Air Disasters
Season 6
Episodes
1. Hanging by a Thread
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
A surface-to-air missile cripples a cargo plane just after it leaves Baghdad International Airport.
3. Out of Control
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
FedEx employees fend off an attack by a coworker.
5. Bomb on Board
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
A Navy cruiser in the Persian Gulf must determine if an incoming plane is friend or foe.
7. Helicopter Down
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
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
A pilot allows his teen son to fly the plane; tragedy results.
10. Ocean Landing
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.
