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: 2013-03-03
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: In 1978, passengers and seven people on the ground die when a PSA flight crashed into a Cessna.
Air date: 2013-03-10
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Manchester United football team's plane crashes while returning from Yugoslavia, killing 23 aboard.
Air date: 2013-03-17
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Moments before a Pacific Southwest flight crashes in California, gunshots are heard in the cabin.
Air date: 2013-03-24
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: United Airlines Flight 232 crashes into Sioux City's runway in 1989.
Air date: 2013-03-31
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A Northwest Airlines flight above the Bering Sea must make an emergency landing in Anchorage.
Air date: 2013-04-07
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Continental Express Flight 2574 suffers wing damage and goes into a dive falling out of the sky.
Air date: 2013-04-14
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A burst tire creates an in-flight fire on flight 2120 which causes passengers and crew to perish.
Air date: 2013-04-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Moments after take-off, SAS Flight 686 collides with a Cessna on the runway.
Air date: 2013-04-28
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A Korean Air Cargo flight crashes in a field moments after takeoff from England's Stansted Airport.
Air date: 2013-05-05
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Arrow Air Flight 1285 with 248 American soldiers on board crashes after refueling in Newfoundland.
Air date: 2013-05-12
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: An emergency landing during a violent storm kills the engines of a 737.
