Air Disasters
Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters could have been prevented. Accounts from survivors combine with cockpit recordings and computer images to weave the gripping tales, and expert testimony reveals the hows and whys behind the events, some of which have resulted in important changes to aviation safety and regulations.
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Season 8
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E1
Choosing Sides
One of the worst crashes in British history has a stunning cause that changed aviation safety forever.
Oct 16, 2016 -
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E2
Testing the Limits
What caused a 767 to break apart in mid-air? A world-famous race car driver discovers a surprising answer.
Oct 23, 2016 -
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E3
Vanishing Act
After a terrifying crash, survivors face a new challenge: surviving the remote Brazilian jungle.
Oct 30, 2016 -
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E4
Sideswiped
Relive the crash of Copa Airlines Flight 201 and the harrowing investigation in one of the world's most remote jungles.
Jan 8, 2017 -
5
E5
The Final Push
See if two MD-11 planes crashes, nearly 12 years apart, were both the result of pilot error or a flaw in the aircraft itself.
Jan 15, 2017 -
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E6
The Death of JFK Jr.
Relive one of the most shocking air disasters in American history as we revisit the 1999 crash that killed JFK Jr.
Jan 22, 2017 -
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E7
Concorde - Up in Flames
Follow investigators as they use the few remaining pieces of a fiery crash to explain a Concorde's doomed flight.
Jan 29, 2017 -
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E8
Accident or Assassination
Mexico's war with drug cartels appears to reach a terrifying new level when a special government charter carrying the president's right-hand man plummets to Earth. There's speculation that this plane crash was no accident but an assassination. The investigation takes a startling new turn after the cockpit voice recorder is recovered. Revisit the night when Mexico City's financial district became an inferno and follow examiners from the crash scene investigation to the shocking conclusion that changed everything.
Feb 12, 2017 -
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E9
No Clear Options
When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation safety.
Feb 19, 2017 -
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E10
Death in the Arctic
An investigation of a charter plane that moves off course and goes down in Canada's far north.
Feb 26, 2017
