Air Disasters
Season 7
10 episodes
Episode 1
Miracle Escape
On Aug 2, 2005 — Air France Flight 358 (Airbus A340): Landing at Toronto in a fierce thunderstorm, a jet with over 300 aboard overruns the runway and erupts in flames — and the clock starts on getting everyone out.
Episode 2
Falling from the Sky
On Jun 24, 1982 — British Airways Flight 9 (Boeing 747): Cruising at night toward Australia, a jumbo jet loses all four engines over the Indian Ocean, leaving the crew gliding in the dark toward Jakarta.
Episode 3
Fire Fight
On Jun 2, 1983 — Air Canada Flight 797 (DC-9): With smoke filling the cabin from a hidden fire, the crew races to get their jet on the ground in Cincinnati — where the ordeal is far from over.
Episode 4
Missed Approach
On Aug 6, 1997 — Korean Air Flight 801 (Boeing 747): On a rainy night approach to Guam, a jumbo jet descends into a hillside short of the airport, and investigators look hard at the final minutes in the cockpit.
Episode 5
Hidden Danger
On Mar 3, 1991 & Sep 8, 1994 — United Airlines Flight 585 & USAir Flight 427 (Boeing 737s): Two 737s suddenly roll and dive from clear skies, years apart, launching one of the longest investigations in NTSB history.
Episode 6
Panic Over the Pacific
On Feb 19, 1985 — China Airlines Flight 006 (Boeing 747SP): Nearing the end of a long haul to Los Angeles, a jumbo jet plunges six miles in minutes over the Pacific, and investigators ask how it got that far out of hand.
Episode 7
Out of Sight
On Aug 31, 1986 — Aeroméxico Flight 498 (DC-9): On approach to Los Angeles, an airliner collides with a small private plane over the suburb of Cerritos, spurring changes in how aircraft are tracked.
Episode 8
Fog of War
On Apr 3, 1996 — USAF IFO-21 (CT-43A/Boeing 737): A military transport carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and a U.S. trade delegation crashes into a Croatian hillside on approach to Dubrovnik in bad weather.
Episode 9
Vertigo
On Jan 3, 2004 — Flash Airlines Flight 604 (Boeing 737): Minutes after a pre-dawn takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh, a charter carrying vacationers banks into the Red Sea, and the investigation strains international cooperation.
Episode 10
Ghost Plane
On Aug 14, 2005 — Helios Airways Flight 522 (Boeing 737): A flight to Athens stops responding to radio calls, and intercepting fighter pilots find an eerie scene through the cockpit windows.
