Air Disasters Season 8
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 8 Full Episode Guide
An investigation of a charter plane that moves off course and goes down in Canada's far north.
When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation safety.
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.
Follow investigators as they use the few remaining pieces of a fiery crash to explain a Concorde's doomed flight.
Relive one of the most shocking air disasters in American history as we revisit the 1999 crash that killed JFK Jr.
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.
Relive the crash of Copa Airlines Flight 201 and the harrowing investigation in one of the world's most remote jungles.
After a terrifying crash, survivors face a new challenge: surviving the remote Brazilian jungle.
What caused a 767 to break apart in mid-air? A world-famous race car driver discovers a surprising answer.
One of the worst crashes in British history has a stunning cause that changed aviation safety forever.
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