Air Crash Investigation

Season 22

TV-14

This TV series depicts major real-life air disasters. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice-recorders and air-traffic-control transcripts, as well as eyewitness accounts, interviews with aviation experts, including interviews with investigators who dealt with the disaster, and sometimes even actual footage.

Where to Watch Season 22

10 Episodes

Pacific Plunge
E1
Pacific PlungeOn 31st January 2000, Alaska Airlines flight 261 started pitching down, rolled and shortly nose-dived into the Pacific Ocean. Investigators discover a sad trail of poor maintenance, shortcuts and lack of attention to detail.
Terror over Michigan
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Terror over MichiganOn 5th April 1979, a Boeing 727 begins an uncommanded roll to the right, along with loss of hydraulic fluid, which almost results in a catastrophe. To solve the mystery, the investigators recreate all the steps in an actual test flight.
Stealth Bomber Down
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Stealth Bomber DownThe most expensive aviation accident of all time occurs on 23 February 2008, when a B2 Stealth bomber crashes on takeoff from Guam Airforce Base. The Air Force investigates the 2 billion dollar crash for the cause.
Double Trouble
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Double TroubleOn March 31, 1992, over France, a Transair Boeing 707, Flight 671, experienced a two engine separation on the right wing. Despite the damage, the five crew managed a safe landing, but the aircraft was a write off.
Holding Pattern
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Holding PatternWhen Flydubai Flight 981 nosedives into the runway at Russia’s Rostov Airport, investigators uncover one of the most lethal traps in aviation.
Peril over Portugal
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Peril over PortugalMartinair Flight 495 crashes in Portugal amid thunderstorms and heavy rain, and when investigators piece together the evidence the mystery only deepens.
Turboprop Terror
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Turboprop TerrorAfter a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight—and uncover an industry-wide safety problem.
Tree Strike Terror
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Tree Strike TerrorFacing a severe thunderstorm and a control tower shutdown, American Airlines 1572 suffers double-engine failure on final approach into Windsor Locks Airport in Connecticut.
Pitch Black
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Pitch BlackA turboprop, Air Illinois Flight 710, crashes in bad weather, and investigators eventually uncover a fatal assumption and deadly decision.
Loss of a Legend
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Loss of a LegendOn 26th January 2020, a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter crashed in the city of Calabasas while en route from Santa Ana to Camarillo, California. Among the eight passengers were 5-time NBA champion, the legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter.