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.
Fecha de emisión: 2012-06-17
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 crashes just after take-off from Watson Island in Miami.
Fecha de emisión: 2012-06-24
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Korean Airlines Flight 007 is shot down by a fighter jet when it enters Soviet airspace.
Fecha de emisión: 2012-07-01
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: The importance of weather forecasting to the aviation industry.
Fecha de emisión: 2012-07-08
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: In August, 1985, an airplane's engine catches fire as it accelerates.
Fecha de emisión: 2012-07-15
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit.
Fecha de emisión: 2012-07-22
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: A design flaw on the Fokker F28 causes two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York.
Fecha de emisión: 2012-07-29
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a flyby during an air show.
Fecha de emisión: 2012-08-05
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.
Fecha de emisión: 2012-08-12
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: An Air Inter flight crashes into the Vosges Mountains while attempting to land.
Fecha de emisión: 2012-08-19
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: An air traffic controller's mistake causes two planes to collide on the runway.
Fecha de emisión: 2012-08-26
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: The West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crash ultimately leads to bankruptcy of the troubled airline.
Fecha de emisión: 2012-09-02
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: AM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off a runway and crashes into a warehouse next to a petrol station.
