Air Disasters Season 6
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 6 Full Episode Guide
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.
A pilot allows his teen son to fly the plane; tragedy results.
The worst plane crash in Egypt's history becomes one the most controversial when the investigation focuses on one pilot's intentions.
The 1995 crash of a Super Puma helicopter in the North Sea while ferrying workers to an oil platform is recounted.
A Navy cruiser in the Persian Gulf must determine if an incoming plane is friend or foe.
A mid-flight bombing aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 forces its pilots to attempt a daring landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
FedEx employees fend off an attack by a coworker.
Japan Airlines Flight 123, the worst single-plane crash in history and the simple error made years earlier that caused it.
A surface-to-air missile cripples a cargo plane just after it leaves Baghdad International Airport.
The 1988 flight of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, which saw the top of its fuselage torn off due to an explosive decompression, is recalled.
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