Air Disasters
Season 16
2021 • 10 Episodes
Episodes
1. North Sea Nightmare
April 25, 2021
Enter the cockpit of a high-tech turboprop as its pilots battle to keep their plane from slamming into the North Sea.
2. Playing Catch Up
May 2, 2021
Witness the final moments of ExecuFlight Flight 1526 and discover why it crashed into a residential neighborhood.
3. Tragic Takeoff
May 9, 2021
Discover how out-of-date taxi charts and a casual conversation conspired to doom the takeoff of Comair Flight 5191.
4. Grounded: Boeing Max 8
May 16, 2021
Follow investigators as they race to find out why a best-selling, new plane crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff.
5. Cabin Catastrophe
May 23, 2021
Relive the 2018 disaster of Southwest Airlines 1380, in which a passenger was nearly sucked from the plane mid-flight.
6. Meltdown Over Kathmandu
May 30, 2021
Witness the Kathmandu crash of US-Bangla 211 and follow detectives as they investigate both the plane and the pilots.
7. Mission Disaster
June 6, 2021
A plane loses control during a Gulf War refueling mission and investigators must determine if enemy fire was the cause.
8. Caught in a Jam
June 13, 2021
A commuter flight in New Zealand turns horrific for plane crash survivors, who may freeze to death before help arrives.
9. Seconds from Touchdown
June 20, 2021
Just 12 minutes after takeoff, a twin turboprop loses hydraulics, an engine, and then catches fire. Find out why.
10. Deadly Delivery
June 27, 2021
A last-minute repair may have played a key role in the crash of a plane leaving Madrid International Airport.