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Air Disasters

S13, EP6 "Fatal Climb"

A commercial airliner crashes minutes after taking off from an airport in Bucharest causing suspicions to rise.

Smithsonian Channel • 3:00 PM UTC • 1h

Air Disasters

S13, EP2 "Death Race"

When a modified WWII fighter plane crashes into the crowd at a Nevada air show, investigators struggle to find the cause.

Smithsonian Channel • 4:00 PM UTC • 1h

Air Disasters

S9, EP3 "High Rise Catastrophe"

A large cargo jet slices into an apartment complex in Amsterdam and reveals a potentially lethal problem threatening every 747 in the sky.

Smithsonian Channel • 5:00 PM UTC • 1h

Air Disasters

S7, EP10 "Ghost Plane"

Investigators try to solve the mystery of a plane whose captain and co-pilot are missing.

Smithsonian Channel • 6:00 PM UTC • 1h

Air Disasters

S7, EP2 "Falling From the Sky"

A British Airways flight to Australia in 1982 crashes into the Indian Ocean.

Smithsonian Channel • 7:00 PM UTC • 1h

Air Disasters

S1, EP3 "Behind Closed Doors"

A design fault leads to an explosion on a DC-10 and two years later the same design fault causes another tragedy.

Smithsonian Channel • 8:00 PM UTC • 1h

Air Disasters

S2, EP7 "Pilot vs. Plane"

Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a fly-by during an air show at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport.

Smithsonian Channel • 9:00 PM UTC • 1h

Air Disasters

S1, EP7 "Explosive Evidence"

A bomb explodes on Air India Flight 182 en route from Canada to India causing it to disintegrate over the coast of Ireland.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Mar 16, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S12, EP6 "Deadly Space"

In the skies above the Mojave Desert, the VSS Enterprise accelerates toward the outer reaches of Earth's atmosphere, guided by test pilots; the aircraft breaks apart and falls from the sky, killing the flight's co-pilot.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Mar 16, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S12, EP3 "Deadly Distraction"

Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Mar 16, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S20, EP8 "Deadly Confusion"

JFK Jr. disappears on the way to Martha's Vineyard; a captain loses his bearings and crashes over the Red Sea; pilots crash a plane over Indonesia.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Mar 16, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S20, EP9 "Radio Silence"

The business jet carrying PGA golfer Payne Stewart and former Alabama football quarterback crashes; how loss of pressurization and structural failure led to this crash and the deadliest aviation accidents in both Greek and Taiwanese history.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Mar 16, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S20, EP10 "Design Flaws"

When 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; radio silence between pilots and air traffic controllers send investigators hunting for answers.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Mar 16, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S3, EP9 "Bad Attitude"

Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes shortly after take off from London Stansted Airport on December 22, 1999.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Mar 16, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S3, EP10 "Split Decision"

Arrow Air Flight 1285 with 248 American soldiers on board crashes seconds after refueling in Newfoundland.

Smithsonian Channel • Aired Mar 16, 2025 • 1h

Air Disasters

S1, EP6 "Southern Storm"

Pilots of Southern Airways Flight 242 must try to land on a Georgia highway after the engines die and the windshield shatters.

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