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: 2016-10-16
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: One of the worst crashes in British history has a stunning cause that changed aviation safety forever.
Air date: 2016-10-23
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: What caused a 767 to break apart in mid-air? A world-famous race car driver discovers a surprising answer.
Air date: 2016-10-30
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: After a terrifying crash, survivors face a new challenge: surviving the remote Brazilian jungle.
Air date: 2017-01-08
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Relive the crash of Copa Airlines Flight 201 and the harrowing investigation in one of the world's most remote jungles.
Air date: 2017-01-15
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: See if two MD-11 planes crashes, nearly 12 years apart, were both the result of pilot error or a flaw in the aircraft itself.
Air date: 2017-01-22
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Relive one of the most shocking air disasters in American history as we revisit the 1999 crash that killed JFK Jr.
Air date: 2017-01-29
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Follow investigators as they use the few remaining pieces of a fiery crash to explain a Concorde's doomed flight.
Air date: 2017-02-12
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Mexico's war with drug cartels appears to reach a terrifying new level when a special government charter carrying the president's right-hand man plummets to Earth. There's speculation that this plane crash was no accident but an assassination. The investigation takes a startling new turn after the cockpit voice recorder is recovered. Revisit the night when Mexico City's financial district became an inferno and follow examiners from the crash scene investigation to the shocking conclusion that changed everything.
Air date: 2017-02-19
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation safety.
Air date: 2017-02-26
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: An investigation of a charter plane that moves off course and goes down in Canada's far north.
