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Running · 2003–

Air Crash Investigation

Flying is one of the safest forms of transport. But what happens when tragedy strikes? From human error and accidents to mechanical faults and design flaws, the success of aviation history is punctuated with disaster and catastrophe. It's rare, but it does happen. Follow experts as they determine what went wrong and work out how to prevent these horrific tragedies from happening again. Examine the wrecks and official records, and hear from eyewitnesses, passengers and aviation experts as we reconstruct some of the most tragic disasters in aviation history. Air Crash Investigation looks at what went wrong and how future disasters can be averted.

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Season 1 · 6 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · Unlocking Disaster
  2. S01 E02 · Racing the Storm
  3. S01 E03 · Fire on Board
  4. S01 E04 · Cutting Corners
  5. S01 E05 · Flying Blind
  6. S01 E06 · Flying on Empty
Season 2 · 6 episodes
  1. S02 E01 · Blow Out
  2. S02 E02 · A Wounded Bird
  3. S02 E03 · Hijacked
  4. S02 E04 · Mid-Air Collision
  5. S02 E05 · Crash on the Mountain
  6. S02 E06 · Missing Over New York
Season 3 · 11 episodes
  1. S03 E01 · Hanging by a Thread
  2. S03 E02 · Attack over Baghdad
  3. S03 E03 · Out of Control
  4. S03 E04 · Fight for Your Life
  5. S03 E05 · Bomb on Board
  6. S03 E06 · Mistaken Identity
  7. S03 E07 · Helicopter Down
  8. S03 E08 · Death and Denial
  9. S03 E09 · Kid in the Cockpit
  10. S03 E10 · Ocean Landing
  11. S03 Special · Crash of the Century
Season 4 · 10 episodes
  1. S04 E01 · Desperate Escape
  2. S04 E02 · Falling from the Sky
  3. S04 E03 · Fire Fight
  4. S04 E04 · Missed Approach
  5. S04 E05 · Hidden Danger
  6. S04 E06 · Panic Over the Pacific
  7. S04 E07 · Out of Sight
  8. S04 E08 · Fog of War
  9. S04 E09 · Vertigo
  10. S04 E10 · Ghost Plane
Season 5 · 10 episodes
  1. S05 E01 · Explosive Evidence
  2. S05 E02 · Behind Closed Doors
  3. S05 E03 · Southern Storm
  4. S05 E04 · Dead Weight
  5. S05 E05 · Invisible Killer
  6. S05 E06 · Gimli Glider
  7. S05 E07 · Fanning the Flames
  8. S05 E08 · Mixed Signals
  9. S05 E09 · Fatal Distraction
  10. S05 E10 · Phantom Strike
Season 6 · 3 episodes
  1. S06 E01 · Ripped Apart
  2. S06 E02 · Fatal Flaw
  3. S06 E03 · Who's Flying the Plane?
Season 7 · 10 episodes
  1. S07 Special · Special Report: System Breakdown
  2. S07 Special · Special Report: Cruel Skies
  3. S07 E01 · Lockerbie Disaster
  4. S07 E02 · Sight Unseen
  5. S07 E03 · Scratching the Surface
  6. S07 E04 · Blown Apart
  7. S07 E05 · Operation Babylift
  8. S07 E06 · Falling Fast
  9. S07 E07 · Flight 574: Lost
  10. S07 E08 · Frozen in Flight
Season 8 · 8 episodes
  1. S08 E01 · Panic on the Runway
  2. S08 E02 · Pilot vs. Plane
  3. S08 E03 · Alarming Silence
  4. S08 E04 · Cleared for Disaster
  5. S08 E05 · Target is Destroyed
  6. S08 E06 · Cold Case
  7. S08 E07 · The Final Blow
  8. S08 E08 · Cracks in the System
Season 9 · 6 episodes
