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A plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team crashes just ten miles from the airport in 2016.

Air Disasters

Soccer Tragedy

An investigation into a jet crash from 2008 leads to a drastic change into the Russian aviation system.

Lethal Limits

A passenger plane veers off the runway in Denver sparking an investigation into the airport's proximity to the Rocky Mountains.

Runway Runoff

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.

A false warning in the cockpit triggers a series of pilot errors, sending a commuter plane crashing by the runway of an Amsterdam airport.

S13 E3 | Fatal Approach

E9 | Soccer Tragedy

E8 | Lethal Limits

E7 | Runway Runoff