Air Disasters

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Examining the world’s worst air disasters, using official reports, transcripts, and interviews with people involved to tell the stories of midair mishaps and discover what went wrong in each case.

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Friday, March 28

Nowhere to Land

Season 3 • Episode 11

An emergency landing during a violent storm kills the engines of a 737.

Friday, March 28

Deadly Reputation

Season 2 • Episode 12

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off a runway and crashes into a warehouse next to a petrol station.

Friday, March 28

Kid in the Cockpit

Season 6 • Episode 9

A pilot's decision to let his 15-year-old son fly has disastrous consequences.

Friday, March 28

Collision Course

Season 20 • Episode 3

A passenger ferry sinks after crashing into rocks off the coast of a Greek island, killing 82.

Saturday, March 29

Break Up Over Texas

Season 3 • Episode 6

Continental Express Flight 2574 suffers wing damage and goes into a dive falling out of the sky.

Saturday, March 29

Nuts and Bolts

Season 12 • Episode 1

When a cargo plane crashes moments after takeoff, investigators find a systematic problem.

Saturday, March 29

Miracle Escape

Season 7 • Episode 1

Passengers and crew escape a jet that skid off the runway before catching fire.

Saturday, March 29

Deadly Descent

Season 13 • Episode 1

When an airbus A330 loses both engines, its pilots must think of a solution before they crash.

Saturday, March 29

Deadly Detail

Season 10 • Episode 4

A Boeing 737 erupts in flames, putting 165 debarking passengers and crew in jeopardy.

Saturday, March 29

Dead of Winter

Season 12 • Episode 10

Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashes on takeoff from Denver during a snowstorm in 1987.

Sunday, March 30

Explosive Clues

Season 14 • Episode 5

A look at three commercial planes that became targets over the Sinai Desert and the Sea of Japan.

Sunday, March 30

Dream Flight Disaster

Season 19 • Episode 7

A British tycoon and his family die in a 2017 Australian seaplane crash.

Sunday, March 30

Pacific Plunge

Season 17 • Episode 5

The pilots of an MD-83 realize something is very wrong with their plane.

Sunday, March 30

Collision Course

Season 20 • Episode 3

A passenger ferry sinks after crashing into rocks off the coast of a Greek island, killing 82.

Sunday, March 30

Deadly Silence

Season 10 • Episode 1

A private Learjet goes rogue before crashing in a South Dakota hayfield.

Sunday, March 30

Head-On Collision

Season 18 • Episode 21

With its conductors sound asleep, a freight train fails to stop and collides with a passenger train.

Sunday, March 30

Deadly Airspace

Season 12 • Episode 4

When an airliner goes down in Ukraine, examiners must conduct an investigation in a war zone.

Sunday, March 30

Pressure Point

Season 19 • Episode 3

Investigators race to determine the cause of the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines 123.

Sunday, March 30

River Runway

Season 10 • Episode 8

Pilots attempt to land their Boeing 737 in an Indonesian river.

Sunday, March 30

Fatal Approach

Season 13 • Episode 3

A false warning in the cockpit triggers a series of pilot errors, sending a commuter plane crashing.

Sunday, March 30

Controversial Crashes

Season 14 • Episode 8

Seeing how international investigative teams solve controversial plane crashes.

Sunday, March 30

Landings Gone Wrong

Season 20 • Episode 25

Three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

Monday, March 31

Blow Out

Season 18 • Episode 13

A cockpit window on British Airways Flight blows out, partially ejecting and injuring the captain.

Monday, March 31

The Turning Point

Season 11 • Episode 4

A Boeing 767 crashes miles from a South Korean runway; the investigation leads to differing stories.

Monday, March 31

Fire on Board

Season 14 • Episode 10

Three flights that erupted in flames, and the investigations that changed aviation forever.

Monday, March 31

Under Pressure

Season 3 • Episode 7

A burst tire creates an in-flight fire on flight 2120 which causes passengers and crew to perish.

Monday, March 31

Ticking Time Bomb

Season 5 • Episode 18

From corrosion and metal fatigue to faulty repairs, three doomed airlines are brought down.

Monday, March 31

Dead Tired

Season 18 • Episode 4

Colgan Air Flight 3407 stalls at low altitude and crashes in a residential area near Buffalo.

