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.

Sunday, February 9

Lost

Season 18 • Episode 17

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

Sunday, February 9

Impossible Landing New

Season 3 • Episode 4

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

Sunday, February 9

Deadly Pitch

Season 13 • Episode 5

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

Sunday, February 9

Communication Breakdown

Season 14 • Episode 1

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

Monday, February 10

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, February 10

Dead Weight

Season 1 • Episode 5

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

Monday, February 10

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.

Monday, February 10

Cold Case

Season 2 • Episode 6

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

Monday, February 10

Pilot Betrayed

Season 18 • Episode 3

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

Monday, February 10

Choosing Sides

Season 8 • Episode 1

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

Monday, February 10

Hero Pilots

Season 14 • Episode 3

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

Monday, February 10

Stormy Cockpit

Season 15 • Episode 10

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

Monday, February 10

Seconds to Survive

Season 4 • Episode 12

Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518 disappears in the Andes Mountains.

Monday, February 10

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, February 10

Fight to the Death

Season 5 • Episode 1

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

Monday, February 10

Terror Over Michigan

Season 17 • Episode 6

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

Monday, February 10

Explosive Proof

Season 11 • Episode 1

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

Monday, February 10

Deadly Deception

Season 19 • Episode 8

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

Monday, February 10

Fight for Your Life

Season 6 • Episode 3

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

Monday, February 10

Bomb on Board

Season 6 • Episode 2

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

Monday, February 10

Ocean Landing

Season 6 • Episode 10

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

Monday, February 10

Kobe Bryant

Season 17 • Episode 10

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

Monday, February 10

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.

Monday, February 10

Target Is Destroyed

Season 2 • Episode 2

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

Monday, February 10

Lapse in Security

Season 20 • Episode 14

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

Monday, February 10

Impossible Landing

Season 3 • Episode 4

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

Tuesday, February 11

Killer in the Cockpit?

Season 14 • Episode 6

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

Tuesday, February 11

Control Catastrophe

Season 19 • Episode 5

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

Tuesday, February 11

Cockpit Catastrophe

Season 19 • Episode 6

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

Tuesday, February 11

Sight Unseen

Season 21 • Episode 4

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

Tuesday, February 11

Operation Babylift

Season 21 • Episode 5

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

Tuesday, February 11

Falling Fast

Season 21 • Episode 6

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

Tuesday, February 11

Power Play New

Season 19 • Episode 4

A turboprop loses engine power and crashes; investigators discover a fatal defect.

Tuesday, February 11

Power Play

Season 19 • Episode 4

A turboprop loses engine power and crashes; investigators discover a fatal defect.

Wednesday, February 12

Lost

Season 18 • Episode 17

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

Wednesday, February 12

Terror in Paradise

Season 5 • Episode 10

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

Wednesday, February 12

Attack Over Baghdad

Season 6 • Episode 5

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

Wednesday, February 12

Blown Away

Season 12 • Episode 2

The investigation into the 2014 crash of a TransAsia flight uncovers a systemic problem.

Wednesday, February 12

Frozen Wings

Season 20 • Episode 26

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

Wednesday, February 12

Impossible Pitch

Season 15 • Episode 2

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

Wednesday, February 12

Who's Flying the Plane?

Season 18 • Episode 24

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

Wednesday, February 12

Death from Above

Season 20 • Episode 17

Wednesday, February 12

Afghan Nightmare

Season 10 • Episode 10

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

Wednesday, February 12

A Wounded Bird

Season 18 • Episode 14

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

Wednesday, February 12

No Clear Options

Season 8 • Episode 9

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

Wednesday, February 12

Impossible Landing

Season 3 • Episode 4

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

Thursday, February 13

Impossible Landing

Season 3 • Episode 4

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

Thursday, February 13

Deadly Crossroads

Season 18 • Episode 16

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

Thursday, February 13

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, February 13

Fatal Transmission

Season 9 • Episode 1

A runway collision at a small airport turns tragic.

Thursday, February 13

Take Off Tragedies

Season 20 • Episode 20

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

Friday, February 14

Terror in San Francisco

Season 9 • Episode 2

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

Friday, February 14

Missed Approach

Season 7 • Episode 4

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

Friday, February 14

Engines Out

Season 20 • Episode 4

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

Friday, February 14

Instrument Confusion

Season 20 • Episode 12

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

Friday, February 14

Impossible Landing

Season 3 • Episode 4

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

Saturday, February 15

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.

