Air Disasters
Air Disasters: Season 8

Air Date

October 16, 2016

Episodes

10 episodes

Air Disasters

Season 8

Episodes

Choosing Sides

1. Choosing Sides

October 16, 2016
45 min

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

Testing the Limits

2. Testing the Limits

October 23, 2016
45 min

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

October 30, 2016
45 min

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

Sideswiped

4. Sideswiped

January 8, 2017
45 min

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

January 15, 2017
45 min

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.

January 22, 2017
45 min

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

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January 29, 2017
45 min

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

February 12, 2017
45 min

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

February 19, 2017
45 min

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

February 26, 2017
45 min

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