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Air Disasters
S18, EP14 "A Wounded Bird"A blade on the left-side propeller of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight breaks off; the imbalance of the rotating propeller causes the engine to partly tear itself from its mounting.
Air Disasters
S8, EP9 "No Clear Options"When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation safety.
Air Disasters
S18, EP16 "Deadly Crossroads"A look at the string of events that caused a midair collision in 2002 over the skies of southern Germany; a Bashkirian Airlines Flight collides with a DHL Flight in German airspace near Überlingen.
Air Disasters
S18, EP1 "Cockpit Failure"Bad weather and a series of errors lead to the 2001 crash of a plane on its approach to Zurich Airport.
Air Disasters
S9, EP1 "Fatal Transmission"A runway collision at a small airport turns tragic when passengers cannot escape the burning aircraft.
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin
S1, EP1 "France"In 1944 the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe brings the hope of freedom and the devastation of war to the people of France.
Air Disasters
S1, EP5 "Dead Weight"Air Midwest Flight 5481 plane plummets to the ground just after take off killing all on board and injuring one on the ground.
Air Disasters
S2, EP11 "The Plane That Flew Too High"West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes down killing 160 people in 2005 ultimately leading to the bankruptcy of the troubled airline.
Air Disasters
S2, EP6 "Cold Case"Two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York prompt an investigation which determines that the source of the crashes was due to a design flaw on the wings of the planes, both Fokker F28s.
Air Disasters
S18, EP3 "Pilot Betrayed"Following the story of the Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 and Captain Rasmussen.
Air Disasters
S8, EP1 "Choosing Sides"British Midland Flight 92 slams into Britain's busy M1 motorway and it seems like a rare case of dual engine failure, but investigators learn the real cause was a tragic misunderstanding.
Air Disasters
S14, EP3 "Hero Pilots"Three flights headed for disaster are saved at the last moment by heroes in the cockpit.
Air Disasters
S15, EP10 "Stormy Cockpit"Pilots leaving Cameroon steer their plane clear of a storm, but the aircraft begins rolling to the right, and they are unable to regain control.
Air Disasters
S19, EP1 "Deadly Exchange"When a commuter flight crashes mysteriously just a mile from a Missouri runway, investigators turn their attention to the final seconds in the cockpit.
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