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The Best Episodes of Air Disasters Season 20

Every episode of Air Disasters Season 20 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Air Disasters Season 20!

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 1 - Headline News
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    #1 - Headline News

    S20:E1

    American Airlines Flight 77 slams into the Pentagon on America's darkest day of the 21st century. TWA Flight 800 explodes over Long Island minutes after leaving JFK. The supersonic superstar Concorde crashes into an airport hotel after a failed takeoff from Paris. All three air disasters made headline news around the globe, creating media frenzies, igniting conspiracy theories, and putting immense pressure on investigators. In this episode, we revisit these three accidents and follow examiners as they uncover the truth behind the tragedies.

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  2. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 2 - Rookie Errors
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    #2 - Rookie Errors

    S20:E2

    While commercial pilots undergo hundreds of hours of training and testing, even experienced pilots can make deadly rookie errors.

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  3. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 3 - Collision Course
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    #3 - Collision Course

    S20:E3

    Authorities scramble for answers when a passenger plane collides with a military fighter jet in California, and two commercial planes meet a similar fate decades later in India. Investigators comb through the wreckage of three separate midair collisions in a race to prevent another fatal impact.

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  4. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 4 - Engines Out
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    #4 - Engines Out

    S20:E4

    When an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world.

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  5. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 5 - Fuel Trouble
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    #5 - Fuel Trouble

    S20:E5

    Three mysterious accidents send investigators hunting for clues. In the end, all three trails lead back to the same source - the fuel tank.

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  6. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 6 - Perilous Payload
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    #6 - Perilous Payload

    S20:E6

    Three planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation. It's a flight risk that's entirely preventable, and yet repeated disasters reconfirm the need for critical backup systems.

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  7. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 7 - Runway in Sight
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    #7 - Runway in Sight

    S20:E7

    If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.

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  8. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 8 - Deadly Confusion
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    #8 - Deadly Confusion

    S20:E8

    Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents. Even the most experienced pilots are susceptible to its subtle yet deadly effects.

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  9. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 9 - Radio Silence
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    #9 - Radio Silence

    S20:E9

    Radio silence between pilots and air traffic controllers can mean many different things, but only the physical evidence can reveal the true story. Three shocking cases send investigators hunting for answers.

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  10. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 10 - Design Flaws
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    #10 - Design Flaws

    S20:E10

    When former race car driver Niki Lauda's planes nosedives into a Thai jungle, a one-in-a-million failure reveals a weak spot in every Boeing 767.

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  11. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 11 - Heat of the Moment
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    #11 - Heat of the Moment

    S20:E11

    Dashcam footage aids in the investigation of a fatal TransAsia crash, experts determine the cause of a botched emergency landing, and a test flight for a revolutionary aircraft turns deadly.

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  12. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 12 - Instrument Confusion
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    #12 - Instrument Confusion

    S20:E12

    A Boeing 737 vanishes off the radar, a South Korean jet slams into the English countryside moments after takeoff, and an inexperienced crew faces a pileup of errors on a flight over Russia. When critical instruments cause confusion, the consequences can be deadly.

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  13. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 13 - VIP on Board
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    #13 - VIP on Board

    S20:E13

    Airplane crashes involving high-profile passengers—including a top diplomat and a Brazilian football team—put investigators under intense pressure to come up with answers.

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  14. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 14 - Lapse in Security
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    #14 - Lapse in Security

    S20:E14

    Traced to a breakdown of vital safety measures, three horrific disasters provoke fundamental changes to airport security procedures around the world.

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  15. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 15 - Mountain Impact
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    #15 - Mountain Impact

    S20:E15

    Following three deadly crashes, investigators uncover dangerous mathematical flaws in the very operations systems designed to prevent aircraft from flying into mountains.

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  16. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 16 - Survivors
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    #16 - Survivors

    S20:E16

    From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.

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  17. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 17 - Death from Above
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    #17 - Death from Above

    S20:E17

    Mid-air tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a community, and rain terror on the people below.

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  18. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 18 - Courage in the Cockpit
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    #18 - Courage in the Cockpit

    S20:E18

    Devastating failures in the air put pilots to the test, and shine a light on three astonishing feats of flying.

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  19. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 19 - Maintenance Mistakes
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    #19 - Maintenance Mistakes

    S20:E19

    A trio of crashes reveals that when the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe.

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  20. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 20 - Take Off Tragedies
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    #20 - Take Off Tragedies

    S20:E20

    Three flights ending in tragedy prove that minor missteps during takeoff can have disastrous consequences.

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  21. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 21 - Dead of Night
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    #21 - Dead of Night

    S20:E21

    Confused, flying blind, and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

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  22. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 22 - Engine Gone
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    #22 - Engine Gone

    S20:E22

    Three crews experience the same devastating event; but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

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  23. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 23 - Lethal Choices
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    #23 - Lethal Choices

    S20:E23

    Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

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  24. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 24 - Risky Runways
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    #24 - Risky Runways

    S20:E24

    In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, the toughest landings on earth pushed three flight crews.

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  25. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 25 - Landings Gone Wrong
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    #25 - Landings Gone Wrong

    S20:E25

    Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

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Season 20 Ratings Summary

"Headline News" is the best rated episode of "Air Disasters" season 20. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/30/2023. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Rookie Errors".