Season 2

Episodes • 2012

Stephen Bogaert
Cracks in the System

1. Cracks in the System

45 min

Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 crashes just after take-off from Watson Island in Miami.

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Target is Destroyed

2. Target is Destroyed

45 min

Korean Airlines Flight 007 is shot down by a fighter jet when it enters Soviet airspace.

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Cruel Skies

3. Cruel Skies

45 min

The importance of weather forecasting to the aviation industry.

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Panic on the Runway

4. Panic on the Runway

45 min

In August, 1985, an airplane's engine catches fire as it accelerates.

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Alarming Silence

5. Alarming Silence

45 min

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit.

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Cold Case

6. Cold Case

45 min

A design flaw on the Fokker F28 causes two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York.

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Pilot vs. Plane

7. Pilot vs. Plane

45 min

Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a flyby during an air show.

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System Breakdown

8. System Breakdown

45 min

Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.

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The Final Blow

9. The Final Blow

45 min

An Air Inter flight crashes into the Vosges Mountains while attempting to land.

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Cleared for Disaster

10. Cleared for Disaster

45 min

An air traffic controller's mistake causes two planes to collide on the runway.

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The Plane That Flew Too High

11. The Plane That Flew Too High

45 min

The West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crash ultimately leads to bankruptcy of the troubled airline.

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Deadly Reputation

12. Deadly Reputation

45 min

AM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off a runway and crashes into a warehouse next to a petrol station.

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