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

Air Disasters

Mystery Over the Mediterranean

Delivery to Disaster

Deadly Deception

When a British tycoon and his family die in a 2017 Australian seaplane crash, investigators spend over two years searching for the reason behind the tragedy.

Dream Flight Disaster

After pilots miraculously land an out-of-control plane in Portugal, investigators must determine how the freshly serviced aircraft was released with a fatal flaw.

Cockpit Catastrophe

Control Catastrophe

Power Play

Statistically, traveling by airplane is safer than driving and other forms of transportation, but when something goes wrong during a flight, it can be catastrophic with potentially hundreds of lives at stake. This series examines some of the world's worst air disasters, using official reports, transcripts and interviews with people involved to tell the stories of midair mishaps and discover what went wrong in each case. Episodes include a discussion of how the weather affects flights -- including stories of aviation disasters and near-misses -- and a New Year's Eve flight that fell from the sky into the Florida Everglades.

S19 E5 | Control Catastrophe