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Air DisastersS9, EP3 "High Rise Catastrophe"A large cargo jet slices into an apartment complex in Amsterdam and reveals a potentially lethal problem threatening every 747 in the sky.
Air DisastersS20, EP6 "Perilous Payload"Three planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation; it's a flight risk that's entirely preventable, and yet repeated disasters reconfirm the need for critical backup systems.
Air DisastersS13, EP6 "Fatal Climb"A commercial airliner crashes minutes after taking off from an airport in Bucharest causing suspicions to rise.
Air DisastersS13, EP8 "Lethal Limits"An investigation into a jet crash from 2008 leads to a drastic change into the Russian aviation system.
Air DisastersS12, EP6 "Deadly Space"A Virgin Galactic commercial spacecraft, the VSS Enterprise, crashes during a 2014 test flight to the outer reaches of the Earth's atmosphere.
Air DisastersS12, EP3 "Deadly Distraction"Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Air DisastersS18, EP6 "Who's In Control"Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 stalls and crashes less than a mile from the runway while approaching Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
Air DisastersS2, EP11 "The Plane That Flew Too High"West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes down killing 160 people in 2005 ultimately leading to the bankruptcy of the troubled airline.
Air DisastersS7, EP9 "Vertigo"On January 3, 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 banks to the right just after takeoff and crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board.
Air DisastersS3, EP6 "Break Up Over Texas"Near the end of its flight, Continental Express Flight 2574 suffers wing damage and goes into a dive falling out of the sky.
Air DisastersS12, EP1 "Nuts and Bolts"When an American cargo plane crashes moments after takeoff, investigators uncover a systemic problem with aircraft maintenance.
Air DisastersS12, EP9 "Deadly Go Round"When an A300 stalls and crashes just before landing in Japan, fears arise about the plane's complex automated systems.
Air DisastersS20, EP1 "Headline News"Three devastating crashes make front-page news around the globe, and the media frenzy puts intense pressure on investigators to uncover the causes.
Air DisastersS20, EP2 "Rookie Errors"History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.
Air DisastersS20, EP3 "Collision Course"A passenger ferry sinks after crashing into rocks off the coast of a Greek island, killing 82, and leading to a shocking investigation.
Air DisastersS18, EP12 "Flying on Empty"When Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel, its pilots desperately try to keep it in the air.
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