Air Disasters

Monday, July 7

Fuel Trouble

Season 20 • Episode 5

Monday, July 7

Perilous Payload

Season 20 • Episode 6

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

Monday, July 7

Deadly Myth

Season 11 • Episode 3

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

Monday, July 7

Edge of Disaster

Season 9 • Episode 9

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

Monday, July 7

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, July 7

Holding Pattern

Season 17 • Episode 1

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

Monday, July 7

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.

Monday, July 7

I'm the Problem

Season 3 • Episode 3

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

Monday, July 7

Tragic Takeoff

Season 16 • Episode 3

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

Monday, July 7

Lockerbie Disaster

Season 21 • Episode 2

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

Monday, July 7

Testing the Limits

Season 8 • Episode 2

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

Monday, July 7

Time Critical

In a rush to complete their flights, three different flight crews skip key procedures.

Monday, July 7

Time of War

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

Monday, July 7

Ticking Time Bomb

From corrosion and metal fatigue to faulty repairs, three doomed airlines are brought down.

Monday, July 7

Impossible Landing

Season 3 • Episode 4

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

Monday, July 7

Trained to Fail

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

Monday, July 7

Deadly Data

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

Monday, July 7

Seconds From Touchdown

Season 16 • Episode 9

A turboprop is just seconds from landing when it flips over and crashes.

Monday, July 7

Blown Away

Season 12 • Episode 2

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

Monday, July 7

Splash Down

Season 20 • Episode 29

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

Tuesday, July 8

Slam Dunk

Season 13 • Episode 10

A quick trip from Washington D.C. to Ohio in 1994 turns deadly.

Tuesday, July 8

Killer Attitude

Season 11 • Episode 2

The pairing of a domineering pilot and an inexperienced first officer has deadly consequences.

Tuesday, July 8

Deadly Go Round

Season 12 • Episode 9

After a plane crashes just before landing in Japan, fears arise about its complex automated systems.

Tuesday, July 8

Cockpit Breakdown

Season 20 • Episode 28

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

Tuesday, July 8

Atlantic Ditching

Season 15 • Episode 7

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

Tuesday, July 8

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, July 9

Stealth Bomber Down

Season 17 • Episode 3

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

Wednesday, July 9

Panic on the Runway

Season 2 • Episode 4

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

Wednesday, July 9

The Lost Plane

Season 11 • Episode 10

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

Wednesday, July 9

Vanished

Season 4 • Episode 13

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

Wednesday, July 9

Mistaken Identity

Season 6 • Episode 1

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

Wednesday, July 9

Helicopter Down

Season 6 • Episode 7

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

Wednesday, July 9

Fatal Delivery

Season 9 • Episode 5

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

Thursday, July 10

Scratching the Surface

Season 21 • Episode 1

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

Thursday, July 10

Unlocking Disaster

Season 18 • Episode 7

Thursday, July 10

Hidden Danger

Season 7 • Episode 5

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

Thursday, July 10

Delivery to Disaster

Season 19 • Episode 9

Thursday, July 10

Murder in the Skies

Season 10 • Episode 7

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

Friday, July 11

The Final Push

Season 8 • Episode 5

Investigators try to find the cause of two similar air crashes that happened nearly 12 years apart.

Friday, July 11

Playing Catch Up

Season 16 • Episode 2

A private jet slams into an Ohio apartment building just a couple of miles from the runway.

Friday, July 11

Deadly Display

Season 12 • Episode 5

A high-stakes demonstration flight turns catastrophic when a Russian jet slams into a mountain.

Saturday, July 12

Fanning the Flames

Season 1 • Episode 4

A recovery operation is launched to find out if a 747 was carrying illegal weapons.

Saturday, July 12

Sideswiped

Season 8 • Episode 4

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

Saturday, July 12

Imperfect Pitch

Season 5 • Episode 8

A passenger plane plunges into the sea during an in-flight test.

Saturday, July 12

Death and Denial

Season 6 • Episode 8

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

Saturday, July 12

Alarming Silence

Season 2 • Episode 5

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

Saturday, July 12

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.

Sunday, July 13

Headline News

Season 20 • Episode 1

Three devastating crashes make front-page news around the globe.

Sunday, July 13

Cruel Skies

Season 2 • Episode 3

The importance of weather forecasting to the aviation industry.

