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Air Crash Investigation

National Geographic Documentary 3.9/5 · 11 votes

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Flying is one of the safest forms of transport. But what happens when tragedy strikes? From human error and accidents to mechanical faults and design flaws, the success of aviation history is punctuated with disaster and catastrophe. It's rare, but it does happen. Follow experts as they determine what went wrong and work out how to prevent these horrific tragedies from happening again. Examine the wrecks and official records, and hear from eyewitnesses, passengers and aviation experts as we reconstruct some of the most tragic disasters in aviation history. Air Crash Investigation looks at what went wrong and how future disasters can be averted.

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s25e10 · 2026-03-25

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10 this season · 261 total
s22e01 Deadly Exchange 2023-01-04 00:30

Deadly Exchange

s22e01 · 2023-01-04 · 00:30

Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 appears out of the clouds and crashes into trees on approach to Kirksville, Missouri. The twin-engine turboprop plane catches fire just over a kilometer from the runway. The charred wreckage offers clues as to what happened. The researchers conclude that it was not a mechanical failure. They hear a recording from the cockpit that may reveal the whole beginning of the accident.

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s22e02 Mixed Signals 2023-01-11 00:30

Mixed Signals

s22e02 · 2023-01-11 · 00:30

Independent Air Flight 1851 is en route from Italy to the Dominican Republic and is scheduled to refuel on a Portuguese island. For some reason, a Boeing 707 crashes into a mountain just minutes before the airport. The international team of investigators finds no mechanical faults at all and is confused about the cause of the accident. Then the CVR reveals a cluster of errors that sealed the fate of the 144 passengers.

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s22e03 Pressure Point 2023-01-18 00:30

Pressure Point

s22e03 · 2023-01-18 · 00:30

Just moments after takeoff, Japan Airlines Flight 123 experiences two explosions. The pilot is having trouble keeping the damaged Boeing 747 in the air. It plunges into the mountain. The accident becomes one of the deadliest accidents in aviation history. Investigators immediately suspect terrorism, but the remains tell a different story, threatening all 747 planes around the world.

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s22e04 Power Play 2023-01-24 23:30

Power Play

s22e04 · 2023-01-24 · 23:30

After losing both engines, a turboprop crashes in Papua New Guinea and investigators soon uncover a deadly flaw in an aircraft used around the world.

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s22e05 Control Catastrophe 2023-01-31 23:30

Control Catastrophe

s22e05 · 2023-01-31 · 23:30

A Kazakh crew manage to land an uncontrollable aircraft and investigators must determine how a freshly-serviced plane was released with a fatal flaw.

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s22e06 Cockpit Catastrophe 2023-02-07 23:30

Cockpit Catastrophe

s22e06 · 2023-02-07 · 23:30

When the cockpit window of Sichuan Airlines 8633 explodes, the crew somehow battles gale-force winds and oxygen deprivation to safely land the plane.

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s22e07 Dream Flight Disaster 2023-02-14 23:30

Dream Flight Disaster

s22e07 · 2023-02-14 · 23:30

When a UK billionaire and his family die in an Australian seaplane crash, investigators uncover a minor maintenance issue with deadly consequences.

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s22e08 Deadly Deception 2023-02-21 23:30

Deadly Deception

s22e08 · 2023-02-21 · 23:30

The plan to save a Bulgarian airliner hinges on convincing the violent hijackers that their demands have been met before the plane runs out of fuel.

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s22e09 Delivery to Disaster 2023-02-28 23:30

Delivery to Disaster

s22e09 · 2023-02-28 · 23:30

An Amazon cargo plane nosedives into a swamp outside Houston, the evidence eventually leads investigators to a pilot with a long history of failures.

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s22e10 Mystery over the Mediterranean 2023-03-07 23:30

Mystery over the Mediterranean

s22e10 · 2023-03-07 · 23:30

Evidence from the disappearance of EgyptAir Flight 804 leads investigators to theorize different causes for the plane's spiral into the Mediterranean.

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