Air Disasters
Season 16
202110 episodes
Episodes
E1North Sea Nightmare
2021-04-25 · 45m
On Dec 15, 2014 — Loganair Flight 6780 (Saab 2000): Struck by lightning on approach to the Shetland Islands, a turboprop suddenly stops answering its pilots' commands and plunges toward the North Sea.
E2Playing Catch Up
2021-05-02 · 45m
On Nov 10, 2015 — ExecuFlight Flight 1526 (Hawker 700A): A charter jet on approach to Akron, Ohio slams into an apartment building, and the NTSB untangles an erratic descent and a troubling backstory.
E3Tragic Takeoff
2021-05-09 · 45m
On Aug 27, 2006 — Comair Flight 5191 (CRJ-100): In the pre-dawn darkness at Lexington, Kentucky, a commuter jet runs out of pavement before it can get airborne, and investigators retrace every step from gate to runway.
E4Grounded: Boeing Max 8
2021-05-16 · 45m
On Oct 29, 2018 — Lion Air Flight 610 (Boeing 737 MAX 8): Minutes after leaving Jakarta, one of the world's newest airliners plunges into the Java Sea, and the answers will shake the industry to its foundations.
E5Cabin Catastrophe
2021-05-23 · 45m
On Apr 17, 2018 — Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 (Boeing 737): An engine explodes at cruise altitude over Pennsylvania, shattering a window and nearly pulling a passenger from the plane as the crew fights to get down.
E6Meltdown Over Kathmandu
2021-05-30 · 45m
On Mar 12, 2018 — US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 (Dash 8 Q400): Arriving at one of the world's most challenging airports, a flight from Dhaka comes in wildly off profile and crashes beside the runway at Kathmandu.
E7Mission Disaster
2021-06-06 · 45m
On Feb 6, 1991 — USAF KC-135E "Whale 05": On a Gulf War refueling mission out of Jeddah, a tanker crew is suddenly thrown into a violent fight for control high over the Saudi desert.
E8Caught in a Jam
2021-06-13 · 45m
On Jun 9, 1995 — Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 (Dash 8): A commuter flight goes down in the hills short of Palmerston North, New Zealand — and for the survivors, the freezing wait for rescue becomes its own battle.
E9Seconds from Touchdown
2021-06-20 · 45m
On Jun 18, 1998 — Propair Flight 420 (Fairchild Metro): Twelve minutes after leaving Montreal, a commuter turboprop loses hydraulics, then an engine, then catches fire, as the crew races for the runway at Mirabel.
E10Deadly Delivery
2021-06-27 · 45m
On Aug 14, 2013 — UPS Airlines Flight 1354 (Airbus A300): In the pre-dawn darkness, a cargo jet clips trees and crashes a mile short of the runway at Birmingham, Alabama, and investigators must reconstruct its final approach.