Season 20
30 episodes · Jul 30, 2023
History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.
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S20E1Headline News
Jul 30, 202344mAmerican Airlines Flight 77 slams into the Pentagon on America's darkest day of the 21st century. TWA Flight 800 explodes over Long Island minutes after leaving JFK. The supersonic superstar Concorde crashes into an airport hotel after a failed takeoff from Paris. All three air disasters made headline news around the globe, creating media frenzies, igniting conspiracy theories, and putting immense pressure on investigators. In this episode, we revisit these three accidents and follow examiners as they uncover the truth behind the tragedies.
S20E2Rookie Errors
Aug 6, 202344mWhile commercial pilots undergo hundreds of hours of training and testing, even experienced pilots can make deadly rookie errors.
S20E3Collision Course
Aug 13, 202344mAuthorities scramble for answers when a passenger plane collides with a military fighter jet in California, and two commercial planes meet a similar fate decades later in India. Investigators comb through the wreckage of three separate midair collisions in a race to prevent another fatal impact.
S20E4Engines Out
Aug 20, 202344mWhen an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world.
S20E5Fuel Trouble
Aug 27, 202344mThree mysterious accidents send investigators hunting for clues. In the end, all three trails lead back to the same source - the fuel tank.
S20E6Perilous Payload
Sep 3, 202344mThree planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation. It's a flight risk that's entirely preventable, and yet repeated disasters reconfirm the need for critical backup systems.
S20E7Runway in Sight
Sep 10, 202344mIf pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.
S20E8Deadly Confusion
Sep 17, 202344mSpatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents. Even the most experienced pilots are susceptible to its subtle yet deadly effects.
S20E9Radio Silence
Sep 24, 202344mRadio silence between pilots and air traffic controllers can mean many different things, but only the physical evidence can reveal the true story. Three shocking cases send investigators hunting for answers.
S20E10Design Flaws
Oct 1, 202344mWhen former race car driver Niki Lauda's planes nosedives into a Thai jungle, a one-in-a-million failure reveals a weak spot in every Boeing 767.
S20E11Heat of the Moment
Jan 7, 202444mDashcam footage aids in the investigation of a fatal TransAsia crash, experts determine the cause of a botched emergency landing, and a test flight for a revolutionary aircraft turns deadly.
S20E12Instrument Confusion
Jan 14, 202444mA Boeing 737 vanishes off the radar, a South Korean jet slams into the English countryside moments after takeoff, and an inexperienced crew faces a pileup of errors on a flight over Russia. When critical instruments cause confusion, the consequences can be deadly.
S20E13VIP on Board
Jan 21, 202444mAirplane crashes involving high-profile passengers—including a top diplomat and a Brazilian football team—put investigators under intense pressure to come up with answers.
S20E14Lapse in Security
Jan 28, 202444mTraced to a breakdown of vital safety measures, three horrific disasters provoke fundamental changes to airport security procedures around the world.
S20E15Mountain Impact
Feb 4, 202444mFollowing three deadly crashes, investigators uncover dangerous mathematical flaws in the very operations systems designed to prevent aircraft from flying into mountains.
S20E16Survivors
Feb 11, 202444mFrom the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.
S20E17Death from Above
Feb 18, 202444mMid-air tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a community, and rain terror on the people below.
S20E18Courage in the Cockpit
Feb 25, 202444mDevastating failures in the air put pilots to the test, and shine a light on three astonishing feats of flying.
S20E19Maintenance Mistakes
Jun 23, 202444mA trio of crashes reveals that when the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe.
S20E20Take Off Tragedies
Jun 30, 202444mThree flights ending in tragedy prove that minor missteps during takeoff can have disastrous consequences.
S20E21Dead of Night
Jul 7, 202444mConfused, flying blind, and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.
S20E22Engine Gone
Jul 14, 202444mThree crews experience the same devastating event; but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.
S20E23Lethal Choices
Jul 21, 202444mFaced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.
S20E24Risky Runways
Jul 28, 202444mIn Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, the toughest landings on earth pushed three flight crews.
S20E25Landings Gone Wrong
Aug 4, 202444mRelying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.
S20E26Frozen Wings
Aug 11, 202444mThree planes are brought down by ice and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.
S20E27Runway Collisions
Aug 18, 202444mThree catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question; a look at how two planes end up on the same runway at the same time.
S20E28Cockpit Breakdown
Aug 25, 202445mThree flights end in tragedy after miscommunication mix-ups and personality clashes; Investigators try to unravel what went wrong.
S20E29Splash Down
Sep 1, 202444mThree last-resort water landings, all handled differently yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.
S20E30Northern Extremes
Sep 8, 202444mFaced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.