Smithsonian Channel • 5:00 AM UTC • 1hAir 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.
Smithsonian Channel • 6:00 AM UTC • 1hAir DisastersS8, EP9 "No Clear Options"When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation safety.
Smithsonian Channel • 7:00 AM UTC • 1hAir DisastersS18, EP16 "Deadly Crossroads"A Bashkirian Airlines Flight collides with a DHL Flight in German airspace near Überlingen.
Smithsonian Channel • 8:00 AM UTC • 1hAir DisastersS18, EP23 "Fatal Flaw"Accidents caused by minor defects or errors.
Smithsonian Channel • 9:00 AM UTC • 1hAir 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.
Smithsonian Channel • 10:00 AM UTC • 1hAir 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.
Smithsonian Channel • 11:00 AM UTC • 1hAir DisastersS2, EP2 "Target Is Destroyed"During the Cold War, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a fighter jet when it violates Soviet airspace.
Smithsonian Channel • 12:00 PM UTC • 1hAir DisastersS18, EP3 "Pilot Betrayed"Following the story of the Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 and Captain Rasmussen.
Smithsonian Channel • Aired May 17, 2024 • 1hAir DisastersS1, EP7 "Explosive Evidence"A bomb explodes on Air India Flight 182 en route from Canada to India causing it to disintegrate over the coast of Ireland.
Smithsonian Channel • Aired May 17, 2024 • 1hAir DisastersS1, EP8 "Mixed Signals"Conflicting alarms confuse pilots of Birgenair Flight 301 before it crashes into the ocean with no survivors.
Smithsonian Channel • Aired May 17, 2024 • 1hAir DisastersS1, EP10 "Phantom Strike"In September 2006, a brand-new Legacy business jet collides with a Boeing 737 over the Amazon Rain Forest.
Smithsonian Channel • Aired May 17, 2024 • 1hAir DisastersS6, EP1 "Hanging by a Thread"A roof tears off a plane at 24,000 feet in the sky of an Aloha Airlines 737.
Smithsonian Channel • Aired May 17, 2024 • 1hAir DisastersS15, EP7 "Atlantic Ditching"A helicopter carrying offshore drilling workers crashes into the ocean, leading to an investigation that reveals a fatal flaw in the chopper's design.
Smithsonian Channel • Aired May 17, 2024 • 1hAir DisastersS16, EP1 "North Sea Nightmare"A modern turboprop nosedives towards the North Sea after being struck by lightning, an unusual feature in the plane may explain why.
Smithsonian Channel • Aired May 17, 2024 • 1hAir DisastersS18, EP4 "Dead Tired"Colgan Air Flight 3407 stalls at low altitude and dives into a residential area near Buffalo, New York.
Smithsonian Channel • Aired May 17, 2024 • 1hAir DisastersS5, EP7 "Massacre Over The Mediterranean"On 27 June 1980, Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Ustica, Italy; all 81 people on board are killed.
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