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Season 15, Episode 8

Edge of Disaster (Atlantic Airways Flight 670)

February 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 malfunction of the aircraft's spoilers and hydroplaning.

Directed by
Tim Wolochatiuk
Written by
Phil Desjardins

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