Sunday, July 13

Deadly Disturbance

Season 14 • Episode 9

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

Sunday, July 13

Deadly Delay

Season 9 • Episode 7

Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.

Monday, July 14

No Control

Season 14 • Episode 4

Three crashes occur as pilots battle against their sophisticated aircraft.

Monday, July 14

Mayday Munich

Season 3 • Episode 2

Manchester United football team's plane crashes while returning from Yugoslavia, killing 23 aboard.

Monday, July 14

Focused on Failure

Season 4 • Episode 8

United Airlines Flight 173 runs out of fuel and crashes in a sparsely populated area.

Monday, July 14

Lost in Translation

Season 5 • Episode 3

The crash of a small commuter jet in Switzerland has plenty of clues but not enough answers.

Monday, July 14

Risky Runways

Season 20 • Episode 24

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

Monday, July 14

Nowhere to Land

Season 3 • Episode 11

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

Monday, July 14

Deadly Reputation

Season 2 • Episode 12

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

Monday, July 14

Kid in the Cockpit

Season 6 • Episode 9

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

Monday, July 14

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, July 14

The Pentagon Attack

Season 10 • Episode 2

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

Monday, July 14

Fatal Focus

Season 9 • Episode 4

When a 737 careens off the runway in Indonesia, investigators uncover a shocking explanation.

Monday, July 14

VIP on Board

Season 20 • Episode 13

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

Monday, July 14

Rookie Errors

Season 20 • Episode 2

Monday, July 14

Turboprop Terror

Season 17 • Episode 9

A turboprop stalls and crashes into a North Carolina forest; investigators uncover a safety problem.

Monday, July 14

Engine Gone

Season 20 • Episode 22

Three crews experience the same devastating event; an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

Monday, July 14

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, July 14

Fatal Approach

Season 13 • Episode 3

A false warning in the cockpit triggers a series of pilot errors, sending a commuter plane crashing.

Monday, July 14

Controversial Crashes

Season 14 • Episode 8

Seeing how international investigative teams solve controversial plane crashes.

Monday, July 14

Out of Sight

Season 7 • Episode 7

In one of the world's busiest airports, a large passenger plane crashes into a smaller one.

Monday, July 14

Dead Tired

Season 18 • Episode 4

Colgan Air Flight 3407 stalls at low altitude and crashes in a residential area near Buffalo.

Tuesday, July 15

Fire in the Hold

Season 4 • Episode 2

A plane sustains electrical failures and crashes in the Florida Everglades.

Tuesday, July 15

Lost

Season 18 • Episode 17

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

Tuesday, July 15

Deadly Pitch

Season 13 • Episode 5

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

Tuesday, July 15

Communication Breakdown

Season 14 • Episode 1

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

Tuesday, July 15

Caught in a Jam

Season 16 • Episode 8

When a commuter turboprop crashes onto hilly terrain in New Zealand, a search for answers ensues.

Tuesday, July 15

Speed Trap

Season 5 • Episode 2

A deadly midair collision between a commercial airliner and a F-4 Phantom.

Wednesday, July 16

Racing the Storm

Season 18 • Episode 8

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

Wednesday, July 16

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, July 16

Frozen Wings

Season 20 • Episode 26

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

Wednesday, July 16

Landings Gone Wrong

Season 20 • Episode 25

Three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

Wednesday, July 16

Collision Course

Season 20 • Episode 3

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

Wednesday, July 16

Break Up Over Texas

Season 3 • Episode 6

Continental Express Flight 2574 suffers wing damage and goes into a dive falling out of the sky.

Wednesday, July 16

Nuts and Bolts

Season 12 • Episode 1

When a cargo plane crashes moments after takeoff, investigators find a systematic problem.

Thursday, July 17

Miracle Escape

Season 7 • Episode 1

Passengers and crew escape a jet that skid off the runway before catching fire.

Thursday, July 17

Deadly Descent

Season 13 • Episode 1

When an airbus A330 loses both engines, its pilots must think of a solution before they crash.

Thursday, July 17

Deadly Detail

Season 10 • Episode 4

A Boeing 737 erupts in flames, putting 165 debarking passengers and crew in jeopardy.

Thursday, July 17

Dead of Winter

Season 12 • Episode 10

Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashes on takeoff from Denver during a snowstorm in 1987.

