Air Disasters

Season 14

2020 · 10 episodes · 7h 30m in all

Episodes

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   1. Communication Breakdown

   5 Jan 2020 · 45 min

   Special — Multiple incidents (1977–1997), including United Express Flight 5925, Garuda Indonesia Flight 152, and the Tenerife disaster: How small miscommunications between cockpits, towers, and crews have triggered some of aviation's worst tragedies.

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   2. Fatal Friction

   12 Jan 2020 · 45 min

   Special — Multiple incidents (1972–1993), including BEA Flight 548, Trans-Colorado Flight 2286, and Northwest Airlink Flight 5719: How impatience, arrogance, and tension in the cockpit have turned routine flights into disasters.

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   3. Hero Pilots

   19 Jan 2020 · 45 min

   Special — Multiple incidents (1983–2009), including US Airways Flight 1549, Air Canada Flight 143, and TACA Flight 110: Three crews facing sudden crises pull off some of the most remarkable landings in aviation history.

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   4. No Control

   26 Jan 2020 · 45 min

   Special — Multiple incidents (1988–2009), including Air France Flight 296, XL Airways Flight 888T, and Air France Flight 447: When trust breaks down between pilots and their highly automated aircraft, the cockpit becomes a battle of pilot versus machine.

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   5. Explosive Clues

   9 Feb 2020 · 45 min

   Special — Multiple incidents (1983–2015), including Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, and Metrojet Flight 9268: When airliners fall from the sky under suspicious circumstances, investigators must determine whether they're working a crash scene or a crime scene.

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   6. Killer in the Cockpit?

   16 Feb 2020 · 45 min

   Special — Multiple incidents (1997–2015), including SilkAir Flight 185, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, and Germanwings Flight 9525: Crashes that baffled investigators until the evidence pointed somewhere no one wanted to look — the pilots themselves.

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   7. Missing Pieces

   23 Feb 2020 · 45 min

   Special — Multiple incidents (1988–2008), including Pan Am Flight 103 at Lockerbie, British Airways Flight 38 at Heathrow, and a crash in the Florida Everglades: Three investigations that demanded Sherlock Holmes-level deduction to solve.

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   8. Controversial Crashes

   1 Mar 2020 · 45 min

   Special — Multiple incidents (1958–2010), including the Munich air disaster, Arrow Air Flight 1285, and the Smolensk crash that killed Poland's president: High-profile victims and disputed findings put investigators under extraordinary pressure.

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   9. Deadly Disturbance

   8 Mar 2020 · 45 min

   Special — Multiple incidents (1972–2012), including Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, Delta Air Lines Flight 1141, and the Sukhoi Superjet demonstration crash: How small distractions in the cockpit have turned routine flights into tragedies.

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    10. Fire On Board

    15 Mar 2020 · 45 min

    Special — Multiple incidents (1985–2010), including British Airtours Flight 28M, Nationair Flight 2120, and UPS Flight 6: When fire breaks out on an aircraft, an emergency can become a disaster in seconds.