Air Disasters S05E06 · Into the Eye of the Storm

Overview

On Sep 15, 1989 — NOAA 42 "Kermit" (WP-3D Orion): A hurricane hunter crew flies into Hurricane Hugo east of Barbados, where turbulence beyond anything forecast puts the aircraft and its mission in jeopardy.

Torrents

Subtitles

Episodes

1. 1 1. Fight to the Death2015-02-08 · 45mOn Jun 18, 1972 — BEA Flight 548 (Hawker Siddeley Trident): Minutes after takeoff from London Heathrow, a jet bound for Brussels fell from the sky near Staines, leaving investigato
2. 2 2. Speed Trap2015-02-15 · 45mOn Jun 6, 1971 — Hughes Airwest Flight 706 (DC-9): Climbing out of Los Angeles, an airliner collides with a Marine Corps F-4 Phantom over the San Gabriel Mountains, forcing civilia
3. 3 3. Lost in Translation2015-02-22 · 45mOn Jan 10, 2000 — Crossair Flight 498 (Saab 340): A commuter flight from Zurich to Dresden crashes two minutes after takeoff — the airline's first fatal accident in 25 years.
4. 4 4. Tragedy on the Potomac2015-03-01 · 45mOn Jan 13, 1982 — Air Florida Flight 90 (Boeing 737): Departing Washington National in a snowstorm, a jet strikes the 14th Street Bridge and plunges into the icy Potomac, just two
5. 5 5. Queens Catastrophe2015-03-08 · 45mOn Nov 12, 2001 — American Airlines Flight 587 (Airbus A300): Two months after 9/11, a flight bound for the Dominican Republic crashes into a Queens neighborhood moments after leav
6. 6 6. Into the Eye of the Storm2015-03-15 · 45mOn Sep 15, 1989 — NOAA 42 "Kermit" (WP-3D Orion): A hurricane hunter crew flies into Hurricane Hugo east of Barbados, where turbulence beyond anything forecast puts the aircraft an
7. 7 7. Massacre Over the Mediterranean2015-03-22 · 45mOn Jun 27, 1980 — Itavia Flight 870 (DC-9): On descent toward Palermo, an Italian airliner vanishes into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Ustica — the start of one of aviation's most contes
8. 8 8. Imperfect Pitch2015-03-29 · 45mOn Nov 27, 2008 — XL Airways Germany Flight 888T (Airbus A320): During a test flight before handover to a new owner, a jet plunges into the Mediterranean off the French coast, and
9. 9 9. Getting Out Alive2015-04-05 · 45mSpecial — Multiple incidents, including the 2009 "Miracle on the Hudson": Most air accidents are survivable. Survivors' stories reveal what makes the difference, and how the indust
10. 10 10. Terror in Paradise2015-04-12 · 45mOn Aug 9, 2007 — Air Moorea Flight 1121 (DHC-6 Twin Otter): A seven-minute island hop from Moorea to Tahiti ends when the small plane suddenly noses over and dives into the ocean s
11. 11 11. Titanic in the Sky2015-04-19 · 45mOn Nov 4, 2010 — Qantas Flight 32 (Airbus A380): Minutes after leaving Singapore, an engine on the world's largest airliner explodes, and the crew must manage a cascade of failures