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  • River Runaway show

    River Runaway

    On 16 January 2002, as Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 approached its destination, it encountered severe thunderstorms resulting...

  • Deadly Myth show

    Deadly Myth

    When commuter flight 3272 ends in a harrowing death spiral, it's up to investigators to determine the cause and prevent it...

  • Killer Attitude show

    Killer Attitude

    During a routine one-hour flight in December 1993, Northwest Airline Flight 5719 crashes in northern Minnesota, killing...

  • Caught On Tape show

    Caught On Tape

    A car dashcam captures stunning footage of the moment TransAsia Flight 235 nosedived into Taipei’s Keelung River. Facing a...

  • Lethal Turn show

    Lethal Turn

    Amid thick smoke from a forest fire, Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 approached the airport on the island of Sumatra. But just...

  • Terror Over Egypt show

    Terror Over Egypt

    Twenty minutes after leaving Egypt, a plane carrying Russian tourists falls out of the sky. Charred remains are all that's...

  • Deadly Distraction show

    Deadly Distraction

    En route to Salt Lake City, Delta Airlines Flight 1141 crashes just moments after lifting off from Dallas-Fort Worth airport...

  • Nuts And Bolts show

    Nuts And Bolts

    It will take more digging and hard evidence to understand what doomed the crew of Emery Worldwide Flight 17.

  • Dead of Winter show

    Dead of Winter

    En route to Boise, Idaho, Continental Airlines Flight 1713 barely lifts off the ground before its banks sharply and crashes.

  • Deadly Go Round show

    Deadly Go Round

    Just minutes from touching down, China Airlines Flight 140 falls out of the sky at Japan's Nagoya Airport.

  • Lethal Limits show

    Lethal Limits

    When a Aeroflot Nord Flight 821 crashes onto the trans-Siberian railway, those investigating make a series of shocking...

  • Taxiway Turmoil show

    Taxiway Turmoil

    Blanketed by confusion and heavy fog, a DC-9 ends up at the wrong end of an active runway in Detroit, and directly in the path...

  • Impossible Pitch show

    Impossible Pitch

    A cargo jet plummets to earth in the Swedish Arctic. And as investigators pore over the evidence, a terrifying picture of...

  • Cabin Catastrophe show

    Cabin Catastrophe

    A mid-air explosion rocks Southwest Airlines 1380. While pilots struggle to regain control, flight attendants make a...

  • Caught In A Jam show

    Caught In A Jam

    On final approach through thick clouds, a commuter turboprop in New Zealand slams into hilly terrain. Rescuers struggle to...

  • Pacific Plunge show

    Pacific Plunge

    When Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedives into the Pacific, investigators uncover a critical maintenance issue with...

  • Tree Strike Terror show

    Tree Strike Terror

    Facing a severe thunderstorm and a control tower shutdown, American Airlines 1572 suffers double-engine failure on final...

  • Turboprop Terror show

    Turboprop Terror

    After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight—and uncover an industry-wide safety...

  • Power Play show

    Power Play

    After losing both engines, a turboprop crashes in Papua New Guinea and investigators soon uncover a deadly flaw in an aircraft...

  • Control Catastrophe show

    Control Catastrophe

    A Kazakh crew manage to land an uncontrollable aircraft and investigators must determine how a freshly-serviced plane was...