Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

Season 4

2021 · 10 episodes · 7h 20m in all · 8.5/10

In this special season of Air Crash Investigation, every episode examines multiple aviation disasters that prove to have similarities including; engines that separated from their aircrafts mid-flight, mismatched pilot pairings that led to deadly crashes, and improvised landings with tragic consequences.

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Dead of Night

   10 Jan 2021 · 44 min · 8.0/10

   Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

2. 2

   2. Engine Gone

   17 Jan 2021 · 44 min · 9.0/10

   Three crews experience the same devastating event, but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

3. 3

   3. Lethal Choices

   24 Jan 2021 · 44 min · 9.0/10

   Faced with a mid-air crisis, pilots must make life-and-death decisions, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

4. 4

   4. Risky Runways

   31 Jan 2021 · 44 min · 10.0/10

   In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, three flight crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.

5. 5

   5. Landings Gone Wrong

   7 Feb 2021 · 44 min · 10.0/10

   Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

6. 6

   6. Frozen Wings

   8 Feb 2021 · 44 min · 7.0/10

   Three planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.

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   7. Runway Collisions

   11 Feb 2021 · 44 min · 8.0/10

   Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway at the same time?

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   8. Cockpit Breakdown

   12 Feb 2021 · 44 min · 7.0/10

   Illustrating the deadly consequences of a mismatched crew, three flights end in tragedy, leaving investigators to unravel what went wrong.

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   9. Splash Down

   14 Feb 2021 · 44 min · 9.0/10

   Three last-resort water landings-all handled differently-yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.

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    10. Northern Extremes

    15 Feb 2021 · 44 min · 8.0/10

    Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.