Air Disasters S20E13 · VIP on Board

Overview

Special — Multiple incidents: Crashes that claimed prominent figures, and the extraordinary scrutiny those investigations drew.

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Subtitles

Episodes

1. 1 1. Headline News2023-07-30 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Three crashes that made front-page news around the world, and how intense media pressure shaped the investigations that followed.
2. 2 2. Rookie Errors2023-08-06 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents, including LAPA Flight 3142, American Airlines Flight 587, and Colgan Air Flight 3407: Even highly trained crews can fall prey to the most basic mistak
3. 3 3. Collision Course2023-08-13 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Mid-air and on-course collisions, and the systems built to keep aircraft — and vessels — safely apart.
4. 4 4. Engines Out2023-08-20 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: When an aircraft loses all engine power, training and airmanship become the last line of defense.
5. 5 5. Fuel Trouble2023-08-27 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Flights brought down not by their machinery but by the fuel meant to keep them flying — from mismanagement to mechanical failure.
6. 6 6. Perilous Payload2023-09-03 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Aircraft fatally out of balance from misloaded or unsecured cargo — a risk that's entirely preventable, yet keeps recurring.
7. 7 7. Runway in Sight2023-09-10 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Crashes that happened with the airport already in view, when the final moments of flight proved the most dangerous.
8. 8 8. Deadly Confusion2023-09-17 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Cockpits overwhelmed by conflicting information, where confusion in critical seconds turned recoverable situations into disasters.
9. 9 9. Radio Silence2023-09-24 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Flights that stopped responding to the outside world, and the race to understand what was happening on board.
10. 10 10. Design Flaws2023-10-01 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Hidden weaknesses engineered into aircraft long before takeoff, and the crashes that finally exposed them.
11. 11 11. Heat of the Moment2024-01-07 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Crews forced to make split-second decisions under extreme pressure — some heroic, some catastrophic.
12. 12 12. Instrument Confusion2024-01-14 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: When the instruments pilots depend on begin feeding them lies, crews must decide what — and whether — to believe.
13. 13 13. VIP on Board2024-01-21 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Crashes that claimed prominent figures, and the extraordinary scrutiny those investigations drew.
14. 14 14. Lapse in Security2024-01-28 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Disasters that began on the ground, when security measures meant to protect passengers failed.
15. 15 15. Mountain Impact2024-02-04 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Aircraft brought down by terrain, and the technology developed to keep crews from flying into mountains they never saw.
16. 16 16. Survivors2024-02-11 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Passengers and crew who lived through the unthinkable, and what their stories reveal about surviving a crash.
17. 17 17. Death from Above2024-02-18 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Disasters that reached beyond the aircraft, when falling planes and debris brought tragedy to those below.
18. 18 18. Courage in the Cockpit2024-02-25 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Crews who faced impossible circumstances and, through skill and nerve, gave their passengers a fighting chance.
19. 19 19. Maintenance Mistakes2024-06-23 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Small errors in hangars and workshops that grew into catastrophes at altitude.
20. 20 20. Take Off Tragedies2024-06-30 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: The most critical seconds of any flight — and the crashes that happened before aircraft ever truly left the ground.
21. 21 21. Dead of Night2024-07-07 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Darkness strips pilots of the horizon and hides danger — these crashes show how quickly night flying can turn deadly.
22. 22 22. Engine Gone2024-07-14 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Engines that failed catastrophically — or tore away entirely — and the crews left to fly what remained.
23. 23 23. Lethal Choices2024-07-21 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Decisions made in cockpits and operations rooms that sealed a flight's fate long before the moment of impact.
24. 24 24. Risky Runways2024-07-28 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: The world's most demanding airports, where terrain, weather, and short pavement leave crews little margin for error.
25. 25 25. Landings Gone Wrong2024-08-04 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Approaches and touchdowns that unraveled in the final seconds, when nearly home proved not close enough.
26. 26 26. Frozen Wings2024-08-11 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Ice — nearly invisible and ruthlessly effective — and the flights it brought down before its dangers were fully understood.
27. 27 27. Runway Collisions2024-08-18 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Disasters that happened entirely on the ground, when two aircraft ended up on the same strip of pavement.
28. 28 28. Cockpit Breakdown2024-08-25 · 45mSpecial — Multiple incidents: When teamwork in the cockpit collapses — through conflict, hierarchy, or silence — the aircraft pays the price.
29. 29 29. Splash Down2024-09-01 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Flights that ended in the water, from controlled ditchings to high-speed impacts, and what determined who survived.
30. 30 30. Northern Extremes2024-09-08 · 44mSpecial — Multiple incidents: Aviation at the edge of the map, where cold, isolation, and unforgiving conditions magnify every mistake.