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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.
Air Disasters
"Blown Apart"Partnair Flight 394 loses control, breaks up in mid-air, and crashes into the North Sea. The aircraft's vertical stabilizer had vibrated loose during flight due to excessive wear on sub-standard bolts, sleeves, and pins that had been illegally sold.
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.
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S14, EP6 "Killer in the Cockpit?"A look at commercial flights that ended in disaster because of suicidal pilots.
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S19, EP5 "Control Catastrophe"Experts investigate an unfortunate string of events that caused the freshly serviced Air Astana Flight 1388 to become completely uncontrollable.
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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.
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S20, EP28 "Cockpit Breakdown"Three flights end in tragedy after miscommunication mix-ups and personality clases; Investigators try to unravel what went wrong.
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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.
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S20, EP26 "Frozen Wings"Three planes are brought down by ice and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.