Thursday, July 17

Blow Out

Season 18 • Episode 13

A cockpit window on British Airways Flight blows out, partially ejecting and injuring the captain.

Friday, July 18

The Turning Point

Season 11 • Episode 4

A Boeing 767 crashes miles from a South Korean runway; the investigation leads to differing stories.

Friday, July 18

Fire on Board

Season 14 • Episode 10

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

Friday, July 18

Under Pressure

Season 3 • Episode 7

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

Saturday, July 19

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.

Saturday, July 19

Dead of Night

Season 20 • Episode 21

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

Saturday, July 19

Mixed Signals

Season 1 • Episode 8

Watch how a series of confusing signals make a plane crash into the Atlantic Ocean.

Saturday, July 19

Cold Case

Season 2 • Episode 6

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

Saturday, July 19

Target Is Destroyed

Season 2 • Episode 2

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

Saturday, July 19

Panic Over the Pacific

Season 7 • Episode 6

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

Sunday, July 20

Vanishing Act

Season 8 • Episode 3

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

Sunday, July 20

Massacre Over The Mediterranean

Season 5 • Episode 7

An Italian passenger plane is blown out of the sky.

Sunday, July 20

Dangerous Approach

Season 10 • Episode 6

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

Sunday, July 20

Pitch Black

Season 17 • Episode 8

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

Monday, July 21

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.

Monday, July 21

Vertigo

Season 7 • Episode 9

An examination of the crash over the Red Sea in January 2004.

Monday, July 21

Lapse in Security

Season 20 • Episode 14

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

Monday, July 21

Killer in the Cockpit?

Season 14 • Episode 6

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

Monday, July 21

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, July 21

Dead Weight

Season 1 • Episode 5

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

Monday, July 21

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, July 21

Hockey Team Tragedy

Season 4 • Episode 9

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

Monday, July 21

Deadly Solution

Season 10 • Episode 9

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

Monday, July 21

Pilot Betrayed

Season 18 • Episode 3

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

Monday, July 21

Choosing Sides

Season 8 • Episode 1

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

Monday, July 21

Dream Flight Disaster

Season 19 • Episode 7

A British tycoon and his family die in a 2017 Australian seaplane crash.

Monday, July 21

Pacific Plunge

Season 17 • Episode 5

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

Monday, July 21

Collision Course

Season 20 • Episode 3

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

Monday, July 21

Deadly Silence

Season 10 • Episode 1

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

Monday, July 21

Accidents in the Air

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

Monday, July 21

Deadly Airspace

Season 12 • Episode 4

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

Monday, July 21

Pressure Point

Season 19 • Episode 3

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

Monday, July 21

River Runway

Season 10 • Episode 8

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

Monday, July 21

Blown Apart

Season 21 • Episode 3

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

Tuesday, July 22

Head-On Collision

Season 18 • Episode 21

With its conductors sound asleep, a freight train fails to stop and collides with a passenger train.

Tuesday, July 22

Bomb on Board

Season 6 • Episode 2

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

Tuesday, July 22

Ocean Landing

Season 6 • Episode 10

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

Tuesday, July 22

Terror in Paradise

Season 5 • Episode 10

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

Tuesday, July 22

Attack Over Baghdad

Season 6 • Episode 5

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

Wednesday, July 23

Fatal Transmission

Season 9 • Episode 1

A runway collision at a small airport turns tragic.

Wednesday, July 23

Take Off Tragedies

Season 20 • Episode 20

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

Wednesday, July 23

Lost

Season 18 • Episode 17

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

Wednesday, July 23

Control Catastrophe

Season 19 • Episode 5

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

Wednesday, July 23

Cockpit Catastrophe

Season 19 • Episode 6

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

Wednesday, July 23

Phantom Strike

Season 1 • Episode 10

A legacy business jet collides with a Boeing 737 in mid-air over the Amazon forest.

Wednesday, July 23

No Warning

Season 15 • Episode 8

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

Thursday, July 24

Maintenance Mistakes

Season 20 • Episode 19

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

Thursday, July 24

Kobe Bryant

Season 17 • Episode 10

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

Thursday, July 24

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, July 24

Engines Out

Season 20 • Episode 4

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

Thursday, July 24

Instrument Confusion

Season 20 • Episode 12

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