Season 6

Episodes • 2015

Stephen Bogaert
Hanging by a Thread

1. Hanging by a Thread

45 min

The 1988 flight of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, which saw the top of its fuselage torn off due to an explosive decompression, is recalled.

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Attack Over Baghdad

2. Attack Over Baghdad

45 min

A surface-to-air missile cripples a cargo plane just after it leaves Baghdad International Airport.

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Out of Control

3. Out of Control

45 min

Japan Airlines Flight 123, the worst single-plane crash in history and the simple error made years earlier that caused it.

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Fight for Your Life

4. Fight for Your Life

45 min

FedEx employees fend off an attack by a coworker.

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Bomb on Board

5. Bomb on Board

45 min

A mid-flight bombing aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 forces its pilots to attempt a daring landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.

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Mistaken Identity

6. Mistaken Identity

45 min

A Navy cruiser in the Persian Gulf must determine if an incoming plane is friend or foe.

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Helicopter Down

7. Helicopter Down

45 min

The 1995 crash of a Super Puma helicopter in the North Sea while ferrying workers to an oil platform is recounted.

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Death and Denial

8. Death and Denial

45 min

The worst plane crash in Egypt's history becomes one the most controversial when the investigation focuses on one pilot's intentions.

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Kid in the Cockpit

9. Kid in the Cockpit

45 min

A pilot allows his teen son to fly the plane; tragedy results.

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Ocean Landing

10. Ocean Landing

45 min

The story of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, which was hijacked while on a routine trip to the Ivory Coast. The hijackers demanded to be taken to Australia, but there was one problem: the plane didn't have enough fuel to make the trip.

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