Air Disasters
Season 6
2015 • 10 Episodes
Episodes
1. Hanging by a Thread
September 13, 2015
The 1988 flight of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, which saw the top of its fuselage torn off due to an explosive decompression, is recalled.
2. Attack Over Baghdad
September 6, 2015
A surface-to-air missile cripples a cargo plane just after it leaves Baghdad International Airport.
3. Out of Control
August 30, 2015
Japan Airlines Flight 123, the worst single-plane crash in history and the simple error made years earlier that caused it.
4. Fight for Your Life
August 23, 2015
FedEx employees fend off an attack by a coworker.
5. Bomb on Board
August 16, 2015
A mid-flight bombing aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 forces its pilots to attempt a daring landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
6. Mistaken Identity
August 9, 2015
A Navy cruiser in the Persian Gulf must determine if an incoming plane is friend or foe.
7. Helicopter Down
February 14, 2016
The 1995 crash of a Super Puma helicopter in the North Sea while ferrying workers to an oil platform is recounted.
8. Death and Denial
February 21, 2016
The worst plane crash in Egypt's history becomes one the most controversial when the investigation focuses on one pilot's intentions.
9. Kid in the Cockpit
February 28, 2016
A pilot allows his teen son to fly the plane; tragedy results.
10. Ocean Landing
March 6, 2016
The story of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, which was hijacked while on a routine trip to the Ivory Coast. The hijackers demanded to be taken to Australia, but there was one problem: the plane didn't have enough fuel to make the trip.