Air Disasters - Season 8
Browse all 10 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.
Episodes
Episode 1
Choosing Sides
On Jan 8, 1989 — British Midland Flight 92 (Boeing 737): After trouble erupts in one engine, a jet diverting for an emergency landing crashes onto a motorway embankment just short of the runway at East Midlands.
Episode 2
Testing the Limits
On May 26, 1991 — Lauda Air Flight 004 (Boeing 767): A jet bound for Vienna breaks apart in the night sky over Thailand, and airline owner and racing legend Niki Lauda personally joins the fight for answers.
Episode 3
Vanishing Act
On Sep 3, 1989 — Varig Flight 254 (Boeing 737): A domestic Brazilian flight comes down in the remote Amazon, and for the survivors, the crash is only the beginning of the ordeal.
Episode 4
Sideswiped
On Jun 6, 1992 — Copa Airlines Flight 201 (Boeing 737): A flight from Panama City plunges into the Darién jungle, sending investigators into one of the world's most remote regions for answers.
Episode 5
The Final Push
On Jul 31, 1997 & Mar 23, 2009 — FedEx Flight 14 & FedEx Flight 80 (MD-11s): Two cargo jets of the same type crashed on landing nearly 12 years apart, in Newark and Tokyo, raising the question: pilots or plane?
Episode 6
The Death of JFK Jr.
On Jul 16, 1999 — Piper Saratoga N9253N: A private plane carrying John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, and her sister vanishes on a night flight to Martha's Vineyard, stunning the nation.
Episode 7
Concorde - Up in Flames
On Jul 25, 2000 — Air France Flight 4590 (Concorde): Trailing flames on takeoff from Paris, the world's only supersonic airliner crashes minutes later, and investigators must reconstruct the disaster from fragments.
Episode 8
Accident or Assassination
On Nov 4, 2008 — Mexican government Learjet 45: A charter carrying Mexico's Interior Secretary plummets into Mexico City's financial district at rush hour, and amid the drug war, many suspect it was no accident.
Episode 9
No Clear Options
On Feb 10, 2011 — Manx2 Flight 7100 (Fairchild Metroliner): In thick fog at Cork, Ireland, a commuter turboprop crashes on its third landing attempt, and investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation oversight.
Episode 10
Death in the Arctic
On Aug 20, 2011 — First Air Flight 6560 (Boeing 737): A charter drifts off course on approach to Resolute Bay in Canada's far north and strikes a hillside — with an unlikely rescue force already on the ground nearby.