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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.
S11, EP2 "Killer Attitude"
The pairing of a domineering pilot and an inexperienced first officer has deadly consequences in northern Minnesota.
S1, EP10 "Phantom Strike"
In September 2006, a brand-new legacy business jet collides with a Boeing 737 over the Amazon forest.
S18, EP22 "Ripped Apart"
Design innovations evolve as a result of terrible air disasters due to pressurization failure or explosive decompression.
S11, EP3 "Deadly Myth"
The crash of a commuter flight to Detroit leads investigators to a cause the industry has known about for years.
