• AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION

  • Saturday 2 June at 7:00PM
  • National Geographic Channel

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Expert testimony. Official reports. Eyewitness accounts. Every Air Crash Investigation has to get it right to keep your skies safe.

Airline disasters can be truly catastrophic - but some people are determined to find hope among the wreckage.

In brand new episodes of Air Crash Investigation, join dedicated investigators seeking to secure safety in the skies, as this gripping series returns for a phenomenal tenth season.

New Air Crash Investigation airs Mondays at 9pm and examines plane crashes and near-disasters from around the globe in meticulous detail by providing a look into what went wrong and if they could have been prevented.

These events have helped change aviation safety and brought about some of the most important changes to aviation regulations that you know today.

Survivor accounts and event re-enactments weave gripping tales while computer generated images (CGI) and expert testimony explains the reasons behind the fatal or near fatal accidents.

EPISODE GUIDE

  • Air Crash Investigation: Nightmare Runway
    Find out how fears over Congonhas Airport’s infamous hilltop landing strip led to the fatal crash of TAM Airlines Flight 3054 in July 2007.
  • Air Crash Investigation: Break-Up Over Texas
    Continental Express Flight 2574 came down in 1991, following a massive mid-air explosion. Could a piece of faulty paperwork explain the crash?
  • Air Crash Investigation: Munich Air Disaster
    The 1958 Munich crash was the darkest day in Manchester United's history. Pilot James Thain was initially blamed – and never flew again.
  • Air Crash Investigation: Deadly Design
    Only the quick-thinking of Captain Frank Geib saved Northwest Airlines Flight 85 from disaster in 2002. What exactly went wrong?
  • Air Crash Investigation: Stansted Crash
    The crash of a Korean cargo plane outside London baffled investigators. Was the first officer more concerned with saving face than the plane?
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    Sunday 3 June at 12:00AM - National Geographic Channel
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    Sunday 3 June at 12:00PM - National Geographic Channel

  • Air Crash Investigation: Desert Inferno
    Following take-off from Jeddah's desert airport, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 burst into flames and crashed to the ground – killing all on board.
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    Saturday 2 June at 7:00PM - National Geographic Channel
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    Sunday 3 June at 4:30AM - National Geographic Channel

  • Air Crash Investigation: Fatal Climb
    At 33,000 feet, the engines of an overbooked West Caribbean Airways flight suddenly stopped. What happened to cause Venezuela's worst-ever crash?
  • Air Crash Investigation: On Course to Disaster
    Find out if a simple misunderstanding caused the biggest airline disaster in American history. Did radio static seal the fate of this flight?
  • Air Crash Investigation: Military Crash Consipiracy
    What happened to the ill-fated plane carrying 248 American soildiers on their way home from six months of peace-keeping in the Middle East?
  • Air Crash Investigation: Military Crash Conspiracy
    What happened to the ill-fated plane carrying 248 American soldiers on their way home from six months of peace-keeping in the Middle East?
  • Air Crash Investigation: Murder on Board
    With 43 people dead and a possible crime on board, investigators try to determine what happened on Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771.
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    Saturday 2 June at 8:00PM - National Geographic Channel
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    Sunday 3 June at 5:15AM - National Geographic Channel

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