Episode Guide
Season 5
Episode Guide
Fight To The Death
S5
E1
Can a generation gap actually cause a catastrophic air disaster? Witness the story of BEA Flight 548.
Speed Trap
S5
E2
Join NTSB and military experts as they work together to uncover how a fighter jet could collide with a civilian flight.
Lost in Translation
S5
E3
Flap malfunction? Cell phone interference? A heavy sedative? What brought down Crossair Flight 498?
Tragedy on the Potomac
S5
E4
See how extreme conditions, warm-weather pilots, and poor decisions conspired to bring down a Boeing 737 in 1982.
Queens Catastrophe
S5
E5
Follow investigators as they race to determine if a November 2001 Queens plane crash was an accident or act of terror.
Into the Eye of the Storm
S5
E6
See how hurricane hunters stay airborne despite faulty radar, a failed engine, and a category 5 monster.
Massacre Over the Mediterranean
S5
E7
Was it a terrorist bomb or a warplane missile that blew Flight 870 out of the sky? The debate rages on, decades later.
Imperfect Pitch
S5
E8
Could a simple coat of paint bring down one of the world's most complex planes?
Getting Out Alive
S5
E9
Did you know 80% of all air accidents are survivable? See how the aviation industry is working to raise that number.
Terror In Paradise
S5
E10
See how a hellish flight in a Polynesian paradise revealed a hidden threat lurking at airports around the world.