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Three FedEx employees must regain control of their plane when a coworker attacks them in midair.

Three FedEx employees must regain control of their plane when a coworker attacks them in midair.

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S4, EP9 "Hockey Team Tragedy"

A Russian passenger jet crashes into the Volga River, killing almost everyone on board; the incident turns into a national tragedy when rescuers discover the plane carried some of the country's famous athletes.

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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.

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S20, EP8 "Deadly Confusion"

JFK Jr. disappears on the way to Martha's Vineyard; a captain loses his bearings and crashes over the Red Sea; pilots crash a plane over Indonesia.

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S1, EP4 "Fanning the Flames"

A complex recovery operation is launched to find out if a 747 which disappeared into the Indian Ocean was carrying illegal weapons.

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S25, EP1 "Pacific Ditching"

Just after takeoff from Honolulu, TransAir Flight 810 loses power and ditches in the Pacific; both pilots survive, blaming dual engine failure-but when the Boeing 737 is recovered, the wreckage reveals a different cause.

Statistically, traveling by airplane is safer than driving and other forms of transportation, but when something goes wrong during a flight, it can be catastrophic with potentially hundreds of lives at stake. This series examines some of the world's worst air disasters, using official reports, transcripts and interviews with people involved to tell the stories of midair mishaps and discover what went wrong in each case. Episodes include a discussion of how the weather affects flights -- including stories of aviation disasters and near-misses -- and a New Year's Eve flight that fell from the sky into the Florida Everglades.
Starring: Caden Douglas, Christian Lloyd, Damir Andrei, Dom Fiore, Frank Nakashima, Jamie Spilchuk, Jim Annan, Jonathan Aris, Marc Devigne, Oliver Dawson, Peter Nelson, Robert B. Kennedy, Rowan Vickers, Thom Marriott, Tufford Kennedy
Original Air Date: May 15, 2011
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
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