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 6 : Fatal Climb
October. 13,2019
A commercial airliner crashes minutes after taking off from an airport in Bucharest causing suspicions to rise.
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Episode 5 : Deadly Pitch
October. 06,2019
Discover why a cargo plane, operating as Fine Fir Flight 101, lost control after takeoff and plowed through a Miami highway in August 1997.
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Episode 4 : Borderline Tactics
September. 29,2019
When a DC-8 cargo jet crashes on approach to a U.S. naval base in Guantanamo, investigators wonder if Cuba played a role.
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Episode 3 : Fatal Approach
September. 22,2019
A false warning in the cockpit triggers a series of pilot errors, sending a commuter plane crashing by the runway of an Amsterdam airport.
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Episode 2 : Death Race
September. 15,2019
When a modified WWII fighter plane crashes into the crowd at a Nevada air show, investigators struggle to find the cause.
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Episode 1 : Deadly Descent
September. 08,2019
See what happens when an airbus A330 loses power to both its engines over the South China Sea.
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Seasons
Season 20
History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.