8.7/103 votes#1 - Fatal Delivery (UPS Airlines Flight 6)
Season 15 Episode 3 - Aired 1/11/2016
On 3 September 2010, the pilots of UPS Airlines Flight 6 report a fire and declare an emergency shortly after taking off from Dubai International Airport. The crew tries to land back at the airport, but are unsuccessful. The aircraft flies over the airport and crashes into an unpopulated area nearby. Both of the pilots die.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Julia Nunes
8.5/102 votes#2 - Deadly Delay (Spanair Flight 5022)
Season 15 Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/2016
On 20 August 2008, Spanair Flight 5022 attempts to takeoff from Barajas Airport, but stalls immediately, banks to the right and crashes, killing 154 people out of the 172 on board. The pilots aborted the first takeoff attempt, and the second attempt resulted in the crash.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Julia Nunes
8.5/102 votes#3 - Disaster at Tenerife (KLM 4805 and Pan Am 1736)
Season 16 Episode 3 - Aired 6/21/2016
On 27 March 1977, the deadliest-ever aviation accident occurs at Los Rodeos Airport (now known as Tenerife-North Airport) in the Canary Islands. KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 collide on the runway in thick fog during the KLM aircraft's attempt to take off, killing 583 people.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Alex Bystram
8.5/102 votes#4 - Murder in the Skies (Germanwings Flight 9525)
Season 16 Episode 7 - Aired 1/23/2017
On 24 March 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 enters a high-speed descent and crashes into the French Alps during a flight from Barcelona, Spain, to Düsseldorf, Germany. All 150 people on board are killed.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Julia Nunes
8.5/102 votes#5 - Explosive Proof (TWA Flight 800)
Season 17 Episode 4 - Aired 3/13/2017
Just minutes after taking off from New York's JFK Airport, TWA Flight 800 is ripped apart by a massive explosion. With a possible terror attack on their hands, the FBI joins investigators from the NTSB in an urgent search for answers. Both agencies are hoping for quick results, but the investigation into TWA Flight 800 will eventually pit them against one another, and will turn into one of the longest, most costly and challenging ever conducted.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Corey Shurge
8.5/102 votes#6 - Taxiway Turmoil
Season 20 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2020
(Northwest Airlines Flights 299 & 1482) When a blanket of confusion and heavy fog puts two planes on a path to disaster, investigators wonder if it was the pilots themselves creating chaos.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Greg Gransden
8.5/102 votes#7 - Double Trouble
Season 22 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2022
Rocked by an explosion that rips both right wing engines off the wing, the pilots of Transair 671 manage a miraculous landing at a French military airfield.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Carl Knutson
8.3/103 votes#8 - Fatal Transmission (United Express Flight 5925)
Season 15 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2016
On 19 November 1996, United Express Flight 5925, operating for Great Lakes Airlines, lands at Quincy Regional Airport and collides with a light aircraft taking off from an intersecting runway. All 14 occupants on both aircraft were killed in a subsequent fire.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Julia Nunes
8.0/101 votes#9 - Sideswiped (Copa Airlines Flight 201)
Season 14 Episode 9 - Aired 3/10/2015
Copa Airlines Flight 201 is flying towards Cali, Colombia when the plane suddenly disintegrates in mid-air.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Douglas Crosbie
8.0/102 votes#10 - High Rise Catastrophe (El Al Flight 1862)
Season 15 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2016
On 4 October 1992, after taking off from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, El Al Flight 1862 declares an emergency. The crew do their best to make an emergency landing, but the 747 cargo jet rolls violently to the right and crashes into an apartment complex, killing 43 people. The two engines on the right wing had separated from the aircraft, causing the loss of control.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Douglas Crosbie
8.0/102 votes#11 - Steep Impact (Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311)
Season 15 Episode 6 - Aired 2/4/2016
On 5 April 1991, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 from Atlanta suddenly nose-dives into the ground while on landing approach to Glynco Jetport, killing all 23 people on board, including US Senator John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter. The accident was caused by a malfunction of the left engine propeller control unit.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Andrew Kaufman
8.0/102 votes#12 - Deadly Myth (Comair Flight 3272)
Season 17 Episode 2 - Aired 2/27/2017
When a commuter flight to Detroit ends in a harrowing death spiral, it's up to investigators to determine the cause and prevent it from ever happening again. They sort through the shattered wreckage in search of clues, and a close analysis of the flight data eventually leads them to a stunning realization-What doomed Flight 3272 is a danger the industry has known about for years.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Christopher Blow
8.0/101 votes#13 - Deadly Distraction (Delta Air Lines Flight 1141)
Season 18 Episode 3 - Aired 2/27/2018
