On Aug 26, 2003 — Colgan Air Flight 9446 (Beechcraft 1900D): Moments after leaving Cape Cod on a repositioning flight, a commuter plane's crew is thrown into a violent struggle with their own controls.

Pitch Battle

Stephen Bogaert

Under Fire

Fight For Survival

On Feb 24, 1989 — United Airlines Flight 811 (Boeing 747): Climbing out of Honolulu at night, a jumbo jet's fuselage suddenly tears open, hurling passengers into the darkness as the crew fights to get back.

Terror Over The Pacific

On Oct 17, 2019 — PenAir Flight 3296 (Saab 2000): Landing at one of Alaska's most notoriously difficult airports, a turboprop can't stop, careening past the runway's end toward the frigid waters of Dutch Harbor.

Disaster At Dutch Harbor

On Feb 16, 1995 — Air Transport International Flight 782 (DC-8): A cargo jet attempting a rare three-engine ferry takeoff from Kansas City never gets airborne, and investigators zero in on the crew's preparation.

Deadly Departure

On May 13, 2019 — Taquan Air DHC-3 Otter & Mountain Air Service DHC-2 Beaver: Two floatplanes carrying cruise ship tourists converge over a scenic Alaskan waterfall, and investigators turn to 3D technology to explain how neither saw the other.

Without Warning

On Feb 16, 1998 — China Airlines Flight 676 (Airbus A300): Arriving at Taipei in poor weather, a jet abandons its landing — and eleven seconds later comes down in a neighborhood beside the airport.

Eleven Deadly Seconds

On Feb 21, 1982 — Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458 (DHC-6 Twin Otter): With flames burning up through the cockpit floor, a commuter crew puts their plane down on a frozen Rhode Island reservoir in a desperate bid to save everyone aboard.

On Aug 19, 1980 — Saudia Flight 163 (Lockheed L-1011): Minutes after leaving Riyadh, smoke fills the cabin of a packed wide-body, and the crew turns back — the beginning of one of aviation's most haunting tragedies.

On Jan 21, 2019 — Piper Malibu N264DB: A private plane carrying soccer star Emiliano Sala to his new club vanishes over the English Channel at night, and the investigation exposes a shadowy corner of aviation.

Lost Star Footballer

On Mar 10, 2019 — Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (Boeing 737 MAX 8): Six minutes after leaving Addis Ababa, a brand-new jet dives into the ground — the second MAX crash in five months — and the world's fleet is grounded.

Deadly Directive

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.

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