Air Disasters - Season 24
Browse all 10 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.
Episodes
Episode 1
Terror Over The Pacific
On Feb 24, 1989 — United Airlines Flight 811 (Boeing 747): Climbing out of Honolulu at night, a jumbo jet's fuselage suddenly tears open, hurling passengers into the darkness as the crew fights to get back.
Episode 2
Disaster At Dutch Harbor
On Oct 17, 2019 — PenAir Flight 3296 (Saab 2000): Landing at one of Alaska's most notoriously difficult airports, a turboprop can't stop, careening past the runway's end toward the frigid waters of Dutch Harbor.
Episode 3
Deadly Departure
On Feb 16, 1995 — Air Transport International Flight 782 (DC-8): A cargo jet attempting a rare three-engine ferry takeoff from Kansas City never gets airborne, and investigators zero in on the crew's preparation.
Episode 4
Without Warning
On May 13, 2019 — Taquan Air DHC-3 Otter & Mountain Air Service DHC-2 Beaver: Two floatplanes carrying cruise ship tourists converge over a scenic Alaskan waterfall, and investigators turn to 3D technology to explain how neither saw the other.
Episode 5
Eleven Deadly Seconds
On Feb 16, 1998 — China Airlines Flight 676 (Airbus A300): Arriving at Taipei in poor weather, a jet abandons its landing — and eleven seconds later comes down in a neighborhood beside the airport.
Episode 6
Fight For Survival
On Feb 21, 1982 — Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458 (DHC-6 Twin Otter): With flames burning up through the cockpit floor, a commuter crew puts their plane down on a frozen Rhode Island reservoir in a desperate bid to save everyone aboard.
Episode 7
Pitch Battle
On Aug 26, 2003 — Colgan Air Flight 9446 (Beechcraft 1900D): Moments after leaving Cape Cod on a repositioning flight, a commuter plane's crew is thrown into a violent struggle with their own controls.
Episode 8
Under Fire
On Aug 19, 1980 — Saudia Flight 163 (Lockheed L-1011): Minutes after leaving Riyadh, smoke fills the cabin of a packed wide-body, and the crew turns back — the beginning of one of aviation's most haunting tragedies.
Episode 9
Lost Star Footballer
On Jan 21, 2019 — Piper Malibu N264DB: A private plane carrying soccer star Emiliano Sala to his new club vanishes over the English Channel at night, and the investigation exposes a shadowy corner of aviation.
Episode 10
Deadly Directive
On Mar 10, 2019 — Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (Boeing 737 MAX 8): Six minutes after leaving Addis Ababa, a brand-new jet dives into the ground — the second MAX crash in five months — and the world's fleet is grounded.