On 31 August 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14 of the 108 people on board.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: James Battiston
8.0/101 votes#14 - Deadly Airspace (Malaysia Airlines Flight 17)
Season 18 Episode 4 - Aired 3/6/2018
On 17 July 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Mark Van de Ven
8.0/101 votes#15 - Explosive Touchdown
Season 20 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2020
(Uni Air Flight 873) Experts fail to find a bomb when a Taiwanese plane explodes. But as they examine the wreckage, they uncover something shocking in the overhead lockers.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Julia Nunes
8.0/101 votes#16 - Meltdown Over Kathmandu
Season 21 Episode 6 - Aired 5/9/2021
On 12 March 2018, US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 skids off the runway, travels through the airport perimeter fence, and crashes into a football field during landing at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. 51 of the 71 people on board are killed in the accident.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Denis Seguin
8.0/101 votes#17 - Mission Disaster
Season 21 Episode 7 - Aired 5/16/2021
On 22 February 1991, a military aerial refueling aircraft loses both engines from under the left wing while on a combat mission in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War, causing serious flight control problems and forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Marco Avolio
8.0/101 votes#18 - Caught in a Jam
Season 21 Episode 8 - Aired 5/23/2021
On 9 June 1995, Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 suffers a landing gear malfunction during final approach to Palmerston North Airport in New Zealand. The aircraft descends until it crashes into hilly terrain as the pilots try to resolve the problem. 4 of the 21 people on board are killed.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Alex Bystram
8.0/102 votes#19 - Pacific Plunge
Season 22 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2022
When Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedives into the Pacific, investigators uncover a critical maintenance issue with deadly implications.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Christopher Blow
7.7/103 votes#20 - Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587)
Season 13 Episode 4 - Aired 1/6/2014
On 12 November 2001, just two months after the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 spirals out of control after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport. Shortly after, the aircraft crashes into the suburb of Queens, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground. The vertical stabilizer had detached from the aircraft because of improper rudder use by the first officer, after encountering wake turbulence from a Boeing 747-400 that had taken off minutes earlier.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Armen Kazazian
7.7/103 votes#21 - The Final Push (FedEx Express Flight 80 & FedEx Express Flight 14)
Season 14 Episode 10 - Aired 3/17/2015
FedEx Express Flight 14 crash lands at Newark but the pilots survive but years later, FedEx Express Flight 80 experiences a similar but fatal crash.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Jonathan Link
7.7/103 votes#22 - Fatal Focus (Garuda Indonesia Flight 200)
Season 15 Episode 2 - Aired 1/4/2016
On 7 March 2007, while landing at Yogyakarta at the end of a routine domestic flight from Jakarta, Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 hits the ground so hard that it bounces violently before running off the end of the runway, killing 21 of the 140 people on board.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Greg Beer
7.7/103 votes#23 - Deadly Detail (China Airlines Flight 120)
Season 16 Episode 4 - Aired 6/28/2016
On 20 August 2007, China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes shortly after landing and taxiing to the gate area at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. All of the 165 passengers and crew members survive.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Brad Wetherly
7.7/103 votes#24 - Deadly Detour (Proteus Airlines Flight 706)
Season 16 Episode 5 - Aired 7/5/2016
On 30 July 1998, Proteus Airlines Flight 706 collides with a light aircraft during a detour over an ocean cruise liner and crashes into Quiberon Bay off the coast of Lorient, France. All fifteen occupants on board the two aircraft are killed.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Andrew Kaufman
7.5/102 votes#25 - Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 6/4/2008
On 6 February 1996, Birgenair Flight 301 is scheduled to fly from Puerto Plata to Frankfurt. On takeoff, the captain finds that his airspeed indicator (ASI) is not reading properly, though the co-pilot's ASI is showing the correct speed; the aircraft subsequently crashes in the Atlantic Ocean. The pilots became confused and believed that both ASIs were malfunctioning, leading to loss of control of the aircraft. All 13 crew members and 176 passengers died. The cause of the disaster was believed to be a wasp that built a nest in one of the aircraft's pitot tubes, which was incorrectly left uncovered during the aircraft's extended stay at Puerto Plata airport.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Dave Gabriel Bene
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"Fatal Delivery (UPS Airlines Flight 6)" is the best rated episode directed by Tim Wolochatiuk. It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. It was written by Julia Nunes. It aired on 1/11/2016 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Deadly Delay (Spanair Flight 5022)".