Episodes
North Sea Nightmare
April 25, 2021
On Dec 15, 2014 — Loganair Flight 6780 (Saab 2000): Struck by lightning on approach to the Shetland Islands, a turboprop suddenly stops answering its pilots' commands and plunges toward the North Sea.
Playing Catch Up
May 2, 2021
On Nov 10, 2015 — ExecuFlight Flight 1526 (Hawker 700A): A charter jet on approach to Akron, Ohio slams into an apartment building, and the NTSB untangles an erratic descent and a troubling backstory.
Tragic Takeoff
May 9, 2021
On Aug 27, 2006 — Comair Flight 5191 (CRJ-100): In the pre-dawn darkness at Lexington, Kentucky, a commuter jet runs out of pavement before it can get airborne, and investigators retrace every step from gate to runway.
Grounded: Boeing Max 8
May 16, 2021
On Oct 29, 2018 — Lion Air Flight 610 (Boeing 737 MAX 8): Minutes after leaving Jakarta, one of the world's newest airliners plunges into the Java Sea, and the answers will shake the industry to its foundations.
Cabin Catastrophe
May 23, 2021
On Apr 17, 2018 — Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 (Boeing 737): An engine explodes at cruise altitude over Pennsylvania, shattering a window and nearly pulling a passenger from the plane as the crew fights to get down.
Meltdown Over Kathmandu
May 30, 2021
On Mar 12, 2018 — US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 (Dash 8 Q400): Arriving at one of the world's most challenging airports, a flight from Dhaka comes in wildly off profile and crashes beside the runway at Kathmandu.
Mission Disaster
June 6, 2021
On Feb 6, 1991 — USAF KC-135E "Whale 05": On a Gulf War refueling mission out of Jeddah, a tanker crew is suddenly thrown into a violent fight for control high over the Saudi desert.
Caught in a Jam
June 13, 2021
On Jun 9, 1995 — Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 (Dash 8): A commuter flight goes down in the hills short of Palmerston North, New Zealand — and for the survivors, the freezing wait for rescue becomes its own battle.
Seconds from Touchdown
June 20, 2021
On Jun 18, 1998 — Propair Flight 420 (Fairchild Metro): Twelve minutes after leaving Montreal, a commuter turboprop loses hydraulics, then an engine, then catches fire, as the crew races for the runway at Mirabel.
Deadly Delivery
June 27, 2021
On Aug 14, 2013 — UPS Airlines Flight 1354 (Airbus A300): In the pre-dawn darkness, a cargo jet clips trees and crashes a mile short of the runway at Birmingham, Alabama, and investigators must reconstruct its final approach.
