Air Crash Investigation: Special Report S04E03 · Lethal Choices

Overview

Faced with a mid-air crisis, pilots must make life-and-death decisions, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

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Episodes

1. 1 1. Dead of Night2021-01-10 · 44mConfused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.
2. 2 2. Engine Gone2021-01-17 · 44mThree crews experience the same devastating event, but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.
3. 3 3. Lethal Choices2021-01-24 · 44mFaced with a mid-air crisis, pilots must make life-and-death decisions, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.
4. 4 4. Risky Runways2021-01-31 · 44mIn Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, three flight crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.
5. 5 5. Landings Gone Wrong2021-02-07 · 44mRelying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.
6. 6 6. Frozen Wings2021-02-08 · 44mThree planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.
7. 7 7. Runway Collisions2021-02-11 · 44mThree catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway at the same time?
8. 8 8. Cockpit Breakdown2021-02-12 · 44mIllustrating the deadly consequences of a mismatched crew, three flights end in tragedy, leaving investigators to unravel what went wrong.
9. 9 9. Splash Down2021-02-14 · 44mThree last-resort water landings-all handled differently-yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.
10. 10 10. Northern Extremes2021-02-15 · 44mFaced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.