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Air Disasters
Statistically, traveling by airplane is safer than driving and other forms of transportation, but when something goes wrong during a flight, it can be catastrophic with potentially hundreds of lives at stake. This series examines some of the world's worst air disasters, using official reports, transcripts and interviews with people involved to tell the stories of midair mishaps and discover what went wrong in each case. Episodes include a discussion of how the weather affects flights -- including stories of aviation disasters and near-misses -- and a New Year's Eve flight that fell from the sky into the Florida Everglades.
S17, EP2 "Peril Over Portugal"
On December 21, 1992, Martinair Flight 495 crashes off the right side of the runway while attempting to land at Faro Airport in Faro, Portugal, in severe weather conditions, killing 56 of the 340 people on board.
S3, EP5 "Turning Point"
A Northwest Airlines flight cruises above the Bering Sea before problems develop and pilots must make an emergency landing in Anchorage.
S2, EP10 "Cleared for Disaster"
An air traffic controller's mistake causes a Boeing 737 to land on a runway already occupied by another aircraft.
S13, EP1 "Deadly Descent"
When an airbus A330 loses both engines, its pilots must think of a solution before they crash into the South China Sea.
S20, EP30 "Northern Extremes"
Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.
S20, EP29 "Water Ditchings"
Three last-resort water landings, all handled differently yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.
S20, EP28 "Cockpit Breakdown"
Three flights end in tragedy after miscommunication mix-ups and personality clases; Investigators try to unravel what went wrong.
S20, EP27 "Runway Collisions"
Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question; a look at how two planes end up on the same runway at the same time.