About this season
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
Episodes (10)
1. Pacific Plunge
8.3Aired 10 January 2022 • 45 min
When Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedives into the Pacific, investigators uncover a critical maintenance issue with deadly implications.
2. Terror over Michigan
8.0Aired 17 January 2022 • 45 min
After a Boeing 727's near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine why TWA Flight 841 fell out of the sky.
3. Stealth Bomber Down
7.7Aired 24 January 2022 • 45 min
When a two-billion-dollar B-2 Stealth Bomber named the Spirit of Kansas crashes in Guam, it’s up to the US Air Force to investigate the most expensive aviation accident of all time.
4. Double Trouble
8.7Aired 31 January 2022 • 45 min
Rocked by an explosion that rips both right wing engines off the wing, the pilots of Transair 671 manage a miraculous landing at a French military airfield.
5. Holding Pattern
7.0Aired 7 February 2022 • 45 min
When Flydubai Flight 981 nosedives into the runway at Russia’s Rostov Airport, investigators uncover one of the most lethal traps in aviation.
6. Peril over Portugal
7.5Aired 14 February 2022 • 45 min
Martinair Flight 495 crashes in Portugal amid thunderstorms and heavy rain, and when investigators piece together the evidence the mystery only deepens.
7. Turboprop Terror
7.5Aired 21 February 2022 • 45 min
After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight—and uncover an industry-wide safety problem.
8. Tree Strike Terror
7.5Aired 28 February 2022 • 45 min
Facing a severe thunderstorm and a control tower shutdown, American Airlines 1572 suffers double-engine failure on final approach into Windsor Locks Airport in Connecticut.
9. Pitch Black
7.5Aired 7 March 2022 • 45 min
A turboprop, Air Illinois Flight 710, crashes in bad weather, and investigators eventually uncover a fatal assumption and deadly decision.
10. Loss of a Legend
8.0Aired 14 March 2022 • 45 min
When basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, investigators look for clues amid a global outpouring of grief.