Monday, March 31

Massacre Over The Mediterranean

Season 5 • Episode 7

An Italian passenger plane is blown out of the sky.

Monday, March 31

Dangerous Approach

Season 10 • Episode 6

A Colorado commuter flight crashes five miles short of the runway.

Monday, March 31

Pitch Black

Season 17 • Episode 8

An Illinois turboprop crashes after losing battery power; investigators uncover a series of errors.

Monday, March 31

Meltdown Over Kathmandu

Season 16 • Episode 6

A passenger plane comes in like a fighter jet and crashes, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard.

Monday, March 31

Vertigo

Season 7 • Episode 9

An examination of the crash over the Red Sea in January 2004.

Monday, March 31

Steep Impact

Season 9 • Episode 8

The crash of a commuter plane in Georgia killed a NASA astronaut and a four-term U.S. senator.

Monday, March 31

Dead of Night

Season 20 • Episode 21

Three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

Monday, March 31

Mixed Signals

Season 1 • Episode 8

Conflicting alarms confuse pilots of Birgenair Flight 301 before it crashes into the ocean.

Monday, March 31

Blown Apart

Season 21 • Episode 3

In Sept. 1989, Partnair Flight 394 crashes into the sea, killing all 55 people on board.

Monday, March 31

Phantom Strike

Season 1 • Episode 10

A legacy business jet collides with a Boeing 737 in mid-air over the Amazon forest.

Monday, March 31

No Warning

Season 15 • Episode 8

Investigators must figure out why the safety systems of a turboprop plane failed to prevent a crash.

Monday, March 31

Maintenance Mistakes

Season 20 • Episode 19

When the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe.

Monday, March 31

Caught in a Jam

Season 16 • Episode 8

When a commuter turboprop crashes onto hilly terrain in New Zealand, a search for answers ensues.

Monday, March 31

Speed Trap

Season 5 • Episode 2

A deadly midair collision between a commercial airliner and a F-4 Phantom.

Monday, March 31

Racing the Storm

Season 18 • Episode 8

A plane crashes during a thunderstorm, but investigators don't believe weather caused the crash.

Monday, March 31

Poor Piloting

Season 5 • Episode 14

The crews of three doomed aircraft make catastrophic blunders.

Monday, March 31

Missing Over New York

Season 18 • Episode 18

Avianca Flight 52 is delayed numerous times is low on fuel as it attempts to land in New York City.

Monday, March 31

Frozen Wings

Season 20 • Episode 26

Investigators determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.

Tuesday, April 1

Panic Over the Pacific

Season 7 • Episode 6

A miraculous rescue is launched after a 747 plummets toward the Pacific.

Tuesday, April 1

Fire in the Hold

Season 4 • Episode 2

A plane sustains electrical failures and crashes in the Florida Everglades.

Tuesday, April 1

Lost

Season 18 • Episode 17

An American Airlines Flight en route to Cali, Colombia loses their exact position.

Tuesday, April 1

Deadly Pitch

Season 13 • Episode 5

An anonymous tip helps uncover the cause of a cargo plane crash in Miami.

Tuesday, April 1

Communication Breakdown

Season 14 • Episode 1

Misunderstandings between pilots and air traffic controllers cause deadly air disasters.

Tuesday, April 1

Vanishing Act

Season 8 • Episode 3

Varig Flight 254 disappears without a trace over the jungles of Brazil.

Wednesday, April 2

VIP on Board

Season 20 • Episode 13

Airplane crashes involving high-profile passengers put added pressure on investigators.

Wednesday, April 2

Rookie Errors

Season 20 • Episode 2

Wednesday, April 2

Out of Sight

Season 7 • Episode 7

In one of the world's busiest airports, a large passenger plane crashes into a smaller one.

Wednesday, April 2

Turboprop Terror

Season 17 • Episode 9

A turboprop stalls and crashes into a North Carolina forest; investigators uncover a safety problem.

Wednesday, April 2

Engine Gone

Season 20 • Episode 22

Three crews experience the same devastating event; an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

Wednesday, April 2

The Death of JFK Jr.

Season 8 • Episode 6

John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Piper Saratoga crashed in 1999 and the NTSB faces enormous pressure.

Wednesday, April 2

Target Is Destroyed

Season 2 • Episode 2

Korean Airlines Flight 007 is shot down by a fighter jet when it enters Soviet airspace.

