Episodes
S1 E1 - Invisible Killer
May 6, 200846minIt's called a microburst, but the havoc it wreaked on Delta Airlines Flight 191 was anything but minuscule.Available to buyS1 E2 - Gimli Glider
May 13, 200846minRelive the incredible story of a pilot forced to glide an engineless 767 to safety, from over 26,000 feet in the air.Available to buyS1 E3 - Behind Closed Doors
April 15, 200846minIt's one of the most alarming disasters in the history of aviation, not just because of the crash, but why it happened.Available to buyS1 E4 - Fanning the Flames
May 20, 200846minTo find the cause of the crash of Flight 295, they had to dig deep...3 miles deep to the floor of the Indian Ocean.Available to buyS1 E5 - Dead Weight
April 29, 200846minSee how two unrelated failures combined to create a fatal catastrophe, and changed the history of small plane travel.Available to buyS1 E6 - Southern Storm
April 22, 200846minTorrential rain. Baseball-sized hail. Why did Flight 242 enter this severe storm, and what caused its engines to fail?Available to buyS1 E7 - Explosive Evidence
April 8, 200846minA terrorist's bomb blew up Air India Flight 182, but the biggest crime was that it all could have been prevented.Available to buyS1 E8 - Mixed Signals
June 3, 200846minHow could the failure of a single instrument cause the crash of one of the world's most sophisticated jetliners?Available to buyS1 E9 - Fatal Distraction
December 15, 200746minExperience a bizarre jumbo jet disaster, featuring distracted pilots, a heroic frog hunter, and a curse.Available to buy
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Subtitles
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Directors
- Tim WolochatiukMark MainguyGeorge D'AmatoSu RynardJames HyslopIan RobertsonKarl JasonMichael SinyiLarry BambrickP.J. Naworynski
Cast
- Jonathan ArisStephen BogaertJohn CoxJohn NanceGregory FeithRon SchleedeRobert BenzonBob MacintoshTom HaueterMalcolm Brenner
Studio
- Smithsonian Channel
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