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Every episode of Air Crash Investigation Special Report examines three significant aviation disasters that share a common cause.

When a two-billion-dollar Stealth Bomber crashes in Guam, it’s up to the US Air Force to investigate the most expensive...

On 24 March 2015, suicidal co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately locked his Captain out of the cockpit and initiated a...

After a Boeing 727’s near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine why TWA Flight 841...

Facing a severe thunderstorm and a control tower shutdown, American Airlines 1572 suffers double-engine failure on final...

After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight—and uncover an industry-wide safety...

On final approach through thick clouds, a commuter turboprop in New Zealand slams into hilly terrain. Rescuers struggle to...

On a refuelling mission during the Gulf War, a US Air Force tanker plane loses two engines. The crew struggles to fly their...

Flydubai Flight 981 nosedives into the runway at Russia’s Rostov airport. And investigators uncover one of the most lethal...

On 28 December 2014 Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 departed Indonesia for Singapore with 162 people on board. An hour later,...

Just minutes after taking off from New York's JFK Airport, TWA Flight 800 is ripped apart by a massive explosion. With a...

Investigators are determined to get answers for the families of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 victims, but face political...

A state-of-the-art helicopter carrying oil workers to a drilling platform crashes into the ocean off the coast of...

When the cockpit window of Sichuan Airlines 8633 explodes, the crew somehow battles gale-force winds and oxygen deprivation to...

An Amazon cargo plane nosedives into a swamp outside Houston, the evidence eventually leads investigators to a pilot with a...