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Season 8 – Air Disasters

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Statistically, traveling by airplane is safer than driving and other forms of transportation, but when something goes wrong during a flight, it can be catastrophic with potentially hundreds of lives at stake. This series examines some of the world's worst air disasters, using official reports, transcripts and interviews with people involved to tell the stories of midair mishaps and discover what went wrong in each case. Episodes include a discussion of how the weather affects flights -- including stories of aviation disasters and near-misses -- and a New Year's Eve flight that fell from the sky into the Florida Everglades.
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Air Disasters — Season 8

Air Disasters — Season 8

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Bill Ratner

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Episode 1 Aired Oct 16, 2016 Choosing Sides British Midland Flight 92 slams into Britain's busy M1 motorway and it seems like a rare case of dual engine failure, but investigators learn the real cause was a tragic misunderstanding. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 23, 2016 Testing the Limits On 26 May 1991, the thrust reverser on the number one engine of Lauda Air Flight 004 deploys in flight without being commanded, causing the aircraft to spiral out of control, disintegrate, and crash about 100 miles northwest of Bangkok. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 30, 2016 Vanishing Act Investigators face a mystery when Varig Flight 254 disappears without a trace over the jungles of Brazil. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 8, 2017 Sideswiped A Boeing 737 leaving Panama City crashes into one of the most remote and treacherous jungles on the planet. Details Episode 5 Aired Jan 15, 2017 The Final Push Investigators try to find the cause of two similar air crashes that happened nearly 12 years apart. Details Episode 6 Aired Jan 22, 2017 The Death of JFK Jr. When John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Piper Saratoga crashed in 1999, the NTSB faces big pressure to find the wreckage and the cause. Details Episode 7 Aired Jan 29, 2017 Concorde: Up in Flames On 25 July 2000, a Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 stalls and crashes into a hotel in Gonesse shortly after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport, killing all of the 109 people on board and 4 on the ground. Details Episode 8 Aired Feb 12, 2017 Accident or Assassination A plane carrying Mexico's interior minister crashes into Mexico City's financial district. Details Episode 9 Aired Feb 19, 2017 No Clear Options When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation safety. Details Episode 10 Aired Feb 26, 2017 Death in the Arctic On 20 August 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a charter flight, crashes near its destination of Resolute Bay Airport, Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, in poor weather conditions; out of the fifteen passengers and crew members, only three survived. Details
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Season Info

Network
Smithsonian Channel
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 16, 2016