and ultraconservatives. Each one explains how they went through a transformation from being filled with hate, anger and rage to acceptance and appreciating diversity. All have gone on to teach many other people to love, rather than hate. They talk honestly and openly about their former beliefs, the pain they inflicted on others, and their fight for a better world, devoid of hate.
Exploring the river environment, where the enormous Nile crocodiles and hippopotamus are found. Part 12 of 12.
Every year, hundreds of new skyscrapers are built around the globe. As nations vie for prestige, these shimmering towers are rising higher and higher. But for all their impressive engineering, are these buildings safe? Can we be sure how they will hold up in earthquakes, fires and other potential disasters? What have - or haven’t - we learned from past tragedies?
