Air Disasters
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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 : Deadly Delivery
June. 27,2021
A last-minute repair may have played a key role in the crash of a plane leaving Madrid International Airport.
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Episode 9 : Seconds from Touchdown
June. 20,2021
Just 12 minutes after takeoff, a twin turboprop loses hydraulics, an engine, and then catches fire. Find out why.
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Episode 8 : Caught in a Jam
June. 13,2021
A commuter flight in New Zealand turns horrific for plane crash survivors, who may freeze to death before help arrives.
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Episode 7 : Mission Disaster
June. 06,2021
A plane loses control during a Gulf War refueling mission and investigators must determine if enemy fire was the cause.
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Episode 6 : Meltdown Over Kathmandu
May. 30,2021
Witness the Kathmandu crash of US-Bangla 211 and follow detectives as they investigate both the plane and the pilots.
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Episode 5 : Cabin Catastrophe
May. 23,2021
Relive the 2018 disaster of Southwest Airlines 1380, in which a passenger was nearly sucked from the plane mid-flight.
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Episode 4 : Grounded: Boeing Max 8
May. 16,2021
Follow investigators as they race to find out why a best-selling, new plane crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff.
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Episode 3 : Tragic Takeoff
May. 09,2021
Discover how out-of-date taxi charts and a casual conversation conspired to doom the takeoff of Comair Flight 5191.
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Episode 2 : Playing Catch Up
May. 02,2021
Witness the final moments of ExecuFlight Flight 1526 and discover why it crashed into a residential neighborhood.
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Episode 1 : North Sea Nightmare
April. 25,2021
Enter the cockpit of a high-tech turboprop as its pilots battle to keep their plane from slamming into the North Sea.
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Seasons
Season 20
History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.