Episode Guide
Season 5
Episode Guide
Fight To The Death
S5
E1
Feb 9, 2015
Can a generation gap actually cause a catastrophic air disaster? Witness the story of BEA Flight 548.
Speed Trap
S5
E2
Feb 16, 2015
Join NTSB and military experts as they work together to uncover how a fighter jet could collide with a civilian flight.
Lost in Translation
S5
E3
Feb 23, 2015
Flap malfunction? Cell phone interference? A heavy sedative? What brought down Crossair Flight 498?
Tragedy on the Potomac
S5
E4
Mar 2, 2015
See how extreme conditions, warm-weather pilots, and poor decisions conspired to bring down a Boeing 737 in 1982.
Queens Catastrophe
S5
E5
Mar 9, 2015
Follow investigators as they race to determine if a November 2001 Queens plane crash was an accident or act of terror.
Into the Eye of the Storm
S5
E6
Mar 16, 2015
See how hurricane hunters stay airborne despite faulty radar, a failed engine, and a category 5 monster.
Massacre Over the Mediterranean
S5
E7
Mar 23, 2015
Was it a terrorist bomb or a warplane missile that blew Flight 870 out of the sky? The debate rages on, decades later.
Imperfect Pitch
S5
E8
Mar 30, 2015
Could a simple coat of paint bring down one of the world's most complex planes?
Getting Out Alive
S5
E9
Apr 6, 2015
Did you know 80% of all air accidents are survivable? See how the aviation industry is working to raise that number.
Terror In Paradise
S5
E10
Apr 13, 2015
See how a hellish flight in a Polynesian paradise revealed a hidden threat lurking at airports around the world.
Titanic In The Sky
S5
E11
Sep 21, 2015
The world's largest commercial airliner is coming apart in midair. Fortunately, the pilots are keeping it all together.