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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Three devastating crashes make front-page news around the globe; the media frenzy puts intense pressure on investigators to uncover the causes.

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

S20 E18 | Courage in the Cockpit