Air Disasters (2011)
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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Episode 1 - Blind Spot
Release Date: 2013-03-03In 1978, passengers and seven people on the ground die when a PSA flight crashed into a Cessna.
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Episode 2 - Mayday Munich
Release Date: 2013-03-10Manchester United football team's plane crashes while returning from Yugoslavia, killing 23 aboard.
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Episode 3 - I'm the Problem
Release Date: 2013-03-17Moments before a Pacific Southwest flight crashes in California, gunshots are heard in the cabin.
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Episode 4 - Impossible Landing
Release Date: 2013-03-24United Airlines Flight 232 crashes into Sioux City's runway in 1989.
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Episode 5 - Turning Point
Release Date: 2013-03-31A Northwest Airlines flight above the Bering Sea must make an emergency landing in Anchorage.
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Episode 6 - Breakup Over Texas
Release Date: 2013-04-07Continental Express Flight 2574 suffers wing damage and goes into a dive falling out of the sky.
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Episode 7 - Under Pressure
Release Date: 2013-04-14A burst tire creates an in-flight fire on flight 2120 which causes passengers and crew to perish.
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Episode 8 - The Invisible Plane
Release Date: 2013-04-21Moments after take-off, SAS Flight 686 collides with a Cessna on the runway.
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Episode 9 - Bad Attitude
Release Date: 2013-04-28A Korean Air Cargo flight crashes in a field moments after takeoff from England's Stansted Airport.
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Episode 10 - Split Decision
Release Date: 2013-05-05Arrow Air Flight 1285 with 248 American soldiers on board crashes after refueling in Newfoundland.
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Episode 11 - Nowhere to Land
Release Date: 2013-05-12An emergency landing during a violent storm kills the engines of a 737.