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The disaster is only the beginning of the story.
Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters could have been prevented. Accounts from survivors combine with cockpit recordings and computer images to weave the gripping tales, and expert testimony reveals the hows and whys behind the events, some of which have resulted in important changes to aviation safety and regulations.
Season 1
10 Episodes
May 15, 2011
Season 2
12 Episodes
June 17, 2012
Season 3
11 Episodes
March 3, 2013
Season 4
13 Episodes
April 27, 2014
Season 5
11 Episodes
February 8, 2015
Season 6
10 Episodes
September 13, 2015
Season 7
10 Episodes
March 13, 2016
Season 8
10 Episodes
October 16, 2016
Season 9
10 Episodes
March 5, 2017
Season 10
10 Episodes
January 7, 2018
Season 11
10 Episodes
September 30, 2018
Season 12
10 Episodes
January 27, 2019
Season 13
10 Episodes
September 8, 2019
Season 14
10 Episodes
January 5, 2020
Season 15
10 Episodes
September 6, 2020
Season 16
10 Episodes
April 25, 2021
Season 17
10 Episodes
February 27, 2022
Season 18
24 Episodes
September 25, 2022
Season 19
10 Episodes
May 21, 2023
Season 20
30 Episodes
July 30, 2023
Season 21
8 Episodes
September 15, 2024
Season 22
10 Episodes
November 10, 2024
Season 23
6 Episodes
June 8, 2025
Season 24
10 Episodes
July 20, 2025
Season 25
11 Episodes
March 8, 2026
On Jul 2, 2021 — Transair Flight 810 (Boeing 737): Minutes after a night takeoff from Honolulu, a cargo crew reports engine trouble and ditches in the dark Pacific — but the recovered wreckage tells a different story than the pilots do.
On Aug 13, 2004 — Air Tahoma Flight 185 (Convair 580): Within sight of the runway at Cincinnati, both engines of a cargo turboprop flame out, and it comes down on a golf course short of the field.
On Jan 9, 2021 — Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 (Boeing 737): Minutes after leaving Jakarta in heavy rain, a jet banks hard and plunges into the Java Sea, and the investigation surfaces defects no one had caught.
On Nov 6, 2002 — Luxair Flight 9642 (Fokker 50): On a foggy morning approach to Luxembourg, a commuter flight from Berlin suddenly drops from the sky just miles from the runway.
On Feb 27, 2001 — Loganair Flight 670A (Short 360): Moments after a night takeoff from Edinburgh, a mail plane loses both engines and comes down in the frigid Firth of Forth, and investigators trace the cause to the ground.
On Apr 6, 1993 — China Eastern Airlines Flight 583 (MD-11): High over the North Pacific, a jet suddenly pitches into violent oscillations that hurl passengers about the cabin, forcing an emergency landing on a remote Aleutian island.
On Sep 6, 1985 — Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 (DC-9): Seconds after takeoff from Milwaukee — in aviation's deadliest year — a jet rolls out of its climb and crashes just beyond the airport.
On Jan 23, 2020 — Coulson Aviation Tanker 134 (C-130): Battling catastrophic bushfires in New South Wales, an air tanker goes down after a retardant drop, and investigators must work inside an active fire zone.
On Jul 1, 2002 — Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 & DHL Flight 611: Witnesses on the ground watch two aircraft collide in the night sky over southern Germany, and investigators confront how it could happen under modern air traffic control.
On Dec 22, 1996 — Airborne Express Flight 827 (DC-8): During a post-maintenance evaluation flight over Virginia, a cargo jet's test of its stall behavior goes catastrophically wrong in the mountains.
On Feb 1, 1991 — USAir Flight 1493 (Boeing 737): After a runway collision at LAX, passengers aboard the burning jet face a desperate struggle to escape — and the investigation reshapes evacuation safety.
