Season 20 (2023)

Headline News
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July 30, 2023 • 44m

American Airlines Flight 77 slams into the Pentagon on America's darkest day of the 21st century. TWA Flight 800 explodes over Lon...Read more

Rookie Errors
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August 6, 2023 • 44m

While commercial pilots undergo hundreds of hours of training and testing, even experienced pilots can make deadly rookie errors.

Collision Course
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August 13, 2023 • 44m

Authorities scramble for answers when a passenger plane collides with a military fighter jet in California, and two commercial pla...Read more

Engines Out
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August 20, 2023 • 44m

When an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world.

Fuel Trouble
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August 27, 2023 • 44m

Three mysterious accidents send investigators hunting for clues. In the end, all three trails lead back to the same source - the fuel tank.

Perilous Payload
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September 3, 2023 • 44m

Three planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation. It's a flight risk that's entirely preventa...Read more

Runway in Sight
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September 10, 2023 • 44m

If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.

Deadly Confusion
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September 17, 2023 • 44m

Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents. Even the most experienced pilots are susceptible to its ...Read more

Radio Silence
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September 24, 2023 • 44m

Radio silence between pilots and air traffic controllers can mean many different things, but only the physical evidence can reveal...Read more

Design Flaws
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October 1, 2023 • 44m

When former race car driver Niki Lauda's planes nosedives into a Thai jungle, a one-in-a-million failure reveals a weak spot in every Boeing 767.

Heat of the Moment
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January 7, 2024 • 44m

Dashcam footage aids in the investigation of a fatal TransAsia crash, experts determine the cause of a botched emergency landing, ...Read more

Instrument Confusion
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January 14, 2024 • 44m

A Boeing 737 vanishes off the radar, a South Korean jet slams into the English countryside moments after takeoff, and an inexperie...Read more

VIP on Board
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January 21, 2024 • 44m

Airplane crashes involving high-profile passengers—including a top diplomat and a Brazilian football team—put investigators under ...Read more

Lapse in Security
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January 28, 2024 • 44m

Traced to a breakdown of vital safety measures, three horrific disasters provoke fundamental changes to airport security procedures around the world.

Mountain Impact
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February 4, 2024 • 44m

Following three deadly crashes, investigators uncover dangerous mathematical flaws in the very operations systems designed to prev...Read more

Survivors
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February 11, 2024 • 44m

From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.

Death from Above
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February 18, 2024 • 44m

Mid-air tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a community, and rain terror on the people below.

Courage in the Cockpit
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February 25, 2024 • 44m

Devastating failures in the air put pilots to the test, and shine a light on three astonishing feats of flying.

Maintenance Mistakes
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June 23, 2024 • 44m

A trio of crashes reveals that when the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe.

Take Off Tragedies
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June 30, 2024 • 44m

Three flights ending in tragedy prove that minor missteps during takeoff can have disastrous consequences.

Dead of Night
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July 7, 2024 • 44m

Confused, flying blind, and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

Engine Gone
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July 14, 2024 • 44m

Three crews experience the same devastating event; but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

Lethal Choices
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July 21, 2024 • 44m

Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

Risky Runways
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July 28, 2024 • 44m

In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, the toughest landings on earth pushed three flight crews.

Landings Gone Wrong
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August 4, 2024 • 44m

Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

Frozen Wings
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August 11, 2024 • 44m

Three planes are brought down by ice and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.

Runway Collisions
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August 18, 2024 • 44m

Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question; a look at how two planes end up on the same runway at the same time.

Cockpit Breakdown
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August 25, 2024 • 44m

Three flights end in tragedy after miscommunication mix-ups and personality clashes; Investigators try to unravel what went wrong.

Splash Down
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September 1, 2024 • 44m

Three last-resort water landings, all handled differently yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.

Northern Extremes
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September 8, 2024 • 44m

Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.