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When an A300 stalls and crashes just before landing in Japan, fears arise about the plane's complex automated systems.

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Deadly Go Round

An Alitalia airliner crashes into a forested hillside just a few miles from a Zurich runway.

Deadly Inclination

A computer glitch causes a highly automated Qantas Airways flight to nearly fall out of the sky; Australian investigators must find the cause before it happens again.

Free Fall

In the skies above the Mojave Desert, the VSS Enterprise accelerates toward the outer reaches of Earth's atmosphere, guided by test pilots; the aircraft breaks apart and falls from the sky, killing the flight's co-pilot.

Deadly Space

A high-stakes demonstration flight in Indonesia turns catastrophic when a Russian jet slams into a mountain.

Deadly Display

Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Deadly Distraction

The investigation into the 2014 crash of a TransAsia flight uncovers a systemic problem with the airline.

Blown Away

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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.

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