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Air Disasters
S5, EP7 "Massacre Over The Mediterranean"On 27 June 1980, Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Ustica, Italy; all 81 people on board are killed.
Air Disasters
S10, EP6 "Dangerous Approach"A Colorado commuter flight crashes five miles short of the runway and the reasons why rock the airline industry.
Air Disasters
S17, EP8 "Pitch Black"When an Illinois turboprop crashes after losing battery power, investigators uncover a series of errors made by the pilots.
Air Disasters
S16, EP6 "Meltdown Over Kathmandu"Landing at one of the world's most challenging airports, a passenger plane comes in like a fighter jet and crashes, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard.
Air Disasters
S7, EP9 "Vertigo"On January 3, 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 banks to the right just after takeoff and crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board.
Air Disasters
S9, EP8 "Steep Impact"When the crash of a commuter plane in Georgia killed a NASA astronaut, a four-term U.S. senator and 21 others, the disaster grabbed headlines around the world.
Air Disasters
S20, EP21 "Dead of Night"Confused, flying blind, and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.
Air Disasters
S1, EP8 "Mixed Signals"Conflicting alarms confuse pilots of Birgenair Flight 301 before it crashes into the ocean with no survivors.
Air Disasters
S14, EP9 "Deadly Disturbance"How routine flights can turn catastrophic in mere seconds when the pilots become momentarily distracted; three flights end in a disaster.
Air Disasters
S9, EP7 "Deadly Delay"Almost immediately after taking off from Madrid International Airport, Spanair Flight 5022 banked to the right, slammed into a creek and burst into flames.
Air Disasters
S16, EP2 "Playing Catch Up"A private jet attempting to compensate for a late approach to the airport, slams into an Ohio apartment building just a couple of miles from the runway.
Air Disasters
S5, EP3 "Lost in Translation"On 10 January 2000, Crossair Flight 498 crashes just two minutes after takeoff from Zürich, Switzerland, while heading for Dresden, Germany, killing all 10 people on board.
Air Disasters
S20, EP24 "Risky Runways"In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, the toughest landings on earth pushed three flight crews.
Air Disasters
S3, EP11 "Nowhere to Land"Pilots of TACA Flight 110 make a remarkable landing on a narrow levee, but investigators must find out why the engines in a brand new plane failed.
Air Disasters
S2, EP12 "Deadly Reputation"On July 17, 2007, TAM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off runway 35L at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, and crashes at high speed into a warehouse adjacent to a petrol station killing nearly 200 people.
Air Disasters
S6, EP9 "Kid in the Cockpit"A pilot's decision to let his 15-year-old son fly has disastrous consequences on a commercial flight.
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