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Pilots are prepared to cope with a range of emergency scenarios, but failures in training can lead to catastrophe in the cockpit.

Pilots are prepared to cope with a range of emergency scenarios, but failures in training can lead to catastrophe in the cockpit.

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S19, EP6 "Cockpit Catastrophe"

The cockpit window of an Airbus A319 explodes; pilots miraculously land the out-of-control plane; investigators must determine how the freshly serviced aircraft was released with a fatal flaw.

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S15, EP8 "No Warning"

Investigators must figure out why the safety systems of a turboprop plane failed to prevent a crash into an Indonesian mountain.

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S14, EP6 "Killer in the Cockpit?"

A look at the commercial flights that ended in disaster because of suspected murder-suicide.

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S8, EP6 "The Death of JFK Jr."

When John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Piper Saratoga crashed in 1999, the NTSB faces big pressure to find the wreckage and the cause.

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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 behind it.

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: Andrew Gillies, Brandon Coffey, David Guthrie, Frank Nakashima, Henry Kwok, Jack Grinhaus, Jeanie Calleja, Johnathan Sousa, Jonathan Aris, Luke Marty, Marc Devigne, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Sean Baek, Shauna Bradley, Stephen Sparks
Original Air Date: May 15, 2011
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
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