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

Air Disasters

Splash Down

Three flights end in tragedy after miscommunication mix-ups and personality clases; Investigators try to unravel what went wrong.

Cockpit Breakdown

The consequences are disastrous when ice forms on an airplane's wings; 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.

Frozen Wings

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

Landings Gone Wrong

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

Engine Gone

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

Dead of Night

Devastating failures in the air put pilots to the test and shine a light on three feats of flying.

Courage in the Cockpit

Lapse in Security

Airplane crashes involving high-profile passengers put added pressure on investigators.

VIP on Board

If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.

Runway in Sight

History's most terrifying air disasters, and the investigations that followed, are revisited and reexamined.

Fuel Trouble

A passenger ferry sinks after crashing into rocks off the coast of a Greek island, killing 82; it leads to a shocking investigation.

Collision Course

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Experts analyze various plane crashes with an aim to figure out how these disasters occurred; they also shed light on how such accidents shaped the aviation industry and improved safety standards.

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Midair tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a community, and rain terror on the people below.

S20 E17 | Death from Above