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Air Disasters

Season 2

2012 · 12 episodes

  1. 1. Cracks in the System

    2012-06-17 · 45m

    Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 crashes just after take-off from Watson Island in Miami.

  2. 2. Target is Destroyed

    2012-06-24 · 45m

    Korean Airlines Flight 007 is shot down by a fighter jet when it enters Soviet airspace.

  3. 3. Cruel Skies

    2012-07-01 · 45m

    The importance of weather forecasting to the aviation industry.

  4. 4. Panic on the Runway

    2012-07-08 · 45m

    In August, 1985, an airplane's engine catches fire as it accelerates.

  5. 5. Alarming Silence

    2012-07-15 · 45m

    Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit.

  6. 6. Cold Case

    2012-07-22 · 45m

    A design flaw on the Fokker F28 causes two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York.

  7. 7. Pilot vs. Plane

    2012-07-29 · 45m

    Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a flyby during an air show.

  8. 8. System Breakdown

    2012-08-05 · 45m

    Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.

  9. 9. The Final Blow

    2012-08-12 · 45m

    An Air Inter flight crashes into the Vosges Mountains while attempting to land.

  10. 10. Cleared for Disaster

    2012-08-19 · 45m

    An air traffic controller's mistake causes two planes to collide on the runway.

  11. 11. The Plane That Flew Too High

    2012-08-26 · 45m

    The West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crash ultimately leads to bankruptcy of the troubled airline.

  12. 12. Deadly Reputation

    2012-09-02 · 45m

    AM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off a runway and crashes into a warehouse next to a petrol station.

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