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Air Disasters

Season 2 2012

  • 2012-06-18T02:00:00Z on Smithsonian Channel
  • 45m
  • 9h (12 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
Harrowing stories of tragedy and triumph are brought to life through official reports, transcripts and interviews with the pilots, air traffic controllers and lucky survivors of history's most terrifying crashes. Widely considered to be the safest form of travel, air transportation is still in its infancy and when midair calamity strikes, the results are often catastrophic. From the cockpit to the cabin, from the control room to the crash scene, we uncover just what went wrong.

12 episodes

Season Premiere

2012-06-18T02:00:00Z

2x01 Cracks in the System

Season Premiere

2x01 Cracks in the System

  • 2012-06-18T02:00:00Z45m

Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 crashes just after take-off from Watson Island in Miami.

2012-06-25T02:00:00Z

2x02 Target is Destroyed

2x02 Target is Destroyed

  • 2012-06-25T02:00:00Z45m

Korean Airlines Flight 007 is shot down by a fighter jet when it enters Soviet airspace.

2012-07-02T02:00:00Z

2x03 Cruel Skies

2x03 Cruel Skies

  • 2012-07-02T02:00:00Z45m

The importance of weather forecasting to the aviation industry.

2012-07-09T02:00:00Z

2x04 Panic on the Runway

2x04 Panic on the Runway

  • 2012-07-09T02:00:00Z45m

In August, 1985, an airplane's engine catches fire as it accelerates.

2012-07-16T02:00:00Z

2x05 Alarming Silence

2x05 Alarming Silence

  • 2012-07-16T02:00:00Z45m

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit.

2012-07-23T02:00:00Z

2x06 Cold Case

2x06 Cold Case

  • 2012-07-23T02:00:00Z45m

A design flaw on the Fokker F28 causes two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York.

2012-07-30T02:00:00Z

2x07 Pilot vs. Plane

2x07 Pilot vs. Plane

  • 2012-07-30T02:00:00Z45m

Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a flyby during an air show.

2012-08-06T02:00:00Z

2x08 System Breakdown

2x08 System Breakdown

  • 2012-08-06T02:00:00Z45m

Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.

2012-08-13T02:00:00Z

2x09 The Final Blow

2x09 The Final Blow

  • 2012-08-13T02:00:00Z45m

An Air Inter flight crashes into the Vosges Mountains while attempting to land.

2012-08-20T02:00:00Z

2x10 Cleared for Disaster

2x10 Cleared for Disaster

  • 2012-08-20T02:00:00Z45m

An air traffic controller's mistake causes two planes to collide on the runway.

The West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crash ultimately leads to bankruptcy of the troubled airline.

Season Finale

2012-09-03T02:00:00Z

2x12 Deadly Reputation

Season Finale

2x12 Deadly Reputation

  • 2012-09-03T02:00:00Z45m

AM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off a runway and crashes into a warehouse next to a petrol station.

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