Air Disasters
Season 8
2016 • 10 Episodes
Episodes
1. Choosing Sides
October 16, 2016
One of the worst crashes in British history has a stunning cause that changed aviation safety forever.
2. Testing the Limits
October 23, 2016
What caused a 767 to break apart in mid-air? A world-famous race car driver discovers a surprising answer.
3. Vanishing Act
October 30, 2016
After a terrifying crash, survivors face a new challenge: surviving the remote Brazilian jungle.
4. Sideswiped
January 8, 2017
Relive the crash of Copa Airlines Flight 201 and the harrowing investigation in one of the world's most remote jungles.
5. The Final Push
January 15, 2017
See if two MD-11 planes crashes, nearly 12 years apart, were both the result of pilot error or a flaw in the aircraft itself.
6. The Death of JFK Jr.
January 22, 2017
Relive one of the most shocking air disasters in American history as we revisit the 1999 crash that killed JFK Jr.
7. Concorde - Up in Flames
January 29, 2017
Follow investigators as they use the few remaining pieces of a fiery crash to explain a Concorde's doomed flight.
8. Accident or Assassination
February 12, 2017
Mexico's war with drug cartels appears to reach a terrifying new level when a special government charter carrying the president's right-hand man plummets to Earth. There's speculation that this plane crash was no accident but an assassination. The investigation takes a startling new turn after the cockpit voice recorder is recovered. Revisit the night when Mexico City's financial district became an inferno and follow examiners from the crash scene investigation to the shocking conclusion that changed everything.
9. No Clear Options
February 19, 2017
When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation safety.
10. Death in the Arctic
February 26, 2017
An investigation of a charter plane that moves off course and goes down in Canada's far north.