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Harrowing stories of tragedy and triumph are brought to life through official reports, transcripts and interviews with the pilots, air traffic controllers and lucky survivors of history's most terrifying crashes. Widely considered to be the safest form of travel, air transportation is still in its infancy and when midair calamity strikes, the results are often catastrophic. From the cockpit to the cabin, from the control room to the crash scene, we uncover just what went wrong.
Episode 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.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 4 : Sideswiped
January. 08,2017
Relive the crash of Copa Airlines Flight 201 and the harrowing investigation in one of the world's most remote jungles.
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Episode 3 : Vanishing Act
October. 30,2016
After a terrifying crash, survivors face a new challenge: surviving the remote Brazilian jungle.
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Episode 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.
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Episode 1 : Choosing Sides
October. 16,2016
One of the worst crashes in British history has a stunning cause that changed aviation safety forever.
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Season 20
History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.