Air Crash Investigation: Special Report poster

Season 4

2021 · 10 episodes

In this special season of Air Crash Investigation, every episode examines multiple aviation disasters that prove to have similarities including; engines that separated from their aircrafts mid-flight, mismatched pilot pairings that led to deadly crashes, and improvised landings with tragic consequences.

1Dead of NightConfused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.
2Engine GoneThree crews experience the same devastating event, but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.
3Lethal ChoicesFaced with a mid-air crisis, pilots must make life-and-death decisions, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.
4Risky RunwaysIn Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, three flight crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.
5Landings Gone WrongRelying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.
6Frozen WingsThree planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.
7Runway CollisionsThree catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway at the same time?
8Cockpit BreakdownIllustrating the deadly consequences of a mismatched crew, three flights end in tragedy, leaving investigators to unravel what went wrong.
9Splash DownThree last-resort water landings-all handled differently-yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.
10Northern ExtremesFaced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.

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