Air Disasters - Season 6
1 - Hanging by a Thread
Air Date: September 13, 2015
The 1988 flight of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, which saw the top of its fuselage torn off due to an explosive decompression, is recalled.
2 - Attack Over Baghdad
Air Date: September 6, 2015
A surface-to-air missile cripples a cargo plane just after it leaves Baghdad International Airport.
3 - Out of Control
Air Date: August 30, 2015
Japan Airlines Flight 123, the worst single-plane crash in history and the simple error made years earlier that caused it.
4 - Fight for Your Life
Air Date: August 23, 2015
FedEx employees fend off an attack by a coworker.
5 - Bomb on Board
Air Date: August 16, 2015
A mid-flight bombing aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 forces its pilots to attempt a daring landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
6 - Mistaken Identity
Air Date: August 9, 2015
A Navy cruiser in the Persian Gulf must determine if an incoming plane is friend or foe.
7 - Helicopter Down
Air Date: February 14, 2016
The 1995 crash of a Super Puma helicopter in the North Sea while ferrying workers to an oil platform is recounted.
8 - Death and Denial
Air Date: February 21, 2016
The worst plane crash in Egypt's history becomes one the most controversial when the investigation focuses on one pilot's intentions.
9 - Kid in the Cockpit
Air Date: February 28, 2016
A pilot allows his teen son to fly the plane; tragedy results.
10 - Ocean Landing
Air Date: March 6, 2016
The story of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, which was hijacked while on a routine trip to the Ivory Coast. The hijackers demanded to be taken to Australia, but there was one problem: the plane didn't have enough fuel to make the trip.