Wednesday, April 2

Lapse in Security

Season 20 • Episode 14

Three horrific aviation disasters are all linked to breakdowns in vital security measures.

Wednesday, April 2

Killer in the Cockpit?

Season 14 • Episode 6

A look at commercial flights that ended in disaster because of suicidal pilots.

Wednesday, April 2

Blind Spot

Season 3 • Episode 1

In 1978, passengers and seven people on the ground die when a PSA flight crashed into a Cessna.

Wednesday, April 2

Dead Weight

Season 1 • Episode 5

Just after take-off, Air Midwest Flight 5481 plummets to the ground, killing all on board.

Wednesday, April 2

The Plane That Flew Too High

Season 2 • Episode 11

The West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crash ultimately leads to bankruptcy of the troubled airline.

Wednesday, April 2

Cold Case

Season 2 • Episode 6

A design flaw on the Fokker F28 causes two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York.

Thursday, April 3

Time Critical

Season 5 • Episode 19

In a rush to complete their flights, three different flight crews skip key procedures.

Thursday, April 3

Pilot Betrayed

Season 18 • Episode 3

Following the story of the Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 and Captain Rasmussen.

Thursday, April 3

Choosing Sides

Season 8 • Episode 1

A tragic misunderstanding is the real cause of the crash of British Midland Flight 92.

Thursday, April 3

The Pentagon Attack

Season 10 • Episode 2

The FBI and NTSB join forces to determine how terrorists hijacked American Airlines Flight 77.

Thursday, April 3

Fatal Focus

Season 9 • Episode 4

When a 737 careens off the runway in Indonesia, investigators uncover a shocking explanation.

Friday, April 4

Hockey Team Tragedy

Season 4 • Episode 9

A Russian passenger jet crashes into the Volga River, killing almost everyone on board.

Friday, April 4

Deadly Solution

Season 10 • Episode 9

A captain's decision leads to a deadly stall over the Java Sea.

Friday, April 4

Deadly Exchange

Season 19 • Episode 1

A commuter flight crashes mysteriously and investigators examine the final seconds in the cockpit.

Friday, April 4

Ripped Apart

Season 18 • Episode 22

Some design innovations evolve as a result of terrible air disasters.

Friday, April 4

Impossible Pitch

Season 15 • Episode 2

Investigating why a cargo jet took a nosedive into the Swedish Arctic at speeds nearing 600 mph.

Friday, April 4

Deadly Deception

Season 19 • Episode 8

Violent hijackers take over a Bulgarian airliner; the authorities on the ground devise a plan.

Saturday, April 5

Fight for Your Life

Season 6 • Episode 3

Three FedEx employees must regain control of their plane when a coworker attacks them in midair.

Saturday, April 5

Bomb on Board

Season 6 • Episode 2

In 1994 on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, a terrorist bombing requires a daring emergency landing.

Saturday, April 5

Ocean Landing

Season 6 • Episode 10

Pilots aboard a hijacked plane are forced to attempt an emergency landing at sea.

Saturday, April 5

Kobe Bryant

Season 17 • Episode 10

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas.

Saturday, April 5

Deadly Crossroads

Season 18 • Episode 16

A Bashkirian Airlines Flight collides with a DHL Flight in German airspace near Überlingen.

Saturday, April 5

Cockpit Failure

Season 18 • Episode 1

Bad weather and a series of errors lead to the crash of a plane on its approach to Zurich Airport.

Sunday, April 6

Fatal Transmission

Season 9 • Episode 1

A runway collision at a small airport turns tragic.

Sunday, April 6

Take Off Tragedies

Season 20 • Episode 20

Three flights ending in tragedy, prove that minor missteps during takeoff can have consequences.

Sunday, April 6

Lost

Season 18 • Episode 17

An American Airlines Flight en route to Cali, Colombia loses their exact position.

Sunday, April 6

Control Catastrophe

Season 19 • Episode 5

Experts investigate a string of events that caused Air Astana Flight 1388 to become uncontrollable.

Sunday, April 6

Cockpit Catastrophe

Season 19 • Episode 6

The cockpit window of an Airbus A319 explodes; pilots land the out-of-control plane.

