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Air DisastersS18, EP10 "Flying Blind"A cleaning crew makes a careless error while cleaning a Boeing 757, affecting the plane's computer system and causing it to crash into the Pacific Ocean.
Air DisastersS20, EP18 "Courage in the Cockpit"Devastating failures in the air put pilots to the test, and shine a light on three astonishing feats of flying.
Air DisastersS2, EP10 "Cleared for Disaster"An air traffic controller's mistake causes a Boeing 737 to land on a runway already occupied by another aircraft.
Air DisastersS13, EP1 "Deadly Descent"When an airbus A330 loses both engines, its pilots must think of a solution before they crash into the South China Sea.
Air DisastersS10, EP4 "Deadly Detail"After a seemingly routine landing, a Boeing 737 erupts in flames, putting 165 debarking passengers and crew in jeopardy.
Air DisastersS1, EP2 "Gimli Glider"A pilot heads for a decommissioned air force base when the Boeing 767 jet he is flying unexpectedly runs out of fuel.
Air DisastersS12, EP10 "Dead of Winter"An investigation into Continental Airlines Flight 1713, which crashed on takeoff from Denver during a snowstorm in 1987, changes commercial flight forever.
WWII's Most Daring RaidsS1, EP1 "Stealing Hitler's Radar"An elite group of British paratroopers launch a midnight raid in order to capture Hitler's unusual radar equipment.
Air DisastersS20, EP16 "Survivors"From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.
Air DisastersS20, EP17 "Death from Above"Mid-air tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a community, and rain terror on the people below.
Air DisastersS3, EP7 "Under Pressure"On July 11, 1991, the crew of Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 unsuccessfully tries to return to the airport after a burst tire creates an in-flight fire which causes 247 Nigerian pilgrims and 14 crew to perish.
Air DisastersS8, EP9 "No Clear Options"When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation safety.
Air DisastersS18, EP16 "Deadly Crossroads"A Bashkirian Airlines Flight collides with a DHL Flight in German airspace near Überlingen.
Air DisastersS17, EP4 "Double Trouble"Trans-Air Service Flight 671 suffers an in-flight separation of its two right engines while en route to Kano, Nigeria, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing at Istres-Le Tubé Air Base in France.
Air DisastersS18, EP14 "A Wounded Bird"A blade on the left-side propeller of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight breaks off; the imbalance of the rotating propeller causes the engine to partly tear itself from its mounting.
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