- 8.0/103 votes
#1 - Titanic in the Sky (Qantas Flight 32)
Season 13 Episode 10 - Aired 2/17/2014
On 4 November 2010, Qantas Flight 32, en route to Sydney Airport in Australia, suffers an uncontained engine failure in its number two engine and serious damage to its left wing shortly after takeoff from Singapore. The crew members overcome a number of resulting failures and make a safe emergency landing back at Singapore with no injuries among the 469 passengers and crew members. Investigators found that a manufacturing fault in an oil pipe caused the engine failure.
Director: Trevor Cornish
Writer: John LaRose
- 7.0/103 votes
#2 - Massacre Over the Mediterranean (Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870)
Season 13 Episode 6 - Aired 1/20/2014
On 27 June 1980, Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Ustica, Italy. All 81 people on board are killed. The top Italian criminal court eventually ruled on 23 January 2013 that a missile strike brought down the aircraft,[7] but controversy remains; some experts dispute this conclusion, arguing that an on-board bomb in the rear toilet was the cause. No definitive accident report was published.
Director: Michael Sinyi
Writer: John LaRose
- 7.0/101 votes
#3 - Death Race
Season 19 Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/2019
Competing in a highly-modified P-51 Mustang at the Reno Air Races, Jimmy Leeward is determined to set a new speed record, but half way through the race, his plane spirals out of control and crashes onto the tarmac in front of the stands.
Director: George D'Amato
Writer: John LaRose