Sunday, April 6

Sight Unseen

Season 21 • Episode 4

Two jets hit each other at 14,000 feet sending both planes spiraling to the ground.

Sunday, April 6

Operation Babylift

Season 21 • Episode 5

A United States Air Force transport aircraft suffers an explosive decompression.

Sunday, April 6

Falling Fast

Season 21 • Episode 6

Pilots must ditch their plane in the Mediterranean, killing 14 of the 34 passengers.

Sunday, April 6

Hero Pilots

Season 14 • Episode 3

Three flights headed for disaster are saved at the last moment by heroes in the cockpit.

Sunday, April 6

Stormy Cockpit

Season 15 • Episode 10

Pilots steer their plane clear of a storm, but are unable to regain control of a dangerous roll.

Sunday, April 6

Seconds to Survive

Season 4 • Episode 12

Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518 disappears in the Andes Mountains.

Sunday, April 6

Death in the Arctic

Season 8 • Episode 10

An investigation of a charter plane that moves off course and goes down in Canada's far north.

Monday, April 7

Engines Out

Season 20 • Episode 4

An aircraft loses total engine power; investigators determine what went wrong.

Monday, April 7

Instrument Confusion

Season 20 • Episode 12

When critical instruments in the cockpit can't be trusted, the consequences can be fatal.

Monday, April 7

Impossible Landing

Season 3 • Episode 4

United Airlines Flight 232 crashes into Sioux City's runway in 1989.

Monday, April 7

Terror in Paradise

Season 5 • Episode 10

A seven-minute island-hop from Moorea to Tahiti ends in disaster.

Monday, April 7

Attack Over Baghdad

Season 6 • Episode 5

A missile cripples a cargo plane after it takes off from Baghdad International Airport.

Monday, April 7

Fight for Control

Season 4 • Episode 1

The emergency landing of a Reeve Aleutian Airlines plane over the Pacific Ocean.

Monday, April 7

Queens Catastrophe

Season 5 • Episode 5

A plane crash in New York just two months after 9/11.

Monday, April 7

Carnage in Sao Paolo

Season 9 • Episode 6

TAM flight 402 slammed into a residential neighborhood and burst into flames.

Monday, April 7

Peril Over Portugal

Season 17 • Episode 2

A plane crashes off the right side of the runway while attempting to land in Portugal.

Monday, April 7

Mission Disaster

Season 16 • Episode 7

U.S. Air Force pilots abort their refueling mission and try to land their damaged plane.

Monday, April 7

Gimli Glider

Season 1 • Episode 2

A pilot heads for a decommissioned air force base when the 767 he is flying runs out of fuel.

Monday, April 7

Hudson River Runway

Season 18 • Episode 5

US Airways flight suffers a bird strike with a flock of Canada geese, causing both engines to fail.

Monday, April 7

Hanging by a Thread

Season 6 • Episode 6

The roof of an Aloha Airlines 737 tears off the plane at 24,000 feet in the sky.

Monday, April 7

Fight to the Death

Season 5 • Episode 1

A poisonous cockpit may have caused the 1972 crash of British European Airlines Flight 548.

Monday, April 7

Terror Over Michigan

Season 17 • Episode 6

After a Boeing 727's near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives.

Monday, April 7

Explosive Proof

Season 11 • Episode 1

The inside story of the complex investigation into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800.

Monday, April 7

Missed Approach

Season 7 • Episode 4

A plane crash lands in Guam after losing sight of the airport in a storm.

Monday, April 7

Who's Flying the Plane?

Season 18 • Episode 24

Aviation disasters that resulted from problems with autopilots and computerized systems.

Monday, April 7

Death from Above

Season 20 • Episode 17

Monday, April 7

Afghan Nightmare

Season 10 • Episode 10

Investigators study the crash of a cargo plane at a U.S. airfield in Afghanistan.

Monday, April 7

A Wounded Bird

Season 18 • Episode 14

A blade on the left-side propeller of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 breaks off.

Monday, April 7

No Clear Options

Season 8 • Episode 9

When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap.

Monday, April 7

Terror in San Francisco

Season 9 • Episode 2

The 2013 crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco shocks the nation.

Tuesday, April 8

Caution to the Wind

Season 4 • Episode 3

As a typhoon approaches, a 747 crashes and burns before it even makes it off the tarmac.

