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Lethal Limits
When a Aeroflot Nord Flight 821 crashes onto the trans-Siberian railway, those investigating make a series of shocking...
Kathmandu Descent
A Pakistani airliner crashes in the Himalayas. And when their most vital piece of evidence fails to deliver, investigators...
Atlantic Ditching
A state-of-the-art helicopter carrying oil workers to a drilling platform crashes into the ocean off the coast of...
Stormy Cockpit
Taking off during a major storm, a brand-new 737 falls from the sky over West Africa, and an international group of...
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...
Cabin Catastrophe
A mid-air explosion rocks Southwest Airlines 1380. While pilots struggle to regain control, flight attendants make a...
Peril over Portugal
A Martinair flight crashes in Portugal amid thunderstorms and heavy rain, and when investigators piece together the evidence...
Pitch Black
An Illinois turboprop crashes in bad weather, and investigators eventually uncover a fatal assumption and deadly decision.
Deadly Deception
The plan to save a Bulgarian airliner hinges on convincing the violent hijackers that their demands have been met before the...
Seconds From Disaster
Doomsday Preppers
Deadly Detour
When Proteus Airlines Flight 706 suddenly explodes after deviating from their flight path, investigators turn to a local...
River Runaway
On 16 January 2002, as Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 approached its destination, it encountered severe thunderstorms resulting...
Killer Attitude
During a routine one-hour flight in December 1993, Northwest Airline Flight 5719 crashes in northern Minnesota, killing...
Deadly Go Round
Just minutes from touching down, China Airlines Flight 140 falls out of the sky at Japan's Nagoya Airport.
Runway Runoff
After Continental Airlines Flight 1404 careens off the runway and crashes in flames, investigators are left to determine what...
Explosive Touchdown
After a routine landing, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion. The resulting inferno destroys the...
Taxiway Turmoil
Blanketed by confusion and heavy fog, a DC-9 ends up at the wrong end of an active runway in Detroit, and directly in the path...
Impossible Pitch
A cargo jet plummets to earth in the Swedish Arctic. And as investigators pore over the evidence, a terrifying picture of...
Runway Breakup
En route from Bogota to the tiny Caribbean island of San Andres, Aires Flight 8250 is rocked by a major tropical storm. And...