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Air Disasters
S1, EP5 "Dead Weight"Air Midwest Flight 5481 plummets to the ground just after takeoff, killing all on board and injuring one on the ground.
Air Disasters
S2, EP11 "The Plane That Flew Too High"West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes down killing 160 people in 2005; it leads to the bankruptcy of the troubled airline.
Air Disasters
S17, EP7 "Tree Strike Terror"After a passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing, investigators attempt to uncover why the plane was flying so low.
Air Disasters
S20, EP23 "Lethal Choices"Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.
Air Disasters
S18, EP16 "Deadly Crossroads"A look at the string of events that caused a midair collision in 2002 over the skies of southern Germany; a Bashkirian Airlines Flight collides with a DHL Flight in German airspace near Überlingen.
Air Disasters
S21, EP5 "Operation Babylift"A United States Air Force transport aircraft conducting the inaugural flight of Operation Babylift suffers an explosive decompression when the rear cargo door fails and crashes into a paddy field while attempting an emergency landing.
Air Disasters
S21, EP6 "Falling Fast"Investigators discover a shocking mistake when pilots must ditch their plane in the Mediterranean, killing 14 of the 34 passengers.
How Did They Fix That?
S1, EP2 "Heavy Cargo Express"A ride through Eastern Europe aboard heavy-hauling trains shows the logistical and mechanical challenges of making a multimillion-dollar cargo delivery.
