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Air Disasters: Season 20

30 episodes · premiered Jul 30, 2023

History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.

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  1. Episode 1: Headline News Jul 30, 2023 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Three crashes that made front-page news around the world, and how intense media pressure shaped the investigations that followed.
  2. Episode 2: Rookie Errors Aug 6, 2023 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents, including LAPA Flight 3142, American Airlines Flight 587, and Colgan Air Flight 3407: Even highly trained crews can fall prey to the most basic mistakes…
  3. Episode 3: Collision Course Aug 13, 2023 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Mid-air and on-course collisions, and the systems built to keep aircraft — and vessels — safely apart.
  4. Episode 4: Engines Out Aug 20, 2023 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: When an aircraft loses all engine power, training and airmanship become the last line of defense.
  5. Episode 5: Fuel Trouble Aug 27, 2023 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Flights brought down not by their machinery but by the fuel meant to keep them flying — from mismanagement to mechanical failure.
  6. Episode 6: Perilous Payload Sep 3, 2023 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Aircraft fatally out of balance from misloaded or unsecured cargo — a risk that's entirely preventable, yet keeps recurring.
  7. Episode 7: Runway in Sight Sep 10, 2023 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Crashes that happened with the airport already in view, when the final moments of flight proved the most dangerous.
  8. Episode 8: Deadly Confusion Sep 17, 2023 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Cockpits overwhelmed by conflicting information, where confusion in critical seconds turned recoverable situations into disasters.
  9. Episode 9: Radio Silence Sep 24, 2023 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Flights that stopped responding to the outside world, and the race to understand what was happening on board.
  10. Episode 10: Design Flaws Oct 1, 2023 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Hidden weaknesses engineered into aircraft long before takeoff, and the crashes that finally exposed them.
  11. Episode 11: Heat of the Moment Jan 7, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Crews forced to make split-second decisions under extreme pressure — some heroic, some catastrophic.
  12. Episode 12: Instrument Confusion Jan 14, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: When the instruments pilots depend on begin feeding them lies, crews must decide what — and whether — to believe.
  13. Episode 13: VIP on Board Jan 21, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Crashes that claimed prominent figures, and the extraordinary scrutiny those investigations drew.
  14. Episode 14: Lapse in Security Jan 28, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Disasters that began on the ground, when security measures meant to protect passengers failed.
  15. Episode 15: Mountain Impact Feb 4, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Aircraft brought down by terrain, and the technology developed to keep crews from flying into mountains they never saw.
  16. Episode 16: Survivors Feb 11, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Passengers and crew who lived through the unthinkable, and what their stories reveal about surviving a crash.
  17. Episode 17: Death from Above Feb 18, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Disasters that reached beyond the aircraft, when falling planes and debris brought tragedy to those below.
  18. Episode 18: Courage in the Cockpit Feb 25, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Crews who faced impossible circumstances and, through skill and nerve, gave their passengers a fighting chance.
  19. Episode 19: Maintenance Mistakes Jun 23, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Small errors in hangars and workshops that grew into catastrophes at altitude.
  20. Episode 20: Take Off Tragedies Jun 30, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: The most critical seconds of any flight — and the crashes that happened before aircraft ever truly left the ground.
  21. Episode 21: Dead of Night Jul 7, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Darkness strips pilots of the horizon and hides danger — these crashes show how quickly night flying can turn deadly.
  22. Episode 22: Engine Gone Jul 14, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Engines that failed catastrophically — or tore away entirely — and the crews left to fly what remained.
  23. Episode 23: Lethal Choices Jul 21, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Decisions made in cockpits and operations rooms that sealed a flight's fate long before the moment of impact.
  24. Episode 24: Risky Runways Jul 28, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: The world's most demanding airports, where terrain, weather, and short pavement leave crews little margin for error.
  25. Episode 25: Landings Gone Wrong Aug 4, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Approaches and touchdowns that unraveled in the final seconds, when nearly home proved not close enough.
  26. Episode 26: Frozen Wings Aug 11, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Ice — nearly invisible and ruthlessly effective — and the flights it brought down before its dangers were fully understood.
  27. Episode 27: Runway Collisions Aug 18, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Disasters that happened entirely on the ground, when two aircraft ended up on the same strip of pavement.
  28. Episode 28: Cockpit Breakdown Aug 25, 2024 · 45m Special — Multiple incidents: When teamwork in the cockpit collapses — through conflict, hierarchy, or silence — the aircraft pays the price.
  29. Episode 29: Splash Down Sep 1, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Flights that ended in the water, from controlled ditchings to high-speed impacts, and what determined who survived.
  30. Episode 30: Northern Extremes Sep 8, 2024 · 44m Special — Multiple incidents: Aviation at the edge of the map, where cold, isolation, and unforgiving conditions magnify every mistake.