All episodes — Season 15
S15 E1Fatal Transmission (United Express Flight 5925)
Jan 2, 20168.745 min
On 19 November 1996, United Express Flight 5925, operating for Great Lakes Airlines, lands at Quincy Regional Airport and collides with a light aircraft taking off from an intersecting runway. All 14 occupants on both aircraft were killed i
S15 E2Fatal Focus (Garuda Indonesia Flight 200)
Jan 4, 2016845 min
On 7 March 2007, while landing at Yogyakarta at the end of a routine domestic flight from Jakarta, Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 hits the ground so hard that it bounces violently before running off the end of the runway, killing 21 of the 140
S15 E3Fatal Delivery (UPS Airlines Flight 6)
Jan 11, 20169.245 min
On 3 September 2010, the pilots of UPS Airlines Flight 6 report a fire and declare an emergency shortly after taking off from Dubai International Airport. The crew tries to land back at the airport, but are unsuccessful. The aircraft flies
S15 E4Terror in San Francisco (Asiana Airlines Flight 214)
Jan 18, 201645 min
On 6 July 2013, on landing at San Francisco International Airport, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 strikes a seawall and crashes short of the runway. Of the 307 people on board, 2 passengers die at the crash scene; another dies shortly after in
S15 E5High Rise Catastrophe (El Al Flight 1862)
Feb 1, 2016945 min
On 4 October 1992, after taking off from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, El Al Flight 1862 declares an emergency. The crew do their best to make an emergency landing, but the 747 cargo jet rolls violently to the right and crashes into an apartm
S15 E6Steep Impact (Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311)
Feb 4, 201645 min
On 5 April 1991, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 from Atlanta suddenly nose-dives into the ground while on landing approach to Glynco Jetport, killing all 23 people on board, including US Senator John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carte
S15 E7Carnage in Sao Paulo (TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402)
Feb 15, 201645 min
On 31 October 1996, TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes seconds after takeoff from São Paulo–Congonhas Airport into a heavily populated residential area, killing all 96 people on board and 3 on the ground. The crash was attr
S15 E8Edge of Disaster (Atlantic Airways Flight 670)
Feb 22, 201645 min
On 10 October 2006, Atlantic Airways Flight 670 lands at Stord Airport, but the aircraft overruns the runway and crashes after careening off a steep embankment. Four of the sixteen people on board are killed. The causes of the crash were a
S15 E9Deadly Mission (1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash)
Feb 29, 201645 min
On 18 September 1961, a Douglas DC-6 operated by Transair Sweden, carrying Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, crashes en route to cease-fire negotiations in Northern Rhodesia during the Congo Crisis. All o
S15 E10Deadly Delay (Spanair Flight 5022)
Mar 7, 20168.845 min
On 20 August 2008, Spanair Flight 5022 attempts to takeoff from Barajas Airport, but stalls immediately, banks to the right and crashes, killing 154 people out of the 172 on board. The pilots aborted the first takeoff attempt, and the secon