Disasters & Survival Documentaries

Air crashes, shipwrecks, storms and the people who lived to tell it.

• Air Disasters
• Accidents & Engineering Failures
• Rescues & Close Calls
• Weather & Natural Disasters

Topics

• Air Crash Investigations documentaries
• Engineering Disasters documentaries
• Rescues & Close Calls documentaries
• Hurricanes, Tornadoes & Storms documentaries
• Earthquakes, Volcanoes & Tsunamis documentaries
• Wildfires documentaries

• The Miracle Landing Of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 | Mayday S3 Ep1 (50 min, Wonder)
• 2004: Terror in Thailand | Tsunami: Race Against Time (44 min, National Geographic)
• Horrifying Runaway Train: San Bernardino Train Disaster SP 7551 East | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• Trapped On An Airplane With A Murderer | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Surviving The Most Dangerous Flight In The World: France Air 8969 Hijacking | Mayday (52 min, Wonder)
• How The Pilot Who Fell Out Of The Cockpit Window Mid-Flight Survived | Mayday: Air Disaster (52 min, Wonder)
• Surviving Largest Tornado Outbreak Ever Recorded | Witness to Disaster (44 min, National Geographic)
• Tsunami: Race Against Time | The Big One (44 min, National Geographic)
• Thai Cave Rescue | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Malaysia Airlines | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• International Manhunt After Deadly Bomb Explodes Onboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• The Deadliest Plane Crash In Aviation History That Left Only 4 Survivors | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Survivors Fight For Their Lives When Flight 965 Crashes Into A Mountain | Mayday S2 EP5 (52 min, Wonder)
• The Mid-Air Collision Of Flight 2937 And Flight 611 | Mayday S2 EP4 (52 min, Wonder)
• Analyzing Portugal's Devastating Wildfire | Witness to Disaster (44 min, National Geographic)
• The Largest Tornadoes In Recorded History | Mega Disaster (50 min, Spark)
• This is the natural disaster to worry about (41 min, Veritasium)
• How To Earthquake-Proof A House (19 min, Veritasium)
• Air Transat Flight 236 Miraculous Landing With Engine Fuel Leak | Mayday S1 EP6 (52 min, Wonder)
• Flight 881: What Went Wrong? I Mayday: Air Disaster (51 min, Wonder)
• Examining a New Breed of Storms | Storm Rising (44 min, National Geographic)
• Deadly Pacific | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• The Mind-Blowing Flaw That Flooded New Orleans (25 min, Practical Engineering)
• 2011 Super Outbreak: The Day Four EF5 Tornadoes Touched Down In The US (46 min, Spark)
• Hunting the One Percent’s Doomsday Bunkers in New Zealand (28 min, VICE)
• Tragedy When US Navy Shot Down Civilian Airliner Iran Air Flight 655 | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse? (10 min, Kurzgesagt)
• The Pacific Northwest Megaquake | X-Ray Earth (44 min, Nat Geo Animals)
• Tsunami: Breaking News | Tsunami: Race Against Time (44 min, National Geographic)
• Hidden Volcano Abyss: Behind Tonga's Massive Eruption (54 min, NOVA PBS Official)
• How Earthquake Bearings Work (18 min, Practical Engineering)
• Hurricane vs. Tiny Houses (22 min, Practical Engineering)
• The Terrifying Reason Why Tornadoes Are Changing | Naked Science Season 6 Episode 7 (46 min, Spark)
• Las Erupciones Volcánicas Que Cambiaron El Mundo | Mega Desastre (50 min, Spark)
• Miracle in Baghdad: Pilots' Incredible Save After Missile Strike! (50 min, Wonder)
• Inside Nature’s Most Dangerous Storms | In the Eye of the Storm (62 min, Discovery)
• Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: 30 Years Later (44 min, National Geographic)
• Deepwater Horizon In Their Own Words | In Their Own Words (44 min, National Geographic)
• How Much Of America Would Survive A Super Eruption At Yellowstone? (50 min, Spark)
• Cataclysm: Is Earth Due Its Most Devastating Earthquake Yet? | Mega Disaster (50 min, Spark)
• The Logistics of Firefighting (24 min, Wendover Productions)
• Flight 92's Untrained Pilot Turns Off The Engine Mid-Flight (51 min, Wonder)
• Dixie Alley Outbreak | Storm Chasers (44 min, Discovery)
• The Most Destructive Tornado Day Ever | Alabama Super Outbreak (46 min, Free Documentary)
• Beirut Blast Disaster: The Largest Explosion in Modern History | What Went Wrong (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Biggest Volcanic Eruptions | Mega Disasters (51 min, Free Documentary)
• Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Warning (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• California Mudslide: Shocking Eyewitness Footage | Witness to Disaster (44 min, National Geographic)
• Crazy Temperature Experiments To Uncover Weather's Mysteries | Richard Hammonds: Wild Weather (58 min, Spark)
• The Deadliest Eruptions In History | Mega Disaster (50 min, Spark)
• Living Through Australia’s Black Summer: Fire Country (24 min, VICE)
• Turkish Airlines Passengers Suddenly Fall Out Of The Plane Mid-Air (51 min, Wonder)
• The Greatest Hostage Rescue In History | Assault & Rescue (45 min, Wonder)
• Air Florida Flight 90's Tragic Crash And Heroic Sacrifices | Critical Rescue S1 EP10 (49 min, Wonder)
• On Call With Singapore’s SCDF Emergency Medical Services: When Minutes Can Mean Life Or Death (20 min, CNA Insider)
• The Wildest Storms Ever! | In the Eye of the Storm (61 min, Discovery)
• The Worst Disaster in Modern Canadian History | Fort McMurray Inferno (46 min, Free Documentary)
• Emergency Helicopters | Exceptional Engineering (49 min, Free Documentary)
• Yellowstone: The Eruption That Would Bury America in Ash (S1, E7) | Mega Disasters (45 min, HISTORY)
• Exploring the Miracle on the Hudson (89 min, National Geographic)