Aircrash Confidential

Season 1

TV-PG

Every air crash is a catastrophe, leaving behind bereaved families and ruined lives. But each air crash is also a lesson. From each disaster, we have learned how to build safer planes, evacuate passengers with greater speed and improve systems to avoid collisions. Lives have been saved because of what these tragedies have taught us.

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6 Episodes

Pilot Error
E1
Pilot ErrorIncompetent pilots have caused countless horrific crashes, but in their desperate attempt to eliminate human error, have airlines actually made flying more risky?
Engineering Error
E2
Engineering ErrorPlanes hold lives in the balance but sometimes there are fatal errors in their design. Find out why a Jumbo Jet exploded mid-flight and DC10s fell from the sky.
Terrorism
E3
TerrorismPlanes are an ideal terrorist target, carrying hundreds of potential victims and assuring worldwide publicity. How can new technologies stop hijackers getting on board?
Collisions
E4
CollisionsWhen 47 children died in a plane crash, one grieving dad tracked down the air traffic controller on duty and murdered him. Why do these fatal collisions still occur?
Extreme Weather
E5
Extreme WeatherWhy does bad weather crash planes? And how did Juliane Koepcke survive when lightning struck her flight, and she plunged into a rainforest, still strapped in her seat?
Fire On Board
E6
Fire On BoardWhen fire breaks out on a flight passengers only have two minutes to escape. Experts explore why some don't make it, and how larger planes pose a greater threat.