Tuesday, April 8

Survivors

Season 20 • Episode 16

Tuesday, April 8

Invisible Killer

Season 1 • Episode 1

A landing goes wrong when Delta Airlines Flight 191 is hit by an invisible force.

Tuesday, April 8

Catastrophe at O'Hare

Season 4 • Episode 7

The 1979 crash in Chicago nearly grounded DC-10's forever.

Tuesday, April 8

Dangerous Winds

Season 5 • Episode 15

Three planes fall prey to deadly winds, and it is up to investigators to find out why.

Tuesday, April 8

Deadly Discussions

Season 11 • Episode 9

An error in the cockpit causes the crash of a 737 on takeoff and leaves an entire nation reeling.

Wednesday, April 9

Disaster at Tenerife

Season 10 • Episode 3

Two 747s collide on the runway of a small airport in the Canary Islands.

Wednesday, April 9

Deadly Delivery

Season 16 • Episode 10

A plane crashes into a hillside about one nautical mile short of the runway during final approach.

Wednesday, April 9

Accident or Assassination

Season 8 • Episode 8

A plane carrying Mexico's interior minister crashes into Mexico City's financial district.

Wednesday, April 9

Lethal Turn

Season 11 • Episode 5

Forest fires and a series of human errors lead to the deadliest air disaster in Indonesian history.

Wednesday, April 9

Storming Out

Season 11 • Episode 6

US Air Flight 1016 is engulfed in intense rain obstructing the view from the cockpit.

Wednesday, April 9

The Invisible Plane

Season 3 • Episode 8

Moments after take-off, SAS Flight 686 collides with a Cessna on the runway.

Wednesday, April 9

Mountain Impact

Season 20 • Episode 15

Uncovering fatal flaws in the operations designed to prevent aircraft from flying into mountains.

Wednesday, April 9

Soccer Tragedy

Season 13 • Episode 9

A plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team crashes just ten miles from the airport in 2016.

Wednesday, April 9

Runway Runoff

Season 13 • Episode 7

Investigators research an airport after a passenger plane veers off the runway.

Wednesday, April 9

Impossible Landing

Season 3 • Episode 4

United Airlines Flight 232 crashes into Sioux City's runway in 1989.

Wednesday, April 9

Cutting Corners

Season 18 • Episode 11

The 2000 crash of an Alaska Airlines plane just off the California coast.

Wednesday, April 9

Fatal Flaw

Season 18 • Episode 23

Disasters that involved small components that failed; accidents caused by minor defects or errors.

Wednesday, April 9

Who's In Control

Season 18 • Episode 6

Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 stalls and crashes less than a mile from the runway.

Thursday, April 10

Ticking Time Bomb

Season 5 • Episode 18

From corrosion and metal fatigue to faulty repairs, three doomed airlines are brought down.

Thursday, April 10

Northern Extremes

Season 20 • Episode 30

Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky.

Thursday, April 10

Grounded: Boeing Max 8

Season 16 • Episode 4

Indonesian investigators must determine why a Boeing 737 Max 8 plunged into the Java Sea.

Thursday, April 10

Runway Collisions

Season 20 • Episode 27

Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question.

Thursday, April 10

Deadly Space

Season 12 • Episode 6

The aircraft breaks apart and falls from the sky, killing the flight's co-pilot.

Friday, April 11

Deadly Distraction

Season 12 • Episode 3

A 1988 commercial flight crashes just moments after liftoff and erupts in flames.

Friday, April 11

Deadly Confusion

Season 20 • Episode 8

JFK Jr. disappears on the way to Martha's Vineyard; a captain loses his bearings and crashes.

Friday, April 11

Radio Silence

Season 20 • Episode 9

The deadliest aviation accidents in both Greek and Taiwanese history.

Friday, April 11

Design Flaws

Season 20 • Episode 10

Former race car driver Niki Lauda's planes nosedives into a Thai jungle.

Friday, April 11

Bad Attitude

Season 3 • Episode 9

A Korean Air Cargo flight crashes in a field moments after takeoff from England's Stansted Airport.

Friday, April 11

Split Decision

Season 3 • Episode 10

Arrow Air Flight 1285 with 248 American soldiers on board crashes after refueling in Newfoundland.

Saturday, April 12

Southern Storm

Season 1 • Episode 6

Pilots of Southern Airways Flight 242 must try to land on a Georgia highway after the engines die.

