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.
Air date: 2021-04-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Enter the cockpit of a high-tech turboprop as its pilots battle to keep their plane from slamming into the North Sea.
Air date: 2021-05-02
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Witness the final moments of ExecuFlight Flight 1526 and discover why it crashed into a residential neighborhood.
Air date: 2021-05-09
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Discover how out-of-date taxi charts and a casual conversation conspired to doom the takeoff of Comair Flight 5191.
Air date: 2021-05-16
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Follow investigators as they race to find out why a best-selling, new plane crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff.
Air date: 2021-05-23
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Relive the 2018 disaster of Southwest Airlines 1380, in which a passenger was nearly sucked from the plane mid-flight.
Air date: 2021-05-30
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Witness the Kathmandu crash of US-Bangla 211 and follow detectives as they investigate both the plane and the pilots.
Air date: 2021-06-06
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A plane loses control during a Gulf War refueling mission and investigators must determine if enemy fire was the cause.
Air date: 2021-06-13
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A commuter flight in New Zealand turns horrific for plane crash survivors, who may freeze to death before help arrives.
Air date: 2021-06-20
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Just 12 minutes after takeoff, a twin turboprop loses hydraulics, an engine, and then catches fire. Find out why.
Air date: 2021-06-27
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A last-minute repair may have played a key role in the crash of a plane leaving Madrid International Airport.
