Air Crash Investigation: Special Report - Season 4

Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

Season 4

2021 • 10 Episodes

In this special season of Air Crash Investigation, every episode examines multiple aviation disasters that prove to have similarities including; engines that separated from their aircrafts mid-flight, mismatched pilot pairings that led to deadly crashes, and improvised landings with tragic consequences.

Episodes

Dead of Night - Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

1. Dead of Night

January 10, 2021

Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

Engine Gone - Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

2. Engine Gone

January 17, 2021

Three crews experience the same devastating event, but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

Lethal Choices - Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

3. Lethal Choices

January 24, 2021

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

Risky Runways - Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

4. Risky Runways

January 31, 2021

In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, three flight crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.

Landings Gone Wrong - Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

5. Landings Gone Wrong

February 7, 2021

Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

Frozen Wings - Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

6. Frozen Wings

February 8, 2021

Three planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.

Runway Collisions - Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

7. Runway Collisions

February 11, 2021

Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway at the same time?

Cockpit Breakdown - Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

8. Cockpit Breakdown

February 12, 2021

Illustrating the deadly consequences of a mismatched crew, three flights end in tragedy, leaving investigators to unravel what went wrong.

Splash Down - Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

9. Splash Down

February 14, 2021

Three last-resort water landings-all handled differently-yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.

Northern Extremes - Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

10. Northern Extremes

February 15, 2021

Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.