Saturday, April 12

Cracks in the System

Season 2 • Episode 1

Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 crashes just after take-off from Watson Island in Miami.

Saturday, April 12

The Final Blow

Season 2 • Episode 9

An Air Inter flight crashes into the Vosges Mountains while attempting to land.

Saturday, April 12

Out of Control

Season 6 • Episode 4

A simple error years prior causes the deadliest single-plane crash in history.

Saturday, April 12

Subtle Incapacitation

Season 4 • Episode 11

The 2010 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 sparks rumors of terrorism.

Saturday, April 12

Fatal Distraction

Season 1 • Episode 9

Pilots try to determine why both landing-gear lights do not function on an L-1011.

Monday, April 14

Pushed to the Limit

Season 4 • Episode 4

Investigators try to determine what a brand new airliner fell out of the sky on a clear day.

Monday, April 14

Tree Strike Terror

Season 17 • Episode 7

A passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing.

Monday, April 14

Trained to Fail

Season 5 • Episode 17

Pilots are prepared to cope with a range of emergency scenarios.

Monday, April 14

Lethal Choices

Season 20 • Episode 23

Pilots must make a life or death decision, the wrong approach can trigger a more serious problem.

Monday, April 14

Concorde: Up in Flames

Season 8 • Episode 7

An Air France Concorde crashes into a Paris hotel after takeoff on July 25, 2000.

Monday, April 14

Into the Eye of the Storm

Season 5 • Episode 6

Hugo, a Category 5 hurricane, threatens to rip a plane apart.

Monday, April 14

Taxiway Turmoil

Season 15 • Episode 4

A departing DC-9 in Detroit gets lost in the fog and ends up in the path of an oncoming 727.

Monday, April 14

Caught on Tape

Season 11 • Episode 7

The dashcam of a car captures footage of a commuter aircraft as it nosedives into the river.

Monday, April 14

Cabin Catastrophe

Season 16 • Episode 5

A Boeing 737 is rocked by a midair explosion that challenges pilots and nearly ejects a passenger.

Monday, April 14

Runway Breakup

Season 15 • Episode 5

Caught in a major tropical storm, a 737 crashes just short of the runway on a Caribbean island.

Monday, April 14

Terror Over Egypt

Season 11 • Episode 8

When a plane carrying Russian tourists crashes in Egypt, investigators face political tensions.

Monday, April 14

Free Fall

Season 12 • Episode 7

A computer glitch causes a highly automated Qantas Airways flight to nearly fall out of the sky.

Monday, April 14

Deadly Inclination

Season 12 • Episode 8

An Alitalia airliner crashes into a forested hillside just a few miles from a Zurich runway.

Monday, April 14

Fatal Friction

Season 14 • Episode 2

Human flaws cause three plane crashes in England, Colorado and Minnesota.

Monday, April 14

Missing Pieces

Season 14 • Episode 7

Three air crash investigations in which examiners are pushed to the limit to crack the cases.

Monday, April 14

Missed Opportunities

Season 19 • Episode 2

Monday, April 14

Fire on Board

Season 18 • Episode 9

A Swissair passenger jet catches fire midflight and crashes into the Atlantic.

Monday, April 14

Kathmandu Descent

Season 15 • Episode 1

A challenging descent turns tragic when the pilots miscalculate their approach to an airport.

Tuesday, April 15

Blind Landing

Season 4 • Episode 5

A violent hailstorm brings down a plane in the middle of the Amazon.

Tuesday, April 15

Heat of the Moment

Season 20 • Episode 11

Air Crash Investigation uncovers the truth behind the most legendary aviation disasters of all time.

Tuesday, April 15

Lethal Limits

Season 13 • Episode 8

An investigation into a jet crash from 2008 leads to a change into the Russian aviation system.

Tuesday, April 15

Fog of War

Season 7 • Episode 8

A U.S. military plane flies into a mountain while attempting to land in Croatia.

Tuesday, April 15

The Heathrow Enigma

Season 18 • Episode 2

A plane engines failure to respond cause the plane to crash-land just short of the runway.

Tuesday, April 15

North Sea Nightmare

Season 16 • Episode 1

A modern turboprop nosedives towards the North Sea after being struck by lightning.

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