Air Disasters Season 2
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.
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Air Disasters Season 2 Full Episode Guide
AM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off a runway and crashes into a warehouse next to a petrol station.
The West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crash ultimately leads to bankruptcy of the troubled airline.
An air traffic controller's mistake causes two planes to collide on the runway.
An Air Inter flight crashes into the Vosges Mountains while attempting to land.
Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.
Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a flyby during an air show.
A design flaw on the Fokker F28 causes two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York.
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit.
In August, 1985, an airplane's engine catches fire as it accelerates.
The importance of weather forecasting to the aviation industry.
Korean Airlines Flight 007 is shot down by a fighter jet when it enters Soviet airspace.
Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 crashes just after take-off from Watson Island in Miami.
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