Air Disasters - Season 16
1 - North Sea Nightmare
Air Date: April 25, 2021
Enter the cockpit of a high-tech turboprop as its pilots battle to keep their plane from slamming into the North Sea.
2 - Playing Catch Up
Air Date: May 2, 2021
Witness the final moments of ExecuFlight Flight 1526 and discover why it crashed into a residential neighborhood.
3 - Tragic Takeoff
Air Date: May 9, 2021
Discover how out-of-date taxi charts and a casual conversation conspired to doom the takeoff of Comair Flight 5191.
4 - Grounded: Boeing Max 8
Air Date: May 16, 2021
Follow investigators as they race to find out why a best-selling, new plane crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff.
5 - Cabin Catastrophe
Air Date: May 23, 2021
Relive the 2018 disaster of Southwest Airlines 1380, in which a passenger was nearly sucked from the plane mid-flight.
6 - Meltdown Over Kathmandu
Air Date: May 30, 2021
Witness the Kathmandu crash of US-Bangla 211 and follow detectives as they investigate both the plane and the pilots.
7 - Mission Disaster
Air Date: June 6, 2021
A plane loses control during a Gulf War refueling mission and investigators must determine if enemy fire was the cause.
8 - Caught in a Jam
Air Date: June 13, 2021
A commuter flight in New Zealand turns horrific for plane crash survivors, who may freeze to death before help arrives.
9 - Seconds from Touchdown
Air Date: June 20, 2021
Just 12 minutes after takeoff, a twin turboprop loses hydraulics, an engine, and then catches fire. Find out why.
10 - Deadly Delivery
Air Date: June 27, 2021
A last-minute repair may have played a key role in the crash of a plane leaving Madrid International Airport.