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Air Disasters
S2, EP405 "Eleven Deadly Seconds"Solving the crash of China Airlines Flight 676 hinges on 11 baffling seconds when neither pilot controls the airplane.
Air Disasters
S6, EP9 "Kid in the Cockpit"A pilot's decision to let his 15-year-old son fly has disastrous consequences on a commercial flight.
Air Disasters
S10, EP9 "Deadly Solution"Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 stalls and crashes into the Java Sea while flying through a thunderstorm.
Air Disasters
S16, 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.
Air Disasters
S4, EP4 "Pushed to the Limit"SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River in Indonesia after abruptly diving from its cruise altitude.
Air Disasters
S14, EP3 "Hero Pilots"Three flights headed for disaster are saved at the last moment by heroes in the cockpit.
Air Disasters
S20, EP24 "Risky Runways"In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, the toughest landings on earth pushed three flight crews.
Air Disasters
S3, EP11 "Nowhere to Land"Pilots of TACA Flight 110 make a remarkable landing on a narrow levee, but investigators must find out why the engines in a brand new plane failed.
Air Disasters
S6, EP4 "Out of Control"A simple error years prior causes the deadliest single-plane crash in history.
Air Disasters
S4, EP11 "Subtle Incapacitation"The 2010 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 sparks rumors of terrorism.
Air Disasters
S1, EP9 "Fatal Distraction"Pilots of Eastern Airline Flight 401 try to determine why both landing-gear lights do not function on an L-1011, tragically distracting them.
Air Disasters
S12, EP8 "Deadly Inclination"An Alitalia airliner crashes into a forested hillside just a few miles from a Zurich runway.
Air Disasters
S14, EP2 "Fatal Friction"Human flaws cause three plane crashes in England, Colorado and Minnesota.
Air Disasters
S4, EP12 "Seconds to Survive"On 21 February 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 strays off course and flies into the side of a mountain shortly after takeoff.
Air Disasters
S11, EP5 "Lethal Turn"Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashes into mountainous woodlands while trying to land at Polonia International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, in low visibility.
Air Disasters
S3, EP4 "Impossible Landing"A look at the fate of United Airlines Flight 232 which crashed into Sioux City's runway in 1989; it caused a subsequent explosion that left 111 people dead.