Air Disasters

Friday, April 24

Fire on Board

Season 14 • Episode 10

Three flights that erupted in flames and the investigations that changed aviation forever.

Friday, April 24

Under Pressure

Season 3 • Episode 7

A burst tire creates an in-flight fire on Flight 2120 which causes passengers and crew to perish.

Friday, April 24

Steep Impact

Season 9 • Episode 8

The crash of a commuter plane in Georgia kills a NASA astronaut and a four-term U.S. senator.

Saturday, April 25

Dead of Night

Season 20 • Episode 21

Three crews lose sight of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

Saturday, April 25

Cockpit Breakdown

Season 20 • Episode 28

Three flights end in tragedy after miscommunication mix-ups and personality clases.

Saturday, April 25

Vanishing Act

Season 8 • Episode 3

Varig Flight 254 disappears without a trace over the jungles of Brazil.

Saturday, April 25

VIP on Board

Season 20 • Episode 13

Airplane crashes involving high-profile passengers put added pressure on investigators.

Saturday, April 25

Sideswiped

Season 8 • Episode 4

A Boeing 737 leaving Panama City crashes into one of the most remote jungles on the planet.

Saturday, April 25

Lockerbie Disaster

Season 21 • Episode 2

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

Sunday, April 26

Cockpit Catastrophe

Season 19 • Episode 6

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

Sunday, April 26

No Warning

Season 15 • Episode 8

Investigators must figure out why the safety systems of a turboprop plane failed to prevent a crash.

Sunday, April 26

Killer in the Cockpit?

Season 14 • Episode 6

A look at the commercial flights that ended in disaster because of suspected murder-suicide.

Sunday, April 26

The Death of JFK Jr.

Season 8 • Episode 6

John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Piper Saratoga crashed in 1999 and the NTSB faces big pressure.

Sunday, April 26

Ocean Landing

Season 6 • Episode 10

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

Sunday, April 26

Pitch Black

Season 17 • Episode 8

An Illinois turboprop crashes after losing battery power; investigators uncover a series of errors.

Monday, April 27

Impossible Pitch

Season 15 • Episode 2

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

Monday, April 27

Deadly Deception

Season 19 • Episode 8

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

Monday, April 27

Accidents in the Air

Investigators dig deep into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.

Monday, April 27

Collision Course

Season 20 • Episode 3

A passenger ferry sinks after crashing into rocks off the coast of a Greek island, killing 82.

Monday, April 27

Deadly Silence

Season 10 • Episode 1

A private Learjet goes rogue before crashing in a South Dakota hayfield.

Monday, April 27

Fatal Transmission

Season 9 • Episode 1

A runway collision at a small airport turns tragic.

Monday, April 27

Take Off Tragedies

Season 20 • Episode 20

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

Monday, April 27

Lost

Season 18 • Episode 17

Investigators struggle to determine why a 757 strayed off course and crashed into a mountain.

Monday, April 27

Control Catastrophe

Season 19 • Episode 5

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

Monday, April 27

Splash Down

Season 20 • Episode 29

Three last-resort water landings-all handled differently yet each one crucial.

Monday, April 27

Maintenance Mistakes

Season 20 • Episode 19

When the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe.

Monday, April 27

Deadly Airspace

Season 12 • Episode 4

When an airliner goes down in Ukraine, examiners must conduct an investigation in a war zone.

Monday, April 27

Panic Over the Pacific

Season 7 • Episode 6

A miraculous rescue is launched after a 747 plummets toward the Pacific.

Monday, April 27

Cold Case

Season 2 • Episode 6

Two identical plane crashes involving the same icy conditions and the same design are examined.

Monday, April 27

Racing the Storm

Season 18 • Episode 8

A plane crashes during a thunderstorm; but investigators don't believe weather caused the crash.

Monday, April 27

Blown Apart

Season 21 • Episode 3

In Sept. 1989, Partnair Flight 394 crashes into the sea, killing all 55 people on board.

Tuesday, April 28

Bomb on Board

Season 6 • Episode 2

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

Tuesday, April 28

Terror Over Egypt

Season 11 • Episode 8

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

Tuesday, April 28

Target Is Destroyed

Season 2 • Episode 2

A Korean Airlines passenger plane is shot down by a Soviet fighter jet in 1983.

Tuesday, April 28

Pacific Plunge

Season 17 • Episode 5

The pilots of an MD-83 realize something is very wrong with their plane.

