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On 20 August 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a charter flight, crashes near its destination of Resolute Bay Airport, Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, in poor weather conditions; out of the fifteen passengers and crew members, only three survived.

Air Disasters

Death in the Arctic

When a commuter turboprop plane crashes at an Irish airport, investigators uncover a startling gap in aviation safety.

No Clear Options

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.

Investigators face a mystery when Varig Flight 254 disappears without a trace over the jungles of Brazil.

S8 E3 | Vanishing Act

E10 | Death in the Arctic

E9 | No Clear Options