  1. S09 E01 · Who's In Control?
  2. S09 E02 · The Heathrow Enigma
  3. S09 E03 · Cockpit Failure
  4. S09 E04 · Hudson Splashdown
  5. S09 E05 · Dead Tired
  6. S09 E06 · Pilot Betrayed
Season 10 · 13 episodes
  1. S10 E01 · Deadly Reputation
  2. S10 E02 · The Plane That Flew Too High
  3. S10 E03 · Split Decision
  4. S10 E04 · Break Up Over Texas
  5. S10 E05 · Munich Air Disaster
  6. S10 E06 · Turning Point
  7. S10 E07 · Bad Attitude
  8. S10 E08 · Blind Spot
  9. S10 E09 · Under Pressure
  10. S10 E10 · I'm the Problem
  11. S10 E11 · Nowhere to Land
  12. S10 E12 · The Linate Airport Disaster / The Invisible Plane
  13. S10 E13 · Impossible Landing
Season 11 · 13 episodes
  1. S11 E01 · Fight for Control
  2. S11 E02 · Fire in the Hold
  3. S11 E03 · Caution to the Wind
  4. S11 E04 · Pushed to the Limit
  5. S11 E05 · Blind Landing
  6. S11 E06 · Grand Canyon Disaster
  7. S11 E07 · Death of the President
  8. S11 E08 · Catastrophe at O'Hare
  9. S11 E09 · Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster
  10. S11 E10 · Focused on Failure
  11. S11 E11 · Heading to Disaster
  12. S11 E12 · 28 Seconds to Survive
  13. S11 E13 · Vanished
Season 12 · 11 episodes
  1. S12 E01 · Fight to the Death
  2. S12 E02 · Disaster on the Potomac
  3. S12 E03 · Speed Trap
  4. S12 E04 · Queens Catastrophe
  5. S12 E05 · Lost In Translation
  6. S12 E06 · Massacre Over the Mediterranean
  7. S12 E07 · Terror In Paradise
  8. S12 E08 · Imperfect Pitch
  9. S12 Special · Getting Out Alive
  10. S12 E09 · Into the Eye of the Storm
  11. S12 E10 · Qantas 32: Titanic in the Sky
Season 13 · 11 episodes
  1. S13 E01 · Concorde - Up In Flames
  2. S13 E02 · The Death of JFK Jr.
  3. S13 E03 · Niki Lauda: Testing the Limits
  4. S13 E04 · Choosing Sides
  5. S13 E05 · Vanishing Act
  6. S13 E06 · Inner City Carnage
  7. S13 E07 · Death in the Arctic
  8. S13 E08 · No Clear Options
  9. S13 E09 · Sideswiped
  10. S13 E10 · The Final Push
  11. S13 E11 · Malaysia 370: What Happened?
Season 14 · 10 episodes
  1. S14 E01 · Fatal Focus
  2. S14 E02 · Fatal Delivery
  3. S14 E03 · Terror in San Francisco
  4. S14 E04 · Steep Impact
  5. S14 E05 · High Rise Catastrophe
  6. S14 E06 · Fatal Transmission
  7. S14 E07 · Carnage in Sao Paulo
  8. S14 E08 · Edge of Disaster
  9. S14 E09 · Deadly Mission
  10. S14 E10 · Fatal Delay
Season 15 · 10 episodes
  1. S15 E01 · Deadly Silence
  2. S15 E02 · Inside 9/11: The Pentagon Attack
  3. S15 E03 · Disaster at Tenerife
  4. S15 E04 · Deadly Detail
  5. S15 E05 · Deadly Detour
  6. S15 E06 · Dangerous Approach
  7. S15 E07 · Murder in the Skies
  8. S15 E08 · River Runway
  9. S15 E09 · Deadly Solution
  10. S15 E10 · Afghan Nightmare
Season 16 · 10 episodes
  1. S16 E01 · Killer Attitude
  2. S16 E02 · Deadly Myth
  3. S16 E03 · Turning Point
  4. S16 E04 · Explosive Proof
  5. S16 E05 · Lethal Turn
  6. S16 E06 · Storming Out
  7. S16 E07 · Caught on Tape
  8. S16 E08 · Terror over Egypt
  9. S16 E09 · Deadly Discussions
  10. S16 E10 · The Lost Plane
Season 17 · 10 episodes
  1. S17 E01 · Deadly Airspace
  2. S17 E02 · Blown Away