Saturday, February 15

Power Play

Season 19 • Episode 4

A turboprop loses engine power and crashes; investigators discover a fatal defect.

Saturday, February 15

Survivors

Season 20 • Episode 16

Saturday, February 15

Invisible Killer

Season 1 • Episode 1

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

Saturday, February 15

Catastrophe at O'Hare

Season 4 • Episode 7

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

Saturday, February 15

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.

Saturday, February 15

Disaster at Tenerife

Season 10 • Episode 3

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

Sunday, February 16

Bad Attitude

Season 3 • Episode 9

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

Sunday, February 16

Split Decision

Season 3 • Episode 10

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

Sunday, February 16

Southern Storm

Season 1 • Episode 6

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

Sunday, February 16

Cracks in the System

Season 2 • Episode 1

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

Sunday, February 16

The Final Blow

Season 2 • Episode 9

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

Sunday, February 16

Out of Control

Season 6 • Episode 4

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

Sunday, February 16

The Invisible Plane

Season 3 • Episode 8

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

Sunday, February 16

Mountain Impact

Season 20 • Episode 15

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

Sunday, February 16

Soccer Tragedy

Season 13 • Episode 9

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

Sunday, February 16

Runway Runoff

Season 13 • Episode 7

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

Sunday, February 16

Impossible Landing

Season 3 • Episode 4

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

Sunday, February 16

Cutting Corners

Season 18 • Episode 11

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

Sunday, February 16

Deadly Delivery

Season 16 • Episode 10

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

Sunday, February 16

Accident or Assassination

Season 8 • Episode 8

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

Sunday, February 16

Trained to Fail New

Season 5 • Episode 17

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

Sunday, February 16

Lethal Turn

Season 11 • Episode 5

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

Sunday, February 16

Storming Out

Season 11 • Episode 6

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

Monday, February 17

Runway Collisions

Season 20 • Episode 27

Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question.

Monday, February 17

Deadly Space

Season 12 • Episode 6

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

Monday, February 17

Deadly Distraction

Season 12 • Episode 3

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

Monday, February 17

Deadly Confusion

Season 20 • Episode 8

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

Monday, February 17

Radio Silence

Season 20 • Episode 9

The deadliest aviation accidents in both Greek and Taiwanese history.

Monday, February 17

Design Flaws

Season 20 • Episode 10

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

Monday, February 17

Trained to Fail

Season 5 • Episode 17

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

Tuesday, February 18

Power Play

Season 19 • Episode 4

A turboprop loses engine power and crashes; investigators discover a fatal defect.

Wednesday, February 19

Cabin Catastrophe

Season 16 • Episode 5

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

Wednesday, February 19

Runway Breakup

Season 15 • Episode 5

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

Wednesday, February 19

Terror Over Egypt

Season 11 • Episode 8

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

Wednesday, February 19

Free Fall

Season 12 • Episode 7

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

Wednesday, February 19

Deadly Inclination

Season 12 • Episode 8

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

Wednesday, February 19

Fatal Friction

Season 14 • Episode 2

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

Wednesday, February 19

Missing Pieces

Season 14 • Episode 7

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

Wednesday, February 19

Missed Opportunities

Season 19 • Episode 2

Wednesday, February 19

Fire on Board

Season 18 • Episode 9

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

Wednesday, February 19

Kathmandu Descent

Season 15 • Episode 1

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

Wednesday, February 19

Blind Landing

Season 4 • Episode 5

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

Wednesday, February 19

Heat of the Moment

Season 20 • Episode 11

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

Wednesday, February 19

Trained to Fail

Season 5 • Episode 17

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

Thursday, February 20

Trained to Fail

Season 5 • Episode 17

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

Thursday, February 20

Fatal Flaw

Season 18 • Episode 23

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

Thursday, February 20

Who's In Control

Season 18 • Episode 6

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

Thursday, February 20

Northern Extremes

Season 20 • Episode 30

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

Thursday, February 20

Grounded: Boeing Max 8

Season 16 • Episode 4

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

Friday, February 21

Subtle Incapacitation

Season 4 • Episode 11

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

Friday, February 21

Fatal Distraction

Season 1 • Episode 9

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

Friday, February 21

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.

