Air Disasters
Season 9
201710 episodes
Episode 1
Fatal Transmission
Mar 5, 201745m
On Nov 19, 1996 — United Express Flight 5925 (Beechcraft 1900): Landing at Quincy, Illinois, a commuter flight collides with a private plane departing on an intersecting runway, and investigators ask why no one escaped a survivable crash.
Episode 2
Terror in San Francisco
Mar 12, 201745m
On Jul 6, 2013 — Asiana Airlines Flight 214 (Boeing 777): On a clear day at San Francisco, a wide-body strikes the seawall short of the runway — the first fatal crash of a 777 — with the world watching the investigation.
Episode 3
High Rise Catastrophe
Oct 15, 201745m
On Oct 4, 1992 — El Al Flight 1862 (Boeing 747): Minutes after takeoff from Amsterdam, a cargo jumbo begins rolling violently and, fighting back toward the airport, comes down on a high-rise apartment complex.
Episode 4
Fatal Focus
Oct 22, 201745m
On Mar 7, 2007 — Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (Boeing 737): A morning flight slams onto the runway at Yogyakarta and careens off the end, and investigators turn to dramatic video captured at the scene.
Episode 5
Fatal Delivery
Oct 29, 201745m
On Sep 3, 2010 — UPS Flight 6 (Boeing 747): Shortly after leaving Dubai, fire spreads through a cargo jumbo's main deck, forcing the crew into a nearly blind attempt to get back on the ground.
Episode 6
Carnage in Sao Paolo
Nov 5, 201745m
On Oct 31, 1996 — TAM Flight 402 (Fokker 100): Seconds after takeoff from São Paulo's Congonhas Airport, an airliner banks out of control into a crowded neighborhood, and investigators chase a failure almost no pilot had trained for.
Episode 7
Deadly Delay
Nov 12, 201745m
TMDB rating 9.5TMDB
On Aug 20, 2008 — Spanair Flight 5022 (MD-82): After a long delay on a scorching Madrid afternoon, a jet rolls hard on takeoff and slams down beside the runway, and an international team probes how an experienced crew lost it.
Episode 8
Steep Impact
Nov 19, 201745m
On Apr 5, 1991 — Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 (Embraer 120): A commuter turboprop carrying a NASA astronaut and a former U.S. senator crashes on approach to Brunswick, Georgia — with no flight recorders to guide investigators.
Episode 9
Edge of Disaster
Nov 26, 201745m
TMDB rating 9.5TMDB
On Oct 10, 2006 — Atlantic Airways Flight 670 (BAe 146): Landing on Norway's Stord Island, a commuter jet skids off the runway and down a steep cliff, and escape becomes a race against fire.
Episode 10
Deadly Mission
Dec 3, 201745m
On Sep 18, 1961 — UN charter "Albertina" (DC-6): Carrying UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld on a secret peace mission, a plane goes down in the African night near Ndola — a mystery that has fueled decades of controversy.