Air Disasters
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Aviation
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.
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Upcoming TV Airings
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Monday, April 28
Fatal Focus
Season 9 • Episode 4
When a 737 careens off the runway in Indonesia, investigators uncover a shocking explanation.
Monday, April 28
VIP on Board
Season 20 • Episode 13
Airplane crashes involving high-profile passengers put added pressure on investigators.
Monday, April 28
Rookie Errors
Season 20 • Episode 2
Monday, April 28
Out of Sight
Season 7 • Episode 7
In one of the world's busiest airports, a large passenger plane crashes into a smaller one.
Tuesday, April 29
Turboprop Terror
Season 17 • Episode 9
A turboprop stalls and crashes into a North Carolina forest; investigators uncover a safety problem.
Tuesday, April 29
Engine Gone
Season 20 • Episode 22
Three crews experience the same devastating event; an engine falls off their commercial airplane.
Tuesday, April 29
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.
Tuesday, April 29
Fatal Approach
Season 13 • Episode 3
A false warning in the cockpit triggers a series of pilot errors, sending a commuter plane crashing.
Tuesday, April 29
Controversial Crashes
Season 14 • Episode 8
Seeing how international investigative teams solve controversial plane crashes.
Tuesday, April 29
Landings Gone Wrong
Season 20 • Episode 25
Three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.
Wednesday, April 30
Caught in a Jam
Season 16 • Episode 8
When a commuter turboprop crashes onto hilly terrain in New Zealand, a search for answers ensues.
Wednesday, April 30
Speed Trap
Season 5 • Episode 2
A deadly midair collision between a commercial airliner and a F-4 Phantom.
Wednesday, April 30
Racing the Storm
Season 18 • Episode 8
A plane crashes during a thunderstorm, but investigators don't believe weather caused the crash.
Wednesday, April 30
Poor Piloting
Season 5 • Episode 14
The crews of three doomed aircraft make catastrophic blunders.
Wednesday, April 30
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.
Wednesday, April 30
Frozen Wings
Season 20 • Episode 26
Investigators determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.
Wednesday, April 30
Panic Over the Pacific
Season 7 • Episode 6
A miraculous rescue is launched after a 747 plummets toward the Pacific.
Thursday, May 1
Trained to Fail
Season 5 • Episode 17
Pilots are prepared to cope with a range of emergency scenarios.
Thursday, May 1
Fire in the Hold
Season 4 • Episode 2
A plane sustains electrical failures and crashes in the Florida Everglades.
Thursday, May 1
Lost
Season 18 • Episode 17
An American Airlines Flight en route to Cali, Colombia loses their exact position.
Thursday, May 1
Deadly Pitch
Season 13 • Episode 5
An anonymous tip helps uncover the cause of a cargo plane crash in Miami.
Thursday, May 1
Communication Breakdown
Season 14 • Episode 1
Misunderstandings between pilots and air traffic controllers cause deadly air disasters.
Saturday, May 3
Vanishing Act
Season 8 • Episode 3
Varig Flight 254 disappears without a trace over the jungles of Brazil.
Saturday, May 3
Massacre Over The Mediterranean
Season 5 • Episode 7
An Italian passenger plane is blown out of the sky.
Saturday, May 3
Dangerous Approach
Season 10 • Episode 6
A Colorado commuter flight crashes five miles short of the runway.
Saturday, May 3
Pitch Black
Season 17 • Episode 8
An Illinois turboprop crashes after losing battery power; investigators uncover a series of errors.
Saturday, May 3
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.
Saturday, May 3
Vertigo
Season 7 • Episode 9
An examination of the crash over the Red Sea in January 2004.
Monday, May 5
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, May 5
Dead of Night
Season 20 • Episode 21
Three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.
Monday, May 5
Mixed Signals
Season 1 • Episode 8
Conflicting alarms confuse pilots of Birgenair Flight 301 before it crashes into the ocean.
Monday, May 5
Dream Flight Disaster
Season 19 • Episode 7
A British tycoon and his family die in a 2017 Australian seaplane crash.
Monday, May 5
Pacific Plunge
Season 17 • Episode 5
The pilots of an MD-83 realize something is very wrong with their plane.
Monday, May 5
Collision Course
Season 20 • Episode 3
A passenger ferry sinks after crashing into rocks off the coast of a Greek island, killing 82.
Monday, May 5
Deadly Silence
Season 10 • Episode 1
A private Learjet goes rogue before crashing in a South Dakota hayfield.
Monday, May 5
Head-On Collision
Season 18 • Episode 21
With its conductors sound asleep, a freight train fails to stop and collides with a passenger train.
Monday, May 5
Deadly Airspace
Season 12 • Episode 4
When an airliner goes down in Ukraine, examiners must conduct an investigation in a war zone.
Monday, May 5
Pressure Point
Season 19 • Episode 3
Investigators race to determine the cause of the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines 123.
Monday, May 5
River Runway
Season 10 • Episode 8
Pilots attempt to land their Boeing 737 in an Indonesian river.
Monday, May 5
Blown Apart
Season 21 • Episode 3
In Sept. 1989, Partnair Flight 394 crashes into the sea, killing all 55 people on board.
Monday, May 5
Phantom Strike
Season 1 • Episode 10
A legacy business jet collides with a Boeing 737 in mid-air over the Amazon forest.
