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: 2015-09-13
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The 1988 flight of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, which saw the top of its fuselage torn off due to an explosive decompression, is recalled.
Air date: 2015-09-06
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A surface-to-air missile cripples a cargo plane just after it leaves Baghdad International Airport.
Air date: 2015-08-30
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Japan Airlines Flight 123, the worst single-plane crash in history and the simple error made years earlier that caused it.
Air date: 2015-08-23
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: FedEx employees fend off an attack by a coworker.
Air date: 2015-08-16
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A mid-flight bombing aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 forces its pilots to attempt a daring landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
Air date: 2015-08-09
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A Navy cruiser in the Persian Gulf must determine if an incoming plane is friend or foe.
Air date: 2016-02-14
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The 1995 crash of a Super Puma helicopter in the North Sea while ferrying workers to an oil platform is recounted.
Air date: 2016-02-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The worst plane crash in Egypt's history becomes one the most controversial when the investigation focuses on one pilot's intentions.
Air date: 2016-02-28
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A pilot allows his teen son to fly the plane; tragedy results.
Air date: 2016-03-06
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The story of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, which was hijacked while on a routine trip to the Ivory Coast. The hijackers demanded to be taken to Australia, but there was one problem: the plane didn't have enough fuel to make the trip.
