Air Disasters - Season 21

First aired: 9/15/2024 8 episodes
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Episodes

1. Scratching the Surface

Aired: 9/15/2024

Twenty minutes after taking off from Taipei, a China Airlines 747 suddenly disappears from radar. A massive rescue mission is launched.

2. Lockerbie Disaster

Aired: 9/22/2024

A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the aircraft to disintegrate in mid-air and the wreckage of the aircraft to crash into the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground.

Episode 3

3. Blown Apart

Aired: 9/29/2024

Partnair Flight 394 loses control, breaks up in mid-air, and crashes into the North Sea. The aircraft's vertical stabilizer had vibrated loose during flight due to excessive wear on sub-standard bolts, sleeves, and pins that had been illegally sold.

Episode 4

4. Sight Unseen

Aired: 10/6/2024

The world's deadliest mid-air collision and the overall third-deadliest aircraft accident, Saudia Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 collide in mid-air near New Delhi, India.

Episode 5

5. Operation Babylift

Aired: 10/13/2024

A United States Air Force transport aircraft conducting the inaugural flight of Operation Babylift suffers an explosive decompression when the rear cargo door fails and crashes into a paddy field while attempting an emergency landing in South Vietnam.

6. Falling Fast

Aired: 10/20/2024

Investigators discover a shocking mistake when pilots must ditch their plane in the Mediterranean, killing 14 of the 34 passengers.

7. Lost

Aired: 10/27/2024

An American Airlines Flight en route to Cali, Colombia loses their exact position and flies into a mountain.

8. Deep Freeze

Aired: 11/3/2024

A design flaw sends American Eagle Flight 41-84 smashing into a cornfield outside of Chicago, killing all 68 people on board.