Monday, May 5
No Warning
Season 15 • Episode 8
Investigators must figure out why the safety systems of a turboprop plane failed to prevent a crash.
Monday, May 5
Maintenance Mistakes
Season 20 • Episode 19
When the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe.
Monday, May 5
Cold Case
Season 2 • Episode 6
A design flaw on the Fokker F28 causes two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York.
Monday, May 5
Target Is Destroyed
Season 2 • Episode 2
Korean Airlines Flight 007 is shot down by a fighter jet when it enters Soviet airspace.
Monday, May 5
Lapse in Security
Season 20 • Episode 14
Three horrific aviation disasters are all linked to breakdowns in vital security measures.
Monday, May 5
Killer in the Cockpit?
Season 14 • Episode 6
A look at commercial flights that ended in disaster because of suicidal pilots.
Monday, May 5
Blind Spot
Season 3 • Episode 1
In 1978, passengers and seven people on the ground die when a PSA flight crashed into a Cessna.
Monday, May 5
Dead Weight
Season 1 • Episode 5
Just after take-off, Air Midwest Flight 5481 plummets to the ground, killing all on board.
Tuesday, May 6
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.
Tuesday, May 6
Hockey Team Tragedy
Season 4 • Episode 9
A Russian passenger jet crashes into the Volga River, killing almost everyone on board.
Tuesday, May 6
Deadly Solution
Season 10 • Episode 9
A captain's decision leads to a deadly stall over the Java Sea.
Tuesday, May 6
Time Critical
Season 5 • Episode 19
In a rush to complete their flights, three different flight crews skip key procedures.
Tuesday, May 6
Pilot Betrayed
Season 18 • Episode 3
Following the story of the Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 and Captain Rasmussen.
Tuesday, May 6
Choosing Sides
Season 8 • Episode 1
A tragic misunderstanding is the real cause of the crash of British Midland Flight 92.
Wednesday, May 7
Deadly Exchange
Season 19 • Episode 1
A commuter flight crashes mysteriously and investigators examine the final seconds in the cockpit.
Wednesday, May 7
Ripped Apart
Season 18 • Episode 22
Some design innovations evolve as a result of terrible air disasters.
Wednesday, May 7
Impossible Pitch
Season 15 • Episode 2
Investigating why a cargo jet took a nosedive into the Swedish Arctic at speeds nearing 600 mph.
Wednesday, May 7
Deadly Deception
Season 19 • Episode 8
Violent hijackers take over a Bulgarian airliner; the authorities on the ground devise a plan.
Wednesday, May 7
Fight for Your Life
Season 6 • Episode 3
Three FedEx employees must regain control of their plane when a coworker attacks them in midair.
Wednesday, May 7
Bomb on Board
Season 6 • Episode 2
In 1994 on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, a terrorist bombing requires a daring emergency landing.
Wednesday, May 7
Ocean Landing
Season 6 • Episode 10
Pilots aboard a hijacked plane are forced to attempt an emergency landing at sea.
Thursday, May 8
Deadly Data
Season 5 • Episode 16
With hidden flaws buried in their navigation systems, three planes suffer tragic computer errors.
Thursday, May 8
Kobe Bryant
Season 17 • Episode 10
Basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas.
Thursday, May 8
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.
Thursday, May 8
Engines Out
Season 20 • Episode 4
An aircraft loses total engine power; investigators determine what went wrong.
Thursday, May 8
Instrument Confusion
Season 20 • Episode 12
When critical instruments in the cockpit can't be trusted, the consequences can be fatal.
Saturday, May 10
Terror in Paradise
Season 5 • Episode 10
A seven-minute island-hop from Moorea to Tahiti ends in disaster.
Saturday, May 10
Attack Over Baghdad
Season 6 • Episode 5
A missile cripples a cargo plane after it takes off from Baghdad International Airport.
Saturday, May 10
Fatal Transmission
Season 9 • Episode 1
A runway collision at a small airport turns tragic.
Saturday, May 10
Take Off Tragedies
Season 20 • Episode 20
Three flights ending in tragedy, prove that minor missteps during takeoff can have consequences.
Saturday, May 10
Lost
Season 18 • Episode 17
An American Airlines Flight en route to Cali, Colombia loses their exact position.
Monday, May 12
Control Catastrophe
Season 19 • Episode 5
Experts investigate a string of events that caused Air Astana Flight 1388 to become uncontrollable.
Monday, May 12
Cockpit Catastrophe
Season 19 • Episode 6
The cockpit window of an Airbus A319 explodes; pilots land the out-of-control plane.
Monday, May 12
Sight Unseen
Season 21 • Episode 4
Two jets hit each other at 14,000 feet sending both planes spiraling to the ground.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Monday, May 12
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Tuesday, May 13
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Tuesday, May 13
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Tuesday, May 13
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Tuesday, May 13
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Tuesday, May 13
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Tuesday, May 13
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Wednesday, May 14
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Wednesday, May 14
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Wednesday, May 14
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Wednesday, May 14
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Wednesday, May 14
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Wednesday, May 14
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Wednesday, May 14
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Thursday, May 15
Poor Piloting
Season 5 • Episode 14
The crews of three doomed aircraft make catastrophic blunders.
Thursday, May 15
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Thursday, May 15
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Thursday, May 15
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Thursday, May 15
Deadly Delay
Season 9 • Episode 7
Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
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