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When Weather Changed History Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

10 Episodes 2008 - 2008

Episode 1

Challenger

Sun, Jan 6, 2008

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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Episode 2

Battle of the Bulge

Sun, Jan 13, 2008

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Episode 3

Air Florida Potomac Crash

Sun, Jan 20, 2008

The story of the Potomac air disaster in which Florida Flight 90 after take-off immediately crashed into a bridge.

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Episode 4

Operation Eagle Claw

Sun, Jan 27, 2008

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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Episode 5

Rescue from the South Pole

Sun, Feb 10, 2008

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Episode 6

Dunkirk Evacuation

Sun, Feb 17, 2008

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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Episode 7

Delta 191 Crash

Sun, Mar 2, 2008

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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Episode 8

Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

Sun, Mar 9, 2008

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Episode 9

Coast Guard Rescue

Sun, Mar 16, 2008

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Episode 10

The Race to Nome

Sun, Mar 23, 2008

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