Tuesday, April 28

The Final Blow

Season 2 • Episode 9

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

Wednesday, April 29

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.

Wednesday, April 29

Who's Flying the Plane?

Season 18 • Episode 24

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

Thursday, April 30

Death from Above

Season 20 • Episode 17

Midair tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a community.

Thursday, April 30

Afghan Nightmare

Season 10 • Episode 10

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

Thursday, April 30

No Clear Options

Season 8 • Episode 9

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

Thursday, April 30

Kobe Bryant

Season 17 • Episode 10

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

Friday, May 1

Southern Storm

Season 1 • Episode 6

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

Friday, May 1

Cracks in the System

Season 2 • Episode 1

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

Friday, May 1

Choosing Sides

Season 8 • Episode 1

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

Friday, May 1

Instrument Confusion

Season 20 • Episode 12

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

Friday, May 1

Fight for Control

Season 4 • Episode 1

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

Friday, May 1

Queens Catastrophe

Season 5 • Episode 5

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

Friday, May 1

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.

Friday, May 1

Survivors

Season 20 • Episode 16

Survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.

Friday, May 1

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.

Friday, May 1

Storming Out

Season 11 • Episode 6

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

Saturday, May 2

Poor Piloting

The crews of three doomed aircraft make catastrophic blunders.

Saturday, May 2

Northern Extremes

Season 20 • Episode 30

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

Saturday, May 2

Terror in Paradise

Season 5 • Episode 10

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

Saturday, May 2

Attack Over Baghdad

Season 6 • Episode 5

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

Saturday, May 2

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.

Saturday, May 2

Engines Out

Season 20 • Episode 4

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

Sunday, May 3

The Invisible Plane

Season 3 • Episode 8

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

Sunday, May 3

Grounded: Boeing Max 8

Season 16 • Episode 4

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

Sunday, May 3

Carnage in Sao Paolo

Season 9 • Episode 6

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

Sunday, May 3

Peril Over Portugal

Season 17 • Episode 2

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

Sunday, May 3

Mission Disaster

Season 16 • Episode 7

U.S. Air Force pilots abort their refueling mission and try to land their damaged plane.

Sunday, May 3

Sight Unseen

Season 21 • Episode 4

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

Sunday, May 3

Terror in San Francisco

Season 9 • Episode 2

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

Sunday, May 3

Mountain Impact

Season 20 • Episode 15

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

Monday, May 4

Soccer Tragedy

Season 13 • Episode 9

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

Monday, May 4

Explosive Clues

Season 14 • Episode 5

A look at three commercial planes that became targets over the Sinai Desert and the Sea of Japan.

Monday, May 4

The Pentagon Attack

Season 10 • Episode 2

The FBI and NTSB join forces to determine how terrorists hijacked American Airlines Flight 77.

Monday, May 4

Blind Landing

Season 4 • Episode 5

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

Monday, May 4

Missed Approach

Season 7 • Episode 4

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

Monday, May 4

High Rise Catastrophe

Season 9 • Episode 3

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

Monday, May 4

Deadly Disturbance

Season 14 • Episode 9

How routine flights can turn catastrophic in mere seconds when the pilots become distracted.

Monday, May 4

Pressure Point

Season 19 • Episode 3

Investigators race to determine the cause of the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines 123.

Monday, May 4

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 4

Who's In Control

Season 18 • Episode 6

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

Monday, May 4

Deadly Space

Season 12 • Episode 6

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

Monday, May 4

Out of Control

Season 6 • Episode 4

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

Monday, May 4

Subtle Incapacitation

Season 4 • Episode 11

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

Monday, May 4

Split Decision

Season 3 • Episode 10

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

Monday, May 4

Runway Runoff

Season 13 • Episode 7

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

Tuesday, May 5

Deadly Solution

Season 10 • Episode 9

A captain's decision leads to a deadly stall over the Java Sea.

Tuesday, May 5

North Sea Nightmare

Season 16 • Episode 1

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

Tuesday, May 5

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.

Tuesday, May 5

Hero Pilots

Season 14 • Episode 3

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

Tuesday, May 5

Fatal Distraction

Season 1 • Episode 9

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

Tuesday, May 5

Deadly Inclination

Season 12 • Episode 8

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

Wednesday, May 6

Fatal Friction

Season 14 • Episode 2

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

Wednesday, May 6

Seconds to Survive

Season 4 • Episode 12

Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518 disappears in the Andes Mountains.

