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 18 : Courage in the Cockpit
February. 25,2024
Devastating failures in the air put pilots to the test, and shine a light on three astonishing feats of flying.
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Episode 17 : Death from Above
February. 18,2024
Mid-air tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a community, and rain terror on the people below.
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Episode 16 : Survivors
February. 11,2024
From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.
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Episode 15 : Mountain Impact
February. 04,2024
Following three deadly crashes, investigators uncover dangerous mathematical flaws in the very operations systems designed to prevent aircraft from flying into mountains.
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Episode 14 : Lapse in Security
January. 28,2024
Traced to a breakdown of vital safety measures, three horrific disasters provoke fundamental changes to airport security procedures around the world.
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Episode 13 : VIP on Board
January. 21,2024
Airplane crashes involving high-profile passengers—including a top diplomat and a Brazilian football team—put investigators under intense pressure to come up with answers.
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Episode 12 : Instrument Confusion
January. 14,2024
A Boeing 737 vanishes off the radar, a South Korean jet slams into the English countryside moments after takeoff, and an inexperienced crew faces a pileup of errors on a flight over Russia. When critical instruments cause confusion, the consequences can be deadly.
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Episode 11 : Heat of the Moment
January. 07,2024
Dashcam footage aids in the investigation of a fatal TransAsia crash, experts determine the cause of a botched emergency landing, and a test flight for a revolutionary aircraft turns deadly.
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Episode 10 : Design Flaws
October. 01,2023
When former race car driver Niki Lauda's planes nosedives into a Thai jungle, a one-in-a-million failure reveals a weak spot in every Boeing 767.
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Episode 9 : Radio Silence
September. 24,2023
Radio silence between pilots and air traffic controllers can mean many different things, but only the physical evidence can reveal the true story. Three shocking cases send investigators hunting for answers.
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Episode 8 : Deadly Confusion
September. 17,2023
Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents. Even the most experienced pilots are susceptible to its subtle yet deadly effects.
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Episode 7 : Runway in Sight
September. 10,2023
If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.
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Episode 6 : Perilous Payload
September. 03,2023
Three planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation. It's a flight risk that's entirely preventable, and yet repeated disasters reconfirm the need for critical backup systems.
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Episode 5 : Fuel Trouble
August. 27,2023
Three mysterious accidents send investigators hunting for clues. In the end, all three trails lead back to the same source - the fuel tank.
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Episode 4 : Engines Out
August. 20,2023
When an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world.
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Episode 3 : Collision Course
August. 13,2023
Authorities scramble for answers when a passenger plane collides with a military fighter jet in California, and two commercial planes meet a similar fate decades later in India.
Investigators comb through the wreckage of three separate midair collisions in a race to prevent another fatal impact.
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Episode 2 : Rookie Errors
August. 06,2023
While commercial pilots undergo hundreds of hours of training and testing, even experienced pilots can make deadly rookie errors.
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Seasons
Season 20
History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.