A paraglider fights the elements to land safely after a vulture strike, an expecting mother struggles to make it to the hospital before her child is born and a stunt pilot panics after the engine stalls on his airplane thousands of feet in the air.

When dealing with the world's deadliest crazes, a high-speed street luger narrowly avoids a catastrophic disaster, an animal lover must escape the jaws of her pet wolf and a sky diver is faced with a mid-air medical emergency.

On the world's deadliest days out, a couple of hikers are in for a crash course on a deadly helicopter trip, a steward barely survives a smashing time at the demolition derby and a man gets his face too close to a hungry alligator.

A climber starved of oxygen must survive the death zone of the world's highest mountain, a family trapped in the flames of a wild fire drives for their lives and a paraglider is faced with death when his equipment fails.

A humanitarian faces the flaming pit of an active volcano, a couple of isolated hunters handle a deadly role reversal and urban free climbers turn hangouts into near-death experiences.

A rally driver barely survives a catastrophic collision, a plane leaking fuel must land on a busy freeway and a daredevil tests the limits of a go-kart fitted with a jet engine.

Vacations take a turn for the worse when beach goers must flee from a sudden disaster, a pair of trekkers miles from civilization attempt to escape certain death and a group of tourists on a safari become the target of an enraged elephant.

A fisherman survives an encounter with hungry sharks, a body boarder must get an unconscious and drowning surfer to shore and a motoring mishap turns into an aquatic emergency in these wet, wild and deadly disasters.

A cliff jumper must survive when he is way out of his depth, a snake catcher attempts to get away unscathed when capturing a monitor lizard and two black mambas and a climber scales hazardous heights with his life hanging in the balance.

A man takes a three-wheeler car to the skies, a humble camper van is transformed into a rocket-fueled ride and an innovator combines a bike, a drone and a helicopter when these home-grown gadgets prove to be daring inventions.

The world's deadliest commutes reveals the unbelievably cramped conditions of public transportation in Japan, the dangers of riding motorcycles on busy streets and some more creative ways to beat the daily rat race.

A surfer must survive when a colossal wave comes crashing down, a kayaker fights for his life when pinned between a rock and a raging river and a novice hang glider is taken for the ride of his life.