Episodes
Deadly Silence
January 7, 2018
On Oct 25, 1999 — Learjet 35 N47BA: A private jet carrying golf champion Payne Stewart stops responding to radio calls and flies on across the Midwest, with Air Force fighters scrambling to find out why.
The Pentagon Attack
January 7, 2018
On Sep 11, 2001 — American Airlines Flight 77 (Boeing 757): Minutes after leaving Washington Dulles, hijackers turn a jet back toward the capital and into the Pentagon, forever changing commercial aviation.
Disaster at Tenerife
January 21, 2018
On Mar 27, 1977 — KLM Flight 4805 & Pan Am Flight 1736 (Boeing 747s): In fog at a small Canary Islands airport, two jumbo jets meet on the same runway — history's deadliest air disaster.
Deadly Detail
January 28, 2018
On Aug 20, 2007 — China Airlines Flight 120 (Boeing 737): Safely parked at the gate in Okinawa with engines shut down, a jet suddenly erupts in flames as passengers scramble to evacuate.
Deadly Detour
February 11, 2018
On Jul 30, 1998 — Proteus Airlines Flight 706 (Beechcraft 1900D): A short French coastal hop takes a scenic detour over a famous ocean liner — and moments later the commuter plane goes down in Quiberon Bay.
Dangerous Approach
February 18, 2018
On Jan 19, 1988 — Trans-Colorado Flight 2286 (Fairchild Metro III): Five miles from the runway at Durango, a commuter flight descends into the frozen Colorado wilderness, and a phone call steers the investigation somewhere unexpected.
Murder in the Skies
February 25, 2018
On Mar 24, 2015 — Germanwings Flight 9525 (Airbus A320): A routine flight from Barcelona to Düsseldorf begins an unexplained descent over the French Alps, with no response from the cockpit.
River Runway
March 4, 2018
On Jan 16, 2002 — Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 (Boeing 737): Battered by a violent storm over Java, a jet loses both engines and its electrical power, leaving the crew one perilous option for getting down.
Deadly Solution
March 11, 2018
On Dec 28, 2014 — Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (Airbus A320): Days after Christmas, a flight bound for Singapore vanishes over the Java Sea, and an international team must explain how a modern jet fell from cruise.
Afghan Nightmare
March 18, 2018
On Apr 29, 2013 — National Airlines Flight 102 (Boeing 747): Seconds after lifting off from Bagram Airfield with 100 tons of military cargo, a jumbo jet rears up, stalls, and falls — all captured on a dashcam.
