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. Terror Over The Pacific2025-07-20 · 44mOn Feb 24, 1989 — United Airlines Flight 811 (Boeing 747): Climbing out of Honolulu at night, a jumbo jet's fuselage suddenly tears open, hurling passengers into the darkness as th
- 2 2. Disaster At Dutch Harbor2026-01-04 · 44mOn Oct 17, 2019 — PenAir Flight 3296 (Saab 2000): Landing at one of Alaska's most notoriously difficult airports, a turboprop can't stop, careening past the runway's end toward the
- 3 3. Deadly Departure2026-01-11 · 44mOn Feb 16, 1995 — Air Transport International Flight 782 (DC-8): A cargo jet attempting a rare three-engine ferry takeoff from Kansas City never gets airborne, and investigators ze
- 4 4. Without Warning2026-01-18 · 44mOn May 13, 2019 — Taquan Air DHC-3 Otter & Mountain Air Service DHC-2 Beaver: Two floatplanes carrying cruise ship tourists converge over a scenic Alaskan waterfall, and investigat
- 5 5. Eleven Deadly Seconds2026-01-25 · 44mOn Feb 16, 1998 — China Airlines Flight 676 (Airbus A300): Arriving at Taipei in poor weather, a jet abandons its landing — and eleven seconds later comes down in a neighborhood be
- 6 6. Fight For Survival2026-02-01 · 44mOn Feb 21, 1982 — Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458 (DHC-6 Twin Otter): With flames burning up through the cockpit floor, a commuter crew puts their plane down on a frozen Rhode Island r
- 7 7. Pitch Battle2026-02-08 · 44mOn Aug 26, 2003 — Colgan Air Flight 9446 (Beechcraft 1900D): Moments after leaving Cape Cod on a repositioning flight, a commuter plane's crew is thrown into a violent struggle wit
- 8 8. Under Fire2026-02-15 · 44mOn Aug 19, 1980 — Saudia Flight 163 (Lockheed L-1011): Minutes after leaving Riyadh, smoke fills the cabin of a packed wide-body, and the crew turns back — the beginning of one of
- 9 9. Lost Star Footballer2026-02-22 · 44mOn Jan 21, 2019 — Piper Malibu N264DB: A private plane carrying soccer star Emiliano Sala to his new club vanishes over the English Channel at night, and the investigation exposes
- 10 10. Deadly Directive2026-03-01 · 44mOn Mar 10, 2019 — Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (Boeing 737 MAX 8): Six minutes after leaving Addis Ababa, a brand-new jet dives into the ground — the second MAX crash in five mont
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