  3. S17 E03 · Nuts and Bolts
  4. S17 E04 · Deadly Distraction
  5. S17 E05 · Deadly Display
  6. S17 E06 · Deadly Space
  7. S17 E07 · Free Fall
  8. S17 E08 · Deadly Inclination
  9. S17 E09 · Deadly Go-Round
  10. S17 E10 · Dead of Winter
Season 18 · 10 episodes
  1. S18 E01 · Deadly Descent
  2. S18 E02 · Death Race
  3. S18 E03 · Borderline Tactics
  4. S18 E04 · Fatal Approach
  5. S18 E05 · Deadly Pitch
  6. S18 E06 · Fatal Climb
  7. S18 E07 · Runway Runoff
  8. S18 E08 · Lethal Limits
  9. S18 E09 · Football Tragedy
  10. S18 E10 · Slam Dunk
Season 19 · 10 episodes
  1. S19 E01 · Explosive Touchdown
  2. S19 E02 · Taxiway Turmoil
  3. S19 E03 · Kathmandu Descent
  4. S19 E04 · Icy Descent
  5. S19 E05 · Atlantic Ditching
  6. S19 E06 · Impossible Pitch
  7. S19 E07 · No Warning
  8. S19 E08 · Cockpit Killer
  9. S19 E09 · Stormy Cockpit
  10. S19 E10 · Runway Breakup
Season 20 · 10 episodes
  1. S20 E01 · North Sea Nightmare
  2. S20 E02 · Grounded: Boeing Max 8
  3. S20 E03 · Playing Catch Up
  4. S20 E04 · Cabin Catastrophe
  5. S20 E05 · Tragic Take Off
  6. S20 E06 · Meltdown Over Kathmandu
  7. S20 E07 · Mission Disaster
  8. S20 E08 · Caught in a Jam
  9. S20 E09 · Seconds From Touchdown
  10. S20 E10 · Deadly Delivery
Season 21 · 10 episodes
  1. S21 E01 · Pacific Plunge
  2. S21 E02 · Terror over Michigan
  3. S21 E03 · Holding Pattern
  4. S21 E04 · Stealth Bomber Down
  5. S21 E05 · Double Trouble
  6. S21 E06 · Peril over Portugal
  7. S21 E07 · Tree Strike Terror
  8. S21 E08 · Pitch Black
  9. S21 E09 · Turboprop Terror
  10. S21 E10 · Loss of a Legend
Season 22 · 10 episodes
  1. S22 E01 · Deadly Exchange
  2. S22 E02 · Mixed Signals
  3. S22 E03 · Pressure Point
  4. S22 E04 · Power Play
  5. S22 E05 · Control Catastrophe
  6. S22 E06 · Cockpit Catastrophe
  7. S22 E07 · Dream Flight Disaster
  8. S22 E08 · Deadly Deception
  9. S22 E09 · Delivery to Disaster
  10. S22 E10 · Mystery over the Mediterranean
Season 23 · 10 episodes
  1. S23 E01 · Terror Over The Pacific
  2. S23 E02 · Disaster At Dutch Harbor
  3. S23 E03 · Deadly Departure
  4. S23 E04 · Deadly Directive
  5. S23 E05 · Without Warning
  6. S23 E06 · Eleven Deadly Seconds
  7. S23 E07 · Lost Star Footballer
  8. S23 E08 · Fight For Survival
  9. S23 E09 · Pitch Battle
  10. S23 E10 · Under Fire
Season 24 · 11 episodes
  1. S24 E01 · Cabin Chaos
  2. S24 E02 · Power Struggle
  3. S24 E03 · Firebomber Down
  4. S24 E04 · Powerless Plunge
  5. S24 E05 · Second Thoughts
  6. S24 E06 · Deadly Climb
  7. S24 E07 · Pacific Ditching
  8. S24 E08 · Collision Catastrophe
  9. S24 E09 · Fatal Test Flight
  10. S24 E10 · Running on Empty
  11. S24 E11 · No Exit
Season 25 · 10 episodes
  1. S25 E01 · Deadly Charter
  2. S25 E02 · Norwegian Nightmare
  3. S25 E03 · A Perfect Storm
  4. S25 E04 · Crash Landing
  5. S25 E05 · Peril Over Pakistan
  6. S25 E06 · Deadly Cover-Up
  7. S25 E07 · Divided in Crisis
  8. S25 E08 · Moments from Touchdown
  9. S25 E09 · Monsoon Approach
  10. S25 E10 · Mixed Measures

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