Special — Multiple incidents: Three aircraft brought down by gradually deteriorating parts, where neglected maintenance turned wear and tear into catastrophe.

Ticking Time Bomb

Stephen Bogaert

Accidents in the Air

Time Critical

Special — Multiple incidents: Mistaken identity and hostile fire over enemy territory — the extraordinary risks facing crews who fly through the world's war zones.

Time of War

Special — Multiple incidents: Pressured by deadlines, three crews rush, skip key procedures, and ignore warning signs — with deadly consequences.

Special — Multiple incidents, including Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, Aloha Airlines Flight 243, and Air Canada Flight 797: Mid-flight emergencies that tore aircraft open — and the crews who had to get them down.

Special — Multiple incidents: With zero margin for error, three crews manage to land their crippled aircraft against all odds.

Impossible Landings

Special — Multiple incidents, including Loganair Flight 6780 and the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team charter: When pilot training falls short, emergencies in the cockpit escalate into disaster.

Trained to Fail

Special — Multiple incidents: Hidden flaws buried in navigation and flight computers feed three crews fatal errors, forcing investigators to dig deep into the code.

Deadly Data

Special — Multiple incidents, including Manx2 Flight 7100 and Aeroflot Flight 593: Fatigue, fog, and lapses in judgment lead three crews into catastrophic blunders.

Poor Piloting

Special — Multiple incidents: Three aircraft fall prey to fearsome winds, and investigators must untangle what the weather did — and what the crews could have done.

Dangerous Winds

Special — Multiple incidents: From hijackers to deliberate acts in the cockpit, three flights brought down not by accident but by intent.

Sabotage

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.

Ticking Time Bomb

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