Air Disasters
8
2011
Documentary
Harrowing stories of tragedy and triumph are brought to life through official reports, transcripts and interviews with the pilots, air traffic controllers and lucky survivors of history's most terrifying crashes. Widely considered to be the safest form of travel, air transportation is still in its infancy and when midair calamity strikes, the results are often catastrophic. From the cockpit to the cabin, from the control room to the crash scene, we uncover just what went wrong.
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- Cast:
- Stephen Bogaert
Episode 12 : Deadly Reputation
September. 02,2012
AM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off a runway and crashes into a warehouse next to a petrol station.
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Episode 11 : The Plane That Flew Too High
August. 26,2012
The West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crash ultimately leads to bankruptcy of the troubled airline.
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Episode 10 : Cleared for Disaster
August. 19,2012
An air traffic controller's mistake causes two planes to collide on the runway.
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Episode 9 : The Final Blow
August. 12,2012
An Air Inter flight crashes into the Vosges Mountains while attempting to land.
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Episode 8 : System Breakdown
August. 05,2012
Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.
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Episode 7 : Pilot vs. Plane
July. 29,2012
Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a flyby during an air show.
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Episode 6 : Cold Case
July. 22,2012
A design flaw on the Fokker F28 causes two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York.
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Episode 5 : Alarming Silence
July. 15,2012
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit.
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Episode 4 : Panic on the Runway
July. 08,2012
In August, 1985, an airplane's engine catches fire as it accelerates.
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Episode 3 : Cruel Skies
July. 01,2012
The importance of weather forecasting to the aviation industry.
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Episode 2 : Target is Destroyed
June. 24,2012
Korean Airlines Flight 007 is shot down by a fighter jet when it enters Soviet airspace.
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Episode 1 : Cracks in the System
June. 17,2012
Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 crashes just after take-off from Watson Island in Miami.
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Seasons
Season 20
History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.