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Grounded: Boeing Max 8
Indonesian investigators must determine why a Boeing 737 Max8-one of the best-selling new airplanes on Earth-plunged into the...
Double Trouble
Rocked by an explosion that rips both right wing engines off the wing, the pilots of Transair 671 manage a miraculous landing...
Close The Door, Load The Shotgun
Dangerous Approach
When Continental Express Flight 2286 plunges into the frozen wilderness just a few miles from the runway, it’s up to...
Lethal Turn
Amid thick smoke from a forest fire, Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 approached the airport on the island of Sumatra. But just...
Deadly Display
On a high-stakes demonstration flight in Indonesia, a Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet slams into a mountain killing everyone on...
Free Fall
En route from Singapore to Perth, Qantas Airways Flight 72 takes a sudden nosedive over the Indian Ocean.
Deadly Exchange
Corporate Airlines 5966 crashes mysteriously in Missouri, but investigators uncover a conversation in the cockpit that set the...
Explosive Touchdown
After a routine landing, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion. The resulting inferno destroys the...
Cabin Catastrophe
A mid-air explosion rocks Southwest Airlines 1380. While pilots struggle to regain control, flight attendants make a...
Power Play
After losing both engines, a turboprop crashes in Papua New Guinea and investigators soon uncover a deadly flaw in an aircraft...
Mystery over the Mediterranean
Evidence from the disappearance of EgyptAir Flight 804 leads investigators to theorize different causes for the plane’s...
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
Every episode of Air Crash Investigation Special Report examines three legendary aviation disasters that all share a common...
Portugal Hellfire
The story of the largest wildfire in Portugal's history and how it devastated a rural community. As fire fighters tried to...
Killer Attitude
During a routine one-hour flight in December 1993, Northwest Airline Flight 5719 crashes in northern Minnesota, killing...
Deadly Distraction
En route to Salt Lake City, Delta Airlines Flight 1141 crashes just moments after lifting off from Dallas-Fort Worth airport...
Lethal Limits
When a Aeroflot Nord Flight 821 crashes onto the trans-Siberian railway, those investigating make a series of shocking...
Pacific Plunge
When Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedives into the Pacific, investigators uncover a critical maintenance issue with...
Tree Strike Terror
Facing a severe thunderstorm and a control tower shutdown, American Airlines 1572 suffers double-engine failure on final...
Pressure Point
Slamming into a mountain, Japan Airlines 123 becomes the deadliest single aircraft accident in history, and threatens to...