Air Crash Investigation: Special Report - Season 4

First aired: 1/10/2021 10 episodes

In this special season of Air Crash Investigation, every episode examines multiple aviation disasters that prove to have similarities including; engines that separated from their aircrafts mid-flight, mismatched pilot pairings that led to deadly crashes, and improvised landings with tragic consequences.

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Episodes

1. Dead of Night

Aired: 1/10/2021

Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

2. Engine Gone

Aired: 1/17/2021

Three crews experience the same devastating event, but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

3. Lethal Choices

Aired: 1/24/2021

Faced with a mid-air crisis, pilots must make life-and-death decisions, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

4. Risky Runways

Aired: 1/31/2021

In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, three flight crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.

5. Landings Gone Wrong

Aired: 2/7/2021

Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

6. Frozen Wings

Aired: 2/8/2021

Three planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.

7. Runway Collisions

Aired: 2/11/2021

Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway at the same time?

8. Cockpit Breakdown

Aired: 2/12/2021

Illustrating the deadly consequences of a mismatched crew, three flights end in tragedy, leaving investigators to unravel what went wrong.

9. Splash Down

Aired: 2/14/2021

Three last-resort water landings-all handled differently-yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.

10. Northern Extremes

Aired: 2/15/2021

Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.