All Episodes of Extreme Airport Africa

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Follows the action at Johannesburg’s two biggest international airports, as well as urban helicopter crews flying life-or-death medivac missions and aviation teams in Botswana and Madagascar protecting and serving humans and animals.

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Season 1

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Rhino Run
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2024
A rookie pilot transports passengers for the first time, a heavy load flies over Johannesburg, South Africa, and low-flying helicopter pilots try to ward off rhino poachers.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Racing The Sun
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2024
Scientists fly into the bush to track a deadly disease, a snake hunt across the airport ends in a face-off with a spitting cobra, and an emergency crew rushes to clear a major runway.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Sky Cat
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2024
A baboon invasion on a runway threatens to cut off a remote safari lodge, engine faults wreck airline flight schedules, a wild cheetah gets a first taste of flying, and a rare first civilian Blackhawk helicopter takes on a firefighting mission.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Tight Turnaround
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2024
A wildlife invasion on the runways delays a flight into the wilderness, a massive four-engine airliner attempts a night landing at a bush airport in a power outage, cargo handlers rush to deliver half a ton of fresh flowers in time for Mother's Day, and a patrol plane discovers fires raging through Kruger National Park.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Fire Season
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2024
An airliner dodges thunderstorms flying to a cyclone-damaged island; aerial firefighters cross the country to battle infernos; daredevil chainsaw operators hang underneath helicopters.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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After The Storm
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2024
A K9 anti-poaching squad flies into action, a heavy-lift helicopter flies emergency supply missions across a storm-ravaged island and an airliner races to reach its destination before a power outage plunges the airport into dark.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Lions Above and Below
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2024
An engine fault threatens to ground an airliner, scientists and pilots team up to protect cattle from lion attack, damaged runway lights plunge a busy airport into darkness, and South Africa's top aerial display team wows crowds.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Point Of No Return
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2024
A medical helicopter flies over rush hour traffic to collect a patient, the search is on for a lost elephant, engineers race to fix a chopper, and airline pilots fly to one of the world's most dangerous runways.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown