Air Disasters

Season 23

6 episodes · Jun 8, 2025

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  • Pitch Problems
    S23E1

    Pitch Problems

    Jun 8, 202544m

    Alaska Airlines 261 nosedives into the Pacific leaving investigators stumped . A rare storm and a deadly design flaw intersect cause American Eagle 4184 to fall from the sky. And, investigators suspect a fatal flaw in the Boeing 737.

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  • Fight to the Finish
    S23E2

    Fight to the Finish

    Jun 15, 202544m

    Three flight crews face impossible odds: a Boeing 707 loses engines over the Alps as fire spreads, Air Astana 1388 goes out of control over Portugal, and a bomb on PA 434 severs control cables and blasts a hole in the fuselage.

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  • Bad Data
    S23E3

    Bad Data

    Jun 22, 202544m

    A billion-dollar Stealth Bomber crashes at a U.S. Air Force base—the costliest aviation disaster ever. Bad data misleads a charter flight into a Portuguese mountain, and conflicting alarms send a cutting-edge jetliner plunging into the Atlantic.

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  • Landing Hazards
    S23E4

    Landing Hazards

    Jun 29, 202544m

    Martinair 495 crashes on a rain-soaked runway in Portugal, showing how weather can doom a landing. American 1572 hits a storm and loses both engines amid a tower shutdown. And crosswinds challenge an Air France crew already halfway down the runway.

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  • Training Ignored
    S23E5

    Training Ignored

    Jul 6, 202544m

    Kobe Bryant dies when a high-tech helicopter crashes on a routine L.A. route—training ignored with deadly results. In Missouri, cockpit chatter dooms Corporate 5966, and in Lexington, a twin-engine jet crashes after taking off from the wrong runway.

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  • Reckless Approaches
    S23E6

    Reckless Approaches

    Jul 13, 202544m

    A twin-engine jet slams into an Ohio apartment building in a tragic perfect storm, raising questions about speed, power, and fatigue. A turboprop crash exposes an industry-wide issue, and at Guantanamo Bay, a cargo plane goes down near the Cuban border.

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