Season 16

Episode Guide

North Sea Nightmare

S16 E1
Enter the cockpit of a high-tech turboprop as its pilots battle to keep their plane from slamming into the North Sea.

Playing Catch Up

S16 E2
Witness the final moments of ExecuFlight Flight 1526 and discover why it crashed into a residential neighborhood.

Tragic Takeoff

S16 E3
Discover how out-of-date taxi charts and a casual conversation conspired to doom the takeoff of Comair Flight 5191.

Grounded: Boeing Max 8

S16 E4
Follow investigators as they race to find out why a best-selling, new plane crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff.

Cabin Catastrophe

S16 E5
Relive the 2018 disaster of Southwest Airlines 1380, in which a passenger was nearly sucked from the plane mid-flight.

Meltdown Over Kathmandu

S16 E6
Witness the Kathmandu crash of US-Bangla 211 and follow detectives as they investigate both the plane and the pilots.

Mission Disaster

S16 E7
A plane loses control during a Gulf War refueling mission and investigators must determine if enemy fire was the cause.

Caught in a Jam

S16 E8
A commuter flight in New Zealand turns horrific for plane crash survivors, who may freeze to death before help arrives.

Seconds from Touchdown

S16 E9
See how an onslaught of problems right after takeoff led to a failed emergency landing just before touchdown.

Deadly Delivery

S16 E10
Witness the final moments of a cargo plane that descended too quickly then discover the stunning reason why it happened.