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Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

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S3, EP1 "Blind Spot"

In 1978, PSA Flight 182 collides with a Cessna and crashes into a San Diego residential area, killing everyone on both planes and seven people on the ground.

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S1, EP5 "Dead Weight"

Air Midwest Flight 5481 plummets to the ground just after takeoff, killing all on board and injuring one on the ground.

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S2, EP11 "The Plane That Flew Too High"

West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes down killing 160 people in 2005; it leads to the bankruptcy of the troubled airline.

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S17, EP7 "Tree Strike Terror"

After a passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing, investigators attempt to uncover why the plane was flying so low.

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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, Courtenay Stevens, Damir Andrei, David Guthrie, Frank Nakashima, Hannah Cheesman, Jamie Spilchuk, Jon De Leon, Jonathan Aris, Patrick Galligan, Robert B. Kennedy, Rowan Vickers, Sarah Slywchuk, Stephen Sparks, Tre Smith
Original Air Date: May 15, 2011
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
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