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 10 : Stormy Cockpit
November. 08,2020
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.
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Episode 9 : Cockpit Killer
November. 01,2020
When an African airliner mysteriously crashes, Namibian investigators rule out a host of possible causes before reaching a chilling conclusion.
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Episode 8 : No Warning
October. 25,2020
Investigators are stumped when a turboprop crashes into an Indonesian mountaintop.
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Episode 7 : Atlantic Ditching
October. 18,2020
A helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashes into the ocean off the coast of Newfoundland and a far-reaching investigation reveals a fatal flaw.
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Episode 6 : Icy Descent
October. 11,2020
Investigators are stumped when a turboprop slams into an Argentine desert, and it's a microscopic filament that provides the first tangible clue.
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Episode 5 : Runway Breakup
October. 04,2020
Landing on a Caribbean island in a severe tropical storm, a Colombian airliner crashes short of the runway. Investigators need to find out why.
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Episode 4 : Taxiway Turmoil
September. 27,2020
Follow the investigation to see how a DC-9 ended up on the wrong runway and in the path of an oncoming 727.
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Episode 3 : Explosive Touchdown
September. 20,2020
Most passengers relax after their plane touches down, but when Uni Air Flight 873 landed, that's when the terror began.
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Episode 2 : Impossible Pitch
September. 13,2020
Witness the doomed flight of a West Air Sweden jet and see how the failure of a single instrument led to catastrophe.
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Episode 1 : Kathmandu Descent
September. 06,2020
Witness the final minutes of PIA Flight 268 and discover why it crashed into a mountain just minutes from landing.
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Seasons
Season 20
History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.