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Partnair Flight 394 loses control, breaks up in midair and crashes into the North Sea; the aircraft's vertical stabilizer vibrates loose during flight due to excessive wear on substandard bolts, sleeves and pins that have been illegally sold.

Partnair Flight 394 loses control, breaks up in midair and crashes into the North Sea; the aircraft's vertical stabilizer vibrates loose during flight due to excessive wear on substandard bolts, sleeves and pins that have been illegally sold.

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S4, EP1 "Fight for Control"

A propeller breaks off and rips a hole in the fuselage of an aircraft en route from Alaska to Washington 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean.

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S3, EP8 "The Invisible Plane"

SAS Flight 686 takes off from Milan's Linate Airport and moments later collides with a Cessna on the runway.

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S16, EP4 "Grounded: Boeing Max 8"

Indonesian investigators must determine why a Boeing 737 Max 8 -- one of the world's best-selling new airplanes -- plunged into the Java Sea.

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S9, EP6 "Carnage in Sao Paolo"

TAM flight 402 slammed into a residential neighborhood and burst into flames, just seconds after lifting off from Congonhas airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 95 people on board and three people on the ground.

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S24, EP5 "Eleven Deadly Seconds"

Solving the crash of China Airlines Flight 676 hinges on 11 baffling seconds when neither pilot controls the airplane.

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S24, EP4 "Without Warning"

Two float planes collide midair near an Alaskan waterfall. One shatters; the other crash-lands intact. With no warning before impact, investigators use wreckage clues and 3D tech to uncover how-and why-the deadly crash occurred.

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S24, EP3 "Deadly Departure"

After a DC-8 cargo plane with only three working engines crashes on takeoff in Kansas City, investigators uncover a flaw in the pilots' training.

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S24, EP2 "Disaster At Dutch Harbor"

While landing at a notoriously tricky Alaskan island airport, the pilots of a twin turboprop can't stop their plane.

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: Bill Lake, Brad Borbridge, Clinton Lee Pontes, Craig Eldridge, Dom Fiore, Frank Nakashima, Jeff Sinasac, Jimi Shlag, Johnathan Sousa, Jonathan Aris, Oliver Dawson, Patrick Galligan, Peter Pasyk, Rowan Vickers, Thom Marriott
Original Air Date: May 15, 2011
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
22 seasons available on demand
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