Aircrash Confidential

Season 1

TV-PG
Every air crash is a catastrophe, leaving behind bereaved families and ruined lives. But each air crash is also a lesson. From each disaster, we have learned how to build safer planes, evacuate passengers with greater speed and improve systems to avoid collisions. Lives have been saved because of what these tragedies have taught us.
Where to Watch Season 1
6 Episodes
  • Pilot Error
    E1
    Episode 1Pilot ErrorIncompetent pilots have caused countless horrific crashes, but in their desperate attempt to eliminate human error, have airlines actually made flying more risky?
  • Engineering Error
    E2
    Episode 2Engineering ErrorPlanes hold lives in the balance but sometimes there are fatal errors in their design. Find out why a Jumbo Jet exploded mid-flight and DC10s fell from the sky.
  • Terrorism
    E3
    Episode 3TerrorismPlanes are an ideal terrorist target, carrying hundreds of potential victims and assuring worldwide publicity. How can new technologies stop hijackers getting on board?
  • Collisions
    E4
    Episode 4CollisionsWhen 47 children died in a plane crash, one grieving dad tracked down the air traffic controller on duty and murdered him. Why do these fatal collisions still occur?
  • Extreme Weather
    E5
    Episode 5Extreme WeatherModern technology has enabled aircraft to fly in appalling weather conditions. But extreme weather can push pilots and aircraft to their limits and beyond with terrible consequences. Dangerous weather is responsible for one in three air crashes.
  • Fire On Board
    E6
    Episode 6Fire On BoardFire on Board tells the dramatic story - It starts in 2007 on packed China Airlines flight 120, as a raging fire takes hold of the plane. If the passengers are going to escape in time it will depend on whether the lessons of the past have been learnt. One of those lessons comes from a disaster at Manchester airport in 1985, where 55 people perish in a massive uncontrollable fire.
 
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