Air Disasters - Season 8

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Choosing Sides

1 - Choosing Sides

Air Date: October 16, 2016

One of the worst crashes in British history has a stunning cause that changed aviation safety forever.

Testing the Limits

2 - Testing the Limits

Air Date: October 23, 2016

What caused a 767 to break apart in mid-air? A world-famous race car driver discovers a surprising answer.

Vanishing Act

3 - Vanishing Act

Air Date: October 30, 2016

After a terrifying crash, survivors face a new challenge: surviving the remote Brazilian jungle.

Sideswiped

4 - Sideswiped

Air Date: January 8, 2017

Relive the crash of Copa Airlines Flight 201 and the harrowing investigation in one of the world's most remote jungles.

The Final Push

5 - The Final Push

Air Date: January 15, 2017

See if two MD-11 planes crashes, nearly 12 years apart, were both the result of pilot error or a flaw in the aircraft itself.

The Death of JFK Jr.

6 - The Death of JFK Jr.

Air Date: January 22, 2017

Relive one of the most shocking air disasters in American history as we revisit the 1999 crash that killed JFK Jr.

Concorde - Up in Flames

7 - Concorde - Up in Flames

Air Date: January 29, 2017

Follow investigators as they use the few remaining pieces of a fiery crash to explain a Concorde's doomed flight.

Accident or Assassination

8 - Accident or Assassination

Air Date: February 12, 2017

Mexico's war with drug cartels appears to reach a terrifying new level when a special government charter carrying the president's right-hand man plummets to Earth. There's speculation that this plane crash was no accident but an assassination. The investigation takes a startling new turn after the cockpit voice recorder is recovered. Revisit the night when Mexico City's financial district became an inferno and follow examiners from the crash scene investigation to the shocking conclusion that changed everything.

No Clear Options

9 - No Clear Options

Air Date: February 19, 2017

When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation safety.

Death in the Arctic

10 - Death in the Arctic

Air Date: February 26, 2017

An investigation of a charter plane that moves off course and goes down in Canada's far north.