Air Disasters
Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters could have been prevented. Accounts from survivors combine with cockpit recordings and computer images to weave the gripping tales, and expert testimony reveals the hows and whys behind the events, some of which have resulted in important changes to aviation safety and regulations.
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Season 15
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Kathmandu Descent
Witness the final minutes of PIA Flight 268 and discover why it crashed into a mountain just minutes from landing.
Sep 6, 2020 -
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Impossible Pitch
Witness the doomed flight of a West Air Sweden jet and see how the failure of a single instrument led to catastrophe.
Sep 13, 2020 -
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Explosive Touchdown
Most passengers relax after their plane touches down, but when Uni Air Flight 873 landed, that's when the terror began.
Sep 20, 2020 -
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Taxiway Turmoil
Follow the investigation to see how a DC-9 ended up on the wrong runway and in the path of an oncoming 727.
Sep 27, 2020 -
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Runway Breakup
Landing on a Caribbean island in a severe tropical storm, a Colombian airliner crashes short of the runway. Investigators need to find out why.
Oct 4, 2020 -
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Icy Descent
Investigators are stumped when a turboprop slams into an Argentine desert, and it's a microscopic filament that provides the first tangible clue.
Oct 11, 2020 -
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Atlantic Ditching
A helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashes into the ocean off the coast of Newfoundland and a far-reaching investigation reveals a fatal flaw.
Oct 18, 2020 -
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No Warning
Investigators are stumped when a turboprop crashes into an Indonesian mountaintop.
Oct 25, 2020 -
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Cockpit Killer
When an African airliner mysteriously crashes, Namibian investigators rule out a host of possible causes before reaching a chilling conclusion.
Nov 1, 2020 -
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Stormy Cockpit
A brand-new 737 falls from the sky over West Africa during a major storm, but investigators eventually discover weather had nothing to do with it.
Nov 8, 2020
