A routine landing goes wrong when Delta Airlines Flight 191 is slammed by an invisible force.
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Documentary201123 SeasonsTV-14Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong.
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Gimli Glider
A pilot is forced to fly an engineless 767 plane to safety from over 26,000 feet in the air.
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Behind Closed Doors
A design flaw on the infamous DC-10 airliner directly caused two harrowing midair crashes in the early '70s.
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Fanning The Flames
Behind-the-scenes of the crash, investigation, and political schemes of South African Airlines Flight 295.
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Dead Weight
Air Midwest Flight 5481 stalls in mid-air immediately after take off and plunges to the ground.
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Southern Storm
Southern Airways Flight 242 flies head on into a violent storm and is forced to land on a rural highway in Georgia.
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Explosive Evidence
A bomb explodes on Air India Flight 182 flying from Canada to India.
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Mixed Signals
Within five minutes of takeoff, the Dominican Republic bound Birgenair Flight 301 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Fatal Distraction
The crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 was the deadliest disaster in U.S. civil aviation history.
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Phantom Strike
A multibillion-dollar air traffic control system fails to detect two planes on a collision course.
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Air Disasters
Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters could have been prevented. Accounts from survivors combine with cockpit recordings and computer images to weave the gripping tales, and expert testimony reveals the hows and whys behind the events, some of which have resulted in important changes to aviation safety and regulations.
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264 EPISODES WITH SUBSCRIPTION
Air Disasters
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