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