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Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.

Air Disasters

Northern Extremes

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

Splash Down

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

Cockpit Breakdown

Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question; a look at how two planes end up on the same runway at the same time.

Runway Collisions

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

Faced with a midair crisis, pilots must make a life or death decision, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

Lethal Choices

Three flights ending in tragedy, prove that minor missteps during takeoff can have disastrous consequences.

Take Off Tragedies

A trio of crashes reveals that when the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe.

Maintenance Mistakes

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

Death from Above

From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.

Survivors

Following three horrifying crashes, investigators uncover fatal flaws in the very operations designed to prevent aircraft from flying into mountains.

Mountain Impact

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

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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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