The Best Episodes Directed By Karl Jason

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(6 votes)

   #1 - Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)

   S5:E65/14/2008

   A Boeing 767-200 jet, Air Canada Flight 143, ran completely out of fuel at 41,000 feet (12,000m) altitude, about halfway through its flight from Montreal to Edmonton. The crew was able to glide the aircraft safely to an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport, a former airbase at Gimli, Manitoba.

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   7.8/10(4 votes)

   #2 - Ocean Landing

   S3:E1312/7/2005

   On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is forced to ditch after running out of fuel. The aircraft breaks up as the wings hit the water, killing 125 people. The aircraft had been hijacked and ran out of fuel because the hijackers did not believe the pilot's insistence that there was not enough fuel aboard to make it to the hijackers' planned destination: Australia.

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   7.8/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Flight 574 Lost (Adam Air Flight 574)

   S7:E712/16/2009

   On January 1st 2007, a Boeing 737-400 crashed into the Makassar Strait near Polewali in Sulawesi. The subsequent investigation raised deep concerns about the safety record of the Indonesian airline industry.

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   7.7/10(6 votes)

   #4 - Fight for Your Life

   S3:E410/5/2005

   On 7 April 1994, Auburn Calloway, a disgruntled employee, attempts to hijack Federal Express Flight 705 armed with hammers and a speargun. Despite sustaining serious injuries, the crew successfully subdues Calloway and returns the aircraft safely to Memphis International Airport.

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   7.4/10(5 votes)

   #5 - Missed Approach (Korean Air Flight 801)

   S4:E45/6/2007

   On 6 August 1997, the crew of Korean Air Flight 801 is unable to see the runway during final approach for a night landing in Guam. They initiate a missed approach, but the aircraft then flies into a low hill, killing 228 people. A combination of pilot error and the instrument landing system at Guam airport being temporarily out of service for maintenance work were blamed. AKA : Final Approach

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   7.0/10(5 votes)

   #6 - Vertigo

   S4:E96/10/2007

   On 3 January 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 banks to the right just after takeoff and crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board. The cause of this disaster is disputed and suggested to be spatial disorientation on the part of the flight crew.

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