Air Crash Investigation
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Air Crash InvestigationCatastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously re-enacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters could have been prevented. Accounts from survivors combine with cockpit recordings and computer images to weave the gripping tales, and expert testimony reveals the hows and whys behind the events, some of which have resulted in important changes to aviation safety and regulations.No live or upcoming content available at this time
S22, EP10 "Loss of a Legend"When basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, investigators look for clues amid a global deluge of grief.
S22, EP9 "Pitch Black"In 1983, Air Illinois Flight 710 crashes into an open pasture area in poor weather while en route to Southern Illinois Airport, killing all 10 people on board; the cause of the crash was the pilots' mismanagement of an electrical problem.
S22, EP8 "Tree Strike Terror"In November of 1995, American Airlines flight 1572 clips the tops of trees along Peak Mountain Ridge and strikes an instrument landing system antenna at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, Conn.
S22, EP7 "Turboprop Terror"After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight and uncover an industry-wide safety problem.
S22, EP4 "Double Trouble: TransAir Cargo Flight 671"After an explosion rips both engines off the right wing, the pilots of Transair 671 manage a miraculous landing at a French military airfield.
S22, EP2 "Terror Over Michigan: TWA Flight 841"After a Boeing 727's near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine why TWA Flight 841 fell out of the sky.
S22, EP1 "Pacific Plunge: Air Alaska Flight 261"When Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedives into the Pacific, investigators uncover a critical maintenance issue with deadly implications.
S12, EP12 "28 Seconds to Survive"When an alarm warns the pilots of Flight 518 that they are dangerously close to the ground, the aircraft suddenly smashes into a mountain.
S12, EP11 "Heading for Disaster"A look at the frightening crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 in 2010; after ruling out terrorists, investigators came to a highly controversial conclusion.
S12, EP10 "Death of the President"When Polish President Lech Kaczynski is killed in a plane crash, investigators discover that this was not simply a pilot error.
S12, EP9 "Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster"Investigation into the 2011 air disaster that killed an entire top-flight Russian ice hockey team.
S12, EP8 "Focused on Failure"Experts investigate the shocking crash of United Airlines Flight 173 in which all four engines failed resulting in the death of ten people in Oregon.
S12, EP7 "America's Deadliest"On May 25, 1979, Flight 191 crashes into a trailer park moments after takeoff; 271 people aboard were killed.
S12, EP6 "Grand Canyon Disaster"Experts investigate the collision of two planes over the Grand Canyon in 1956, uncovering a frightening problem that threatened the entire aviation system.
S12, EP5 "Blind Landing"Experts face a tricky investigation into the crash of TANS Peru Flight 204 after key evidence is looted from the crash site.
S12, EP4 "Pushed to the Limit"SilkAir Flight 185 en route to Singapore crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia after abruptly plunging from its 35,000 feet cruising altitude, killing all 97 passengers on board.
S12, EP3 "Caution to the Wind"Following a fatal crash in treacherous conditions at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek airport, investigators make a shocking discovery on the runway.
S12, EP2 "Fire in the Hold"A ValuJet bursts into flames and crashes in the Florida Everglades which reignites a controversy that rocks the FAA.
S12, EP1 "Fight for Control"Internal US flight loses a propeller 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean.
S10, EP6 "Who's in Control?"Investigation into the 2009 crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 195. Just before landing in Amsterdam, the plane mysteriously fell from the sky, killing nine people.
S10, EP5 "Hudson River Runway"Shortly after take-off, US Airways Flight 1549 encounters a bird strike and lands on the Hudson River.
S10, EP4 "Dead Tired"In the worst U.S. crash in more than seven years, a Buffalo-bound flight stalls and plummets into a suburban home in 2009.
S10, EP3 "Pilot Betrayed"Two minutes after Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 leaves Stockholm in 1991, smoke filters through the cabin and both engines fail, one erupting into flames.
S10, EP2 "The Heathrow Enigma"British Airways' flight number 38 suffers from double engine failure and crashes near Heathrow in 2008.
S10, EP1 "Cockpit Failure"Minutes before they're scheduled to land in Zurich, the pilots of a routine passenger flight can't find the runway. They abort and power up the engines in order to climb, but they are too late.
S5, EP8 "Mixed Signals"Conflicting alarms confuse pilots of Birgenair Flight 301 before it crashes into the ocean with no survivors.
S5, EP5 "Dead Weight"Air Midwest Flight 5481 plane plummets to the ground just after take off killing all on board and injuring one on the ground.
S5, EP1 "Invisible Killer"During a storm, a strong gale slams Delta Airlines Flight 191 to the ground killing most people on board.
Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously re-enacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters could have been prevented. Accounts from survivors combine with cockpit recordings and computer images to weave the gripping tales, and expert testimony reveals the hows and whys behind the events, some of which have resulted in important changes to aviation safety and regulations.
Original Air Date: Sep 3, 2003
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TVG
Playback: HD
4 seasons available on demand (28 episodes)
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