- 9.0/101 votes
#1 - Harley's Got a Gun
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/5/2018
Harley learns that shooting people isn't so easy during an investigation.
Director: Scott Smith
Writer: Larry Bambrick
- 8.5/102 votes
#2 - The Heathrow Enigma (British Airways Flight 38)
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/2011
On 17 January 2008, British Airways Flight 38 is on its final approach to land, when the autothrottles command increased thrust from the engines. The engines do not respond to the control inputs and remain at idle. The captain raises one notch of flaps to give the aircraft a few more feet of flying distance; it crash-lands just short of the runway without causing any fatalities. The fuel flow to both engines was restricted because of ice crystals causing a blockage in the fuel-oil heat exchangers.
Director: George D'Amato
Writer: Larry Bambrick
- 8.5/102 votes
#3 - Hudson River Runway (US Airways Flight 1549)
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 3/14/2011
On 15 January 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 suffers a bird strike with a flock of Canada geese approximately 1.5 minutes after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Both engines fail, and less than two minutes later, the crew members successfully ditch the aircraft in the Hudson River. All on board survive.
Director: George D'Amato
Writer: Larry Bambrick
- 8.0/103 votes
#4 - Falling from the Sky (British Airways Flight 9)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 4/22/2007
On 24 June 1982, British Airways Flight 9 experiences St. Elmo's fire en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Perth, Australia. A few minutes later, all four engines flame out. After descending, the crew successfully restarts the engines and lands safely. The St. Elmo's fire and engine flame-outs were caused by volcanic ash spewed by Galunggung in Indonesia during a major eruption.
Director: Mike Douglas
Writer: Larry Bambrick
- 7.7/103 votes
#5 - Ghost Plane (Helios Airways Flight 522)
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 6/17/2007
On 14 August 2005, air traffic controllers lose radio contact with Helios Airways Flight 522. Two fighters from the Hellenic Air Force intercept and investigate the flight and find all but one person on board not moving. A few moments later, the aircraft runs out of fuel and crashes, killing all 121 people on board. An incorrect setting on the cabin pressurization panel caused the pilots and everyone else on board to succumb to hypoxia.
Director: John LaRose
Writer: Larry Bambrick
- 7.5/102 votes
#6 - Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981)
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/16/2008
On 12 June 1972, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, just a few months old, operating as American Airlines Flight 96 from Detroit, Michigan, to Buffalo, New York, suffers an explosive decompression after a cargo door in the lower rear fuselage bursts open. The crew makes an emergency landing at Detroit without any loss of life. Two years later, on 3 March 1974, Turkish Airlines Flight 981 suffers a similar sequence of events during a flight from Paris to London. This time, the DC-10's hydraulic systems are damaged enough that the crew loses control, and the aircraft crashes in a forest near Senlis outside Paris, killing all 346 on board. At the time, it was the worst aviation disaster in history. A design fault with the cargo door mechanism was not rectified after the first accident, and the second DC-10's door opened during flight, causing the crash.
Director: James Hyslop
Writer: Larry Bambrick
- 7.0/102 votes
#7 - Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 4/9/2008
On 23 June 1985, Air India Flight 182 explodes in mid-air and disintegrates over the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 passengers and crew members on board. Investigators discovered that a bomb from Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa caused the explosion.
Director: George D'Amato
Writer: Larry Bambrick
- 7.0/101 votes
#8 - Lockerbie Disaster (Pan Am 103)
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2009
Shortly after leaving London Heathrow airport in December 1988, Pan Am flight 103 exploded above Lockerbie , Scotland killing 270 people. Investigators soon discovered that a bomb in the forward cargo compartment had taken down the plane.
Director: George D'Amato
Writer: Larry Bambrick
- 6.5/102 votes
#9 - Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 6/11/2008
A Gol Transportes Aéreos Boeing 737 and a brand-new Embraer Legacy business jet on its delivery flight collide in mid-air over the Amazon. The 737 crashes but the Legacy manages to make a safe landing. 154 people die.
Director: George D'Amato
Writer: Larry Bambrick
- 6.5/102 votes
#10 - Operation Babylift (1975 Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident)
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/2009
Near the close of the Vietnam War, the United States launched Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of children from war torn Vietnam. On April 4th 1975, the first Babylift flight ended in tragedy when a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy carrying 314 passengers crashed during an emergency landing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam killing 138.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Larry Bambrick
- 6.2/106 votes
#11 - Bad Dreams
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/21/2015
When the new Spanish Alpha tries to blackmail Jeremy into murdering the Russian Alpha, the Pack has things under control until a surprise visit from Savannah upends their plans. Nick and Paige try to secretly meet Nick's mother.
Director: J.B. Sugar
Writer: Larry Bambrick
- 6.0/103 votes
#12 - Miracle Escape (Air France Flight 358)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 4/15/2007
On 2 August 2005, Air France Flight 358 overruns the runway while attempting to land in a storm. The Airbus A340 travels through the airport perimeter fence into a small ravine and catches fire. The causes of the crash were the aircraft deviating above the required approach path for its landing, touching down too far along the runway and the crew deploying the thrust reversers too slowly. All 309 passengers and crew survived. Alternate title: "Desperate Escape"
Director: Rodney Gibbons
Writer: Larry Bambrick