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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.
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S16, EP4 "Grounded: Boeing Max 8"
Indonesian investigators must determine why a Boeing 737 Max 8 -- one of the world's best-selling new airplanes -- plunged into the Java Sea.
S9, EP6 "Carnage in Sao Paolo"
TAM flight 402 slammed into a residential neighborhood and burst into flames, just seconds after lifting off from Congonhas airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 95 people on board and three people on the ground.
S4, EP3 "Caution to the Wind"
On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai-shek airport in Taipei while attempting to take off on the wrong runway in a typhoon, killing 83 of the 179 people on board.
S21, EP3 "Blown Apart"
Partnair Flight 394 loses control, breaks up in midair and crashes into the North Sea; the aircraft's vertical stabilizer vibrates loose during flight due to excessive wear on substandard bolts, sleeves and pins that have been illegally sold.
