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In September 2006, a brand-new legacy business jet collides with a Boeing 737 over the Amazon forest.

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Conflicting alarms confuse pilots of Birgenair Flight 301 before it crashes into the ocean with no survivors.

Mixed Signals

Air Midwest Flight 5481 plane plummets to the ground just after take off killing all on board and injuring one on the ground.

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A complex recovery operation is launched to find out if a 747 which disappeared into the Indian Ocean was carrying illegal weapons.

Fanning the Flames

A pilot heads for a decommissioned air force base when the Boeing 767 jet he is flying unexpectedly runs out of fuel.

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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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