All episodes — Season 12
S12 E1Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8)
Aug 3, 201245 min
On 8 June 1983, Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8's propeller separates from the aircraft over Cold Bay, Alaska, causing an explosive decompression and loss of control. The pilots manage to land the aircraft safely at Anchorage, Alaska. The p
S12 E2Fire in the Hold (ValuJet Flight 592)
Aug 10, 20127.445 min
On 11 May 1996, 10 minutes after takeoff, ValuJet Flight 592 crashes into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board. The cause was an in-flight fire which was started by the accidental triggering of a chemical oxygen generator
S12 E3Caution to the Wind (Singapore Airlines Flight 006)
Aug 17, 2012845 min
On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taipei while attempting to take off on the wrong runway in a typhoon. 83 of the 179 passengers and crew membe
S12 E4Pushed to the Limit (SilkAir Flight 185)
Aug 24, 201245 min
On 19 December 1997, SilkAir Flight 185, en route to Singapore, crashes into the Musi River in Indonesia after abruptly diving from its cruise altitude, killing all 104 passengers and crew members on board. The cause of the crash was disput
S12 E5Blind Landing (TANS Perú Flight 204)
Aug 31, 201245 min
On 23 August 2005, TANS Perú Flight 204 attempts to make a landing at Pucallpa Airport, Peru, in a severe thunderstorm, but crashes into a muddy swamp four miles (6.4 km) away. The cause was the pilots not following visual flight rules that
S12 E6Grand Canyon Disaster (United Airlines 718 and Trans World Airlines 2)
Jan 24, 20137.445 min
On 30 June 1956, United Airlines Flight 718 collides with Trans World Airlines Flight 2 over the Grand Canyon in Arizona. All 128 occupants on both flights are killed. At the time, it was the deadliest airline crash in history, and would le
S12 E7Death of the President (2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154)
Jan 27, 20137.245 min
On 10 April 2010, a Polish Air Force VIP aircraft carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński, his wife Maria Kaczyńska and other top officials, crashes short of the runway in a wooded area while on final approach to Smolensk North Airp
S12 E8Catastrophe at OHare (American Airlines Flight 191)
Feb 25, 201345 min
On 25 May 1979, the left engine of American Airlines Flight 191 falls off moments after takeoff at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The aircraft crashes into an open field shortly thereafter, killing all 271 people on board and two p
S12 E9Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster (2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Air Disaster)
Mar 4, 20138.345 min
On 7 September 2011, an aircraft carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team crashes shortly after takeoff at Yaroslavl, Russia, killing all but one of the 45 occupants. The investigation found that the pilots were not pro
S12 E10Focused on Failure (United Airlines Flight 173)
Mar 11, 20137.845 min
On 28 December 1978, the crew of United Airlines Flight 173 is preoccupied with a landing gear problem as the aircraft circles in a holding pattern in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. It runs out of fuel and crashes in a sparsely populated
S12 E11Heading to Disaster (Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409)
Mar 25, 20136.845 min
On 25 January 2010, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, en route to Addis Ababa, plunges into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport during a thunderstorm, killing all 90 people on board.
S12 E1228 Seconds to Survive (Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518)
Apr 1, 201345 min
On 21 February 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518, en route from Mérida, Venezuela, to Caracas, veers off course and flies into the side of a mountain shortly after takeoff. All 46 passengers and crew members on board die. Investigator
S12 E13Vanished (Air France Flight 447)
Apr 15, 20138.645 min
On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447, a scheduled flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, stalls and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all 216 passengers and 12 crew members on board. The causes of t