Air Disasters (2011)
The disaster is only the beginning of the story.
Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters could have been prevented. Accounts from survivors combine with cockpit recordings and computer images to weave the gripping tales, and expert testimony reveals the hows and whys behind the events, some of which have resulted in important changes to aviation safety and regulations.
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1. Deadly Silence2018-01-07 · 45mOn Oct 25, 1999 — Learjet 35 N47BA: A private jet carrying golf champion Payne Stewart stops responding to radio calls and flies on across the Midwest, with Air Force fighters scra
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2. The Pentagon Attack2018-01-07 · 45mOn Sep 11, 2001 — American Airlines Flight 77 (Boeing 757): Minutes after leaving Washington Dulles, hijackers turn a jet back toward the capital and into the Pentagon, forever cha
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3. Disaster at Tenerife2018-01-21 · 45mOn Mar 27, 1977 — KLM Flight 4805 & Pan Am Flight 1736 (Boeing 747s): In fog at a small Canary Islands airport, two jumbo jets meet on the same runway — history's deadliest air dis
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4. Deadly Detail2018-01-28 · 45mOn Aug 20, 2007 — China Airlines Flight 120 (Boeing 737): Safely parked at the gate in Okinawa with engines shut down, a jet suddenly erupts in flames as passengers scramble to eva
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5. Deadly Detour2018-02-11 · 45mOn Jul 30, 1998 — Proteus Airlines Flight 706 (Beechcraft 1900D): A short French coastal hop takes a scenic detour over a famous ocean liner — and moments later the commuter plane
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6. Dangerous Approach2018-02-18 · 45mOn Jan 19, 1988 — Trans-Colorado Flight 2286 (Fairchild Metro III): Five miles from the runway at Durango, a commuter flight descends into the frozen Colorado wilderness, and a pho
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7. Murder in the Skies2018-02-25 · 45mOn Mar 24, 2015 — Germanwings Flight 9525 (Airbus A320): A routine flight from Barcelona to Düsseldorf begins an unexplained descent over the French Alps, with no response from the
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8. River Runway2018-03-04 · 45mOn Jan 16, 2002 — Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 (Boeing 737): Battered by a violent storm over Java, a jet loses both engines and its electrical power, leaving the crew one perilous
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9. Deadly Solution2018-03-11 · 45mOn Dec 28, 2014 — Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (Airbus A320): Days after Christmas, a flight bound for Singapore vanishes over the Java Sea, and an international team must explain
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10. Afghan Nightmare2018-03-18 · 45mOn Apr 29, 2013 — National Airlines Flight 102 (Boeing 747): Seconds after lifting off from Bagram Airfield with 100 tons of military cargo, a jumbo jet rears up, stalls, and falls
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Stephen BogaertNarratorImages
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