
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.

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.

On July 17, 2007, TAM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off runway 35L at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, and crashes at high speed into a warehouse adjacent to a petrol station killing nearly 200 people.

West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes down killing 160 people in 2005, ultimately leading to the bankruptcy of the troubled airline.

Arrow Air Flight 1285 with 248 American soldiers on board crashes seconds after refueling in Newfoundland.