Name: Take Off Tragedies
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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

Cockpit Breakdown

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

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

Landings Gone Wrong

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

Engine Gone

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

Dead of Night

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

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.

Lapse in Security

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

VIP on Board

When critical instruments in the cockpit can't be trusted, the consequences can be fatal.

Instrument Confusion

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

Fuel Trouble

When an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world, but it's still up to investigators to determine what went wrong.

Engines Out

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

S20 E20 | Take Off Tragedies