Friday, February 21

Tree Strike Terror

Season 17 • Episode 7

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

Friday, February 21

Trained to Fail

Season 5 • Episode 17

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

Saturday, February 22

Lethal Choices

Season 20 • Episode 23

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

Saturday, February 22

Concorde: Up in Flames

Season 8 • Episode 7

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

Saturday, February 22

Into the Eye of the Storm

Season 5 • Episode 6

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

Saturday, February 22

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.

Saturday, February 22

Caught on Tape

Season 11 • Episode 7

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

Saturday, February 22

Icy Descent

Season 15 • Episode 6

After experiencing icing conditions, a turboprop slams into an Argentine desert.

Sunday, February 23

Fatal Climb

Season 13 • Episode 6

A commercial airliner crashes minutes after taking off from an airport in Bucharest.

Sunday, February 23

Lethal Limits

Season 13 • Episode 8

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

Sunday, February 23

Fog of War

Season 7 • Episode 8

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

Sunday, February 23

The Heathrow Enigma

Season 18 • Episode 2

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

Sunday, February 23

North Sea Nightmare

Season 16 • Episode 1

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

Sunday, February 23

Double Trouble

Season 17 • Episode 4

A plan suffers an in-flight separation of its two right engines while en route to Kano, Nigeria.

Sunday, February 23

Borderline Tactics

Season 13 • Episode 4

A DC-8 cargo jet crashes on approach to a U.S. naval base in Guantanamo.

Sunday, February 23

Getting Out Alive

Season 5 • Episode 9

Air accident survival stories; keeping passengers and crews alive when disaster strikes.

Sunday, February 23

Power Play

Season 19 • Episode 4

A turboprop loses engine power and crashes; investigators discover a fatal defect.

Sunday, February 23

Mystery Over the Mediterranean

Season 19 • Episode 10

Sunday, February 23

Deadly Detour

Season 10 • Episode 5

A commuter flight over France makes a sight-seeing detour that sets off a deadly chain of events.

Sunday, February 23

Deadly Myth

Season 11 • Episode 3

After a commuter flight crashes, it's up to investigators to determine the cause.

Sunday, February 23

Edge of Disaster

Season 9 • Episode 9

Atlantic Airways Flight 670 careened off the runway and became engulfed in flames.

Sunday, February 23

Death Race

Season 13 • Episode 2

A modified WWII fighter plane crashes into the crowd at a Nevada air show.

Sunday, February 23

High Rise Catastrophe

Season 9 • Episode 3

A large cargo jet slices into an apartment complex in Amsterdam and reveals a lethal problem.

Sunday, February 23

Deadly Data New

Season 5 • Episode 16

With hidden flaws buried in their navigation systems, three planes suffer tragic computer errors.

Sunday, February 23

Ghost Plane

Season 7 • Episode 10

Investigators try to solve the mystery of a plane whose captain and co-pilot are missing.

Sunday, February 23

Falling From the Sky

Season 7 • Episode 2

A British Airways flight to Australia in 1982 crashes into the Indian Ocean.

Monday, February 24

Behind Closed Doors

Season 1 • Episode 3

A flaw on the infamous DC-10 airline causing two midair crashes in the early 70's.

Monday, February 24

Pilot vs. Plane

Season 2 • Episode 7

Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a fly-by during an air show.

Monday, February 24

Explosive Evidence

Season 1 • Episode 7

A bomb explodes on Air India Flight 182 en route from Canada to India.

Monday, February 24

Grand Canyon

Season 4 • Episode 6

The 1956 midair collision between two commercial planes over the Grand Canyon.

Monday, February 24

Death of the President

Season 4 • Episode 10

The air disaster that claimed the President of Poland's life, Lech Kaczynski.

Monday, February 24

Deadly Mission

Season 9 • Episode 10

An investigation sheds light on the plane crash that killed U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld.

Monday, February 24

Scratching the Surface

Season 21 • Episode 1

A China Airlines 747 suddenly disappears from radar and crashes, killing 225 people.

Monday, February 24

Unlocking Disaster

Season 18 • Episode 7

Monday, February 24

Fight for Control

Season 4 • Episode 1

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

Monday, February 24

Queens Catastrophe

Season 5 • Episode 5

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

Monday, February 24

Carnage in Sao Paolo

Season 9 • Episode 6

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

Monday, February 24

Peril Over Portugal

Season 17 • Episode 2

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

Monday, February 24

What Happened To Malaysian 370?

