- 8.5/102 votes
#1 - Deadly Crossroads
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/13/2005
On 1 July 2002, Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 collides with DHL Flight 611 in German airspace near Überlingen. Flight 2937 is destroyed instantly, and the DHL cargo aircraft crashes shortly afterwards, killing all 71 people on board the two aircraft.
Director: Phil Comeau
Writer: Phil Comeau
- 7.5/102 votes
#2 - A Wounded Bird
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2005
On 21 August 1995, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 is climbing to its cruising altitude, when a blade on the left-side propeller comes off. The imbalance of the rotating propeller causes the engine to partly tear itself from its mounting, creating excessive drag. The aircraft rapidly loses altitude and crashes, killing nine people.
Director: Phil Comeau
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/102 votes
#3 - Attack over Baghdad
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2005
On 22 November 2003, a European Air Transport Airbus A300 operating on behalf of DHL is climbing away from Baghdad International Airport, when the left wing explodes, causing a massive loss of hydraulic fluid which immobilizes the flight control surfaces. The crew flies the aircraft by changing the engines' thrust for control and make a safe landing 16 minutes later. A surface-to-air missile had been launched at the aircraft.
Director: Phil Comeau
Writer: Andrew Weir
- 6.0/102 votes
#4 - Head On Collision
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/2005
On 8 February 1986, a Via Rail passenger train and a 118-car Canadian National Railway freight train collide, killing 23 people. The freight train crew did not stop at a red railway signal on a section of a passing loop, possibly because they were asleep. Note: This is a Crash Scene Investigation episode.
Director: Phil Comeau
Writer: Michael Sheehan