Air Crash Investigation

Season 6

This TV series depicts major real-life air disasters. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice-recorders and air-traffic-control transcripts, as well as eyewitness accounts, interviews with aviation experts, including interviews with investigators who dealt with the disaster, and sometimes even actual footage.

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10 Episodes

Hanging by a Thread
E1
Hanging by a ThreadThe 1988 flight of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, which saw the top of its fuselage torn off due to an explosive decompression, is recalled.
Attack Over Baghdad
E2
Attack Over BaghdadA surface-to-air missile cripples a cargo plane just after it leaves Baghdad International Airport.
Out of Control
E3
Out of ControlJapan Airlines Flight 123, the worst single-plane crash in history and the simple error made years earlier that caused it.
Fight for Your Life
E4
Fight for Your LifeFedEx employees fend off an attack by a coworker.
Bomb on Board
E5
Bomb on BoardA mid-flight bombing aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 forces its pilots to attempt a daring landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
Mistaken Identity
E6
Mistaken IdentityA Navy cruiser in the Persian Gulf must determine if an incoming plane is friend or foe.
Helicopter Down
E7
Helicopter DownThe 1995 crash of a Super Puma helicopter in the North Sea while ferrying workers to an oil platform is recounted.
Death and Denial
E8
Death and DenialThe worst plane crash in Egypt's history becomes one the most controversial when the investigation focuses on one pilot's intentions.
Kid in the Cockpit
E9
Kid in the CockpitA pilot allows his teen son to fly the plane; tragedy results.
Ocean Landing
E10
Ocean LandingThe 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.