Season 8 • Episode 11

Leading aviation experts investigate one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time.

Monday, February 24

Cockpit Killer

Season 15 • Episode 9

Investigators have to figure out the cause of an African airliner's mysterious crash.

Monday, February 24

Turning Point

Season 3 • Episode 5

A Northwest Airlines flight above the Bering Sea must make an emergency landing in Anchorage.

Monday, February 24

Cleared for Disaster

Season 2 • Episode 10

An air traffic controller's mistake causes two planes to collide on the runway.

Monday, February 24

Fuel Trouble

Season 20 • Episode 5

Monday, February 24

Perilous Payload

Season 20 • Episode 6

Three planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation.

Monday, February 24

Runway in Sight

Season 20 • Episode 7

If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.

Monday, February 24

Holding Pattern

Season 17 • Episode 1

A plane enters a rapid descent and crashes nose-first at Rostov-on-Don Airport in Russia.

Monday, February 24

Deadly Data

Season 5 • Episode 16

With hidden flaws buried in their navigation systems, three planes suffer tragic computer errors.

Tuesday, February 25

Courage in the Cockpit

Season 20 • Episode 18

Devastating failures in the air put pilots to the test and shine a light on three feats of flying.

Tuesday, February 25

System Breakdown

Season 2 • Episode 8

Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.

Tuesday, February 25

Vanished

Season 4 • Episode 13

On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447 stalls and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean.

Tuesday, February 25

Mistaken Identity

Season 6 • Episode 1

The captain of a Navy cruiser must quickly determine if an approaching plane is friendly.

Tuesday, February 25

Helicopter Down

Season 6 • Episode 7

A helicopter carrying oil workers to an offshore drilling platform crashes.

Tuesday, February 25

Fatal Delivery

Season 9 • Episode 5

The two-man crew of a UPS cargo jet must attempt an emergency landing.

Wednesday, February 26

Panic on the Runway

Season 2 • Episode 4

In August, 1985, an airplane's engine catches fire as it accelerates.

Wednesday, February 26

The Lost Plane

Season 11 • Episode 10

Investigators struggle to understand the crash of Thai Airways Flight 311.

Wednesday, February 26

Atlantic Ditching

Season 15 • Episode 7

A helicopter carrying offshore drilling workers crashes into the ocean, leading to an investigation.

Wednesday, February 26

Flying Blind

Season 18 • Episode 10

A crew makes an error while cleaning a Boeing 757, causing it to crash into the Pacific Ocean.

Wednesday, February 26

Stealth Bomber Down

Season 17 • Episode 3

When a USAF stealth bomber crashes after takeoff, investigators search for a reason.

Wednesday, February 26

Time of War

Season 5 • Episode 20

Mistaken identity and hostile fire over enemy territory are among the many risks that pilots face.

Wednesday, February 26

Death and Denial

Season 6 • Episode 8

In 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 people on board.

Wednesday, February 26

Alarming Silence

Season 2 • Episode 5

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit.

Wednesday, February 26

Flying on Empty

Season 18 • Episode 12

When Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel, its pilots desperately try to keep it in the air.

Wednesday, February 26

Murder in the Skies

Season 10 • Episode 7

Following a crash, investigators make a shocking discovery about a co-pilot's mental health.

Wednesday, February 26

Hidden Danger

Season 7 • Episode 5

A Boeing 737 rolls into a dive and crashes within eight seconds, killing all 25 people on board.

Wednesday, February 26

Delivery to Disaster

Season 19 • Episode 9

Wednesday, February 26

Deadly Data

Season 5 • Episode 16

With hidden flaws buried in their navigation systems, three planes suffer tragic computer errors.

Thursday, February 27

Deadly Data

Season 5 • Episode 16

With hidden flaws buried in their navigation systems, three planes suffer tragic computer errors.

Thursday, February 27

I'm the Problem

Season 3 • Episode 3

Moments before a Pacific Southwest flight crashes in California, gunshots are heard in the cabin.

Thursday, February 27

Tragic Takeoff

Season 16 • Episode 3

Investigators must determine why a twin-engine jet failed to take off.

Thursday, February 27

Lockerbie Disaster

Season 21 • Episode 2

The tragic circumstances surrounding the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 by terrorists.

Thursday, February 27

Testing the Limits

Season 8 • Episode 2

The first-ever 767 plane crash in history: Lauda Air Flight 004.

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