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: 2026-03-08
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Just after takeoff from Honolulu, TransAir Flight 810 loses power and ditches in the Pacific. Both pilots survive, blaming dual engine failure—but when the Boeing 737 is recovered, the wreckage reveals a different cause behind the crash.
Air date: 2026-07-12
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: An Air Tahoma cargo plane is within sight of a Cincinnati runway when both engines flame out and the turboprop crashes into a golf course.
Air date: 2026-07-19
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: In Indonesia, the deadliest aviation market in the world, a Boeing 737 spirals out of the sky and nosedives into the Java Sea.
Air date: 2026-07-26
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Amid heavy fog and a rushed approach, Luxair Flight 50 falls out of the sky just a few miles short of Luxembourg airport.
Air date: 2026-08-02
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea.
Air date: 2026-08-09
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: After a Chinese airplane lands at a top-secret US Air Force base, the search is on for the cause of a deadly rollercoaster ride in the sky.
Air date: 2026-08-16
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: It’s 1985—the deadliest year in civilian aviation—and a DC-9 commuter plane crashes just seconds after takeoff from Milwaukee.
Air date: 2026-08-23
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: A C-130 firebomber crashes while battling an epic Australian wildfire. And ATSB investigators must determine the cause—within an active fire zone.
Air date: 2026-08-30
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Two planes collide while flying in the skies over southern Germany and investigators are stumped.
Air date: 2026-09-06
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: When a cargo plane test flight ends in disaster, investigators uncover a series of failures that doomed the DC-8 before it got off the ground.