Thursday, May 7

Lethal Turn

Season 11 • Episode 5

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

Thursday, May 7

Impossible Landing

Season 3 • Episode 4

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

Thursday, May 7

Runway Collisions

Season 20 • Episode 27

Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question.

Thursday, May 7

Heat of the Moment

Season 20 • Episode 11

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

Thursday, May 7

Lethal Limits

Season 13 • Episode 8

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

Thursday, May 7

Fog of War

Season 7 • Episode 8

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

Friday, May 8

The Heathrow Enigma

Season 18 • Episode 2

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

Friday, May 8

Stormy Cockpit

Season 15 • Episode 10

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

Friday, May 8

Risky Runways

Season 20 • Episode 24

The toughest landings on earth pushed three fight crews to the limit.

Friday, May 8

Nowhere to Land

Season 3 • Episode 11

An emergency landing during a violent storm kills the engines of a 737.

Friday, May 8

Radio Silence

Season 20 • Episode 9

The deadliest aviation accidents in both Greek and Taiwanese history.

Friday, May 8

Bad Attitude

Season 3 • Episode 9

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

Friday, May 8

Blind Spot

Season 3 • Episode 1

In 1978, PSA Flight 182 collides with a Cessna and crashes into a San Diego residential area.

Friday, May 8

Dead Weight

Season 1 • Episode 5

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

Friday, May 8

The Plane That Flew Too High

Season 2 • Episode 11

The West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crash leads to bankruptcy of the troubled airline.

Friday, May 8

Tree Strike Terror

Season 17 • Episode 7

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

Saturday, May 9

Lethal Choices

Season 20 • Episode 23

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

Saturday, May 9

Missing Pieces

Season 14 • Episode 7

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

Saturday, May 9

Missed Opportunities

Season 19 • Episode 2

Saturday, May 9

Fire on Board

Season 18 • Episode 9

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

Saturday, May 9

Kathmandu Descent

Season 15 • Episode 1

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

Saturday, May 9

Dangerous Winds

Three planes fall prey to deadly winds, and it is up to investigators to find out why.

Sunday, May 10

Deadly Reputation

Season 2 • Episode 12

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off a runway and crashes into a warehouse next to a petrol station.

Sunday, May 10

Pilot Betrayed

Season 18 • Episode 3

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

Sunday, May 10

Deadly Crossroads

Season 18 • Episode 16

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

Sunday, May 10

Operation Babylift

Season 21 • Episode 5

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

Sunday, May 10

Falling Fast

Season 21 • Episode 6

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

Sunday, May 10

Deadly Distraction

Season 12 • Episode 3

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

Monday, May 11

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.

Monday, May 11

Concorde: Up in Flames

Season 8 • Episode 7

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

Monday, May 11

Into the Eye of the Storm

Season 5 • Episode 6

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

Monday, May 11

Kid in the Cockpit

Season 6 • Episode 9

A pilot's decision to let his 15-year-old son fly has disastrous consequences.

Monday, May 11

Hockey Team Tragedy

Season 4 • Episode 9

A Russian passenger jet crashes into the Volga River, killing almost everyone on board.

Monday, May 11

Deadly Confusion

Season 20 • Episode 8

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

Monday, May 11

Hudson River Runway

Season 18 • Episode 5

US Airways flight suffers a bird strike with a flock of Canada geese, causing both engines to fail.

Monday, May 11

Deadly Detour

Season 10 • Episode 5

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

Monday, May 11

Icy Descent

Season 15 • Episode 6

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

Monday, May 11

System Breakdown

Season 2 • Episode 8

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

Monday, May 11

Tragedy on the Potomac

Season 5 • Episode 4

Air Florida Flight 90 stalls, strikes a road bridge and crashes into the Potomac River.

Monday, May 11

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.

Monday, May 11

Massacre Over the Mediterranean

Season 5 • Episode 7

On June 27, 1980, Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy.

Monday, May 11

Dangerous Approach

Season 10 • Episode 6

A Colorado commuter flight crashes five miles short of the runway.

Monday, May 11

River Runway

Season 10 • Episode 8

Pilots attempt to land their Boeing 737 in an Indonesian river.

Monday, May 11

Disaster at Tenerife

Season 10 • Episode 3

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

Tuesday, May 12

Fight to the Death

Season 5 • Episode 1

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

Tuesday, May 12

Terror Over Michigan

Season 17 • Episode 6

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

Tuesday, May 12

Explosive Proof

Season 11 • Episode 1

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

Tuesday, May 12

Cutting Corners

Season 18 • Episode 11

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