Air Crash Investigation: Special Report - Season 4

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Dead of Night

1 - Dead of Night

Air Date: January 10, 2021

Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

Engine Gone

2 - Engine Gone

Air Date: January 17, 2021

Three crews experience the same devastating event, but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

Lethal Choices

3 - Lethal Choices

Air Date: January 24, 2021

Faced with a mid-air crisis, pilots must make life-and-death decisions, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

Risky Runways

4 - Risky Runways

Air Date: January 31, 2021

In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, three flight crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.

Landings Gone Wrong

5 - Landings Gone Wrong

Air Date: February 7, 2021

Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

Frozen Wings

6 - Frozen Wings

Air Date: February 8, 2021

Three planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.

Runway Collisions

7 - Runway Collisions

Air Date: February 11, 2021

Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway at the same time?

Cockpit Breakdown

8 - Cockpit Breakdown

Air Date: February 12, 2021

Illustrating the deadly consequences of a mismatched crew, three flights end in tragedy, leaving investigators to unravel what went wrong.

Splash Down

9 - Splash Down

Air Date: February 14, 2021

Three last-resort water landings-all handled differently-yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.

Northern Extremes

10 - Northern Extremes

Air Date: February 15, 2021

Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.