Browse all episodes of Aircrash Confidential

Incompetent pilots have caused countless horrific crashes, but in their desperate attempt to eliminate human error, have airlines actually made flying more risky?

Pilot Error

Planes hold lives in the balance but sometimes there are fatal errors in their design. Find out why a Jumbo Jet exploded mid-flight and DC10s fell from the sky.

Engineering Error

Disasters atribbuted to "auto-pilot error". Disasters included: Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, Birgenair Flight 301 and a Qantas Boeing 737 Incident.

Autopilot Error

In Canada on 12th December 1985, a plane crashed less than 1 mile after take-off. All 256 passengers onboard died, but what caused this aircraft tragedy?

Incredible Causes

Airbus A320, the first commercial fly-by-wire plane, crashed. This episode will dive into the reasons why this accident may have happened.

Disastrous Descents

Aircrash Confidential is a television series produced by WMR Productions and IMG Entertainment. The programme investigates air-disasters from around the world. Aircrash Confidential currently airs on the Discovery Channel in the United Kingdom and on Discovery Australia.

All Episodes of Aircrash Confidential

All Episodes of Aircrash Confidential

Season 1

Pilot Error

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/17/2011

Engineering Error

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/24/2011