Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, 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.
Sendedatum: 2025-07-20
Laufzeit: 44 min
Übersicht: A massive explosion tears a hole in a 747 over Hawaii, and the trail of clues ultimately leads investigators to a catastrophic short circuit.
Sendedatum: 2026-01-04
Laufzeit: 44 min
Übersicht: While landing at a notoriously tricky Alaskan island airport, the pilots of a twin turboprop can’t stop their plane.
Sendedatum: 2026-01-11
Laufzeit: 44 min
Übersicht: After a DC-8 cargo plane with only three working engines crashes on takeoff in Kansas City, investigators uncover a flaw in the pilots’ training.
Sendedatum: 2026-01-18
Laufzeit: 44 min
Übersicht: Two float planes collide midair near an Alaskan waterfall. One shatters; the other crash-lands intact. With no warning before impact, investigators use wreckage clues and 3D tech to uncover how—and why—the deadly crash occurred.
Sendedatum: 2026-01-25
Laufzeit: 44 min
Übersicht: Solving the crash of China Airlines Flight 676 hinges on 11 baffling seconds when neither pilot controls the airplane.
Sendedatum: 2026-02-01
Laufzeit: 44 min
Übersicht: With flames emerging through the cockpit floor, the pilots of Pilgrim Airlines 458 manage a heroic landing on a frozen Rhode Island reservoir.
Sendedatum: 2026-02-08
Laufzeit: 44 min
Übersicht: After Colgan Air 9446 crashes off Cape Cod, investigators must determine what brought down a widely-used commuter aircraft in under three minutes.
Sendedatum: 2026-02-15
Laufzeit: 44 min
Übersicht: Three hundred people are killed in one of the deadliest aviation accidents of all time after a fire breaks out on board Saudia Flight 163.
Sendedatum: 2026-02-22
Laufzeit: 44 min
Übersicht: With rising young football star Emiliano Sala on board, a chartered Piper Malibu suddenly disappears from radar over the English Channel.
Sendedatum: 2026-03-01
Laufzeit: 44 min
Übersicht: When Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes shortly after takeoff, the catastrophe leads to the grounding of the entire Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet.
