Air Crash Investigation
This TV series depicts major real-life air disasters. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice-recorders and air-traffic-control transcripts, as well as eyewitness accounts, interviews with aviation experts, including interviews with investigators who dealt with the disaster, and sometimes even actual footage.
- 2003-2026
- 26 seasons
- Paramount+
- Documentary, Suspense
- TV-14
This TV series depicts major real-life air disasters. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice-recorders and air-traffic-control transcripts, as well as eyewitness accounts, interviews with aviation experts, including interviews with investigators who dealt with the disaster, and sometimes even actual footage.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2003
Episode 1
Racing the Storm
60 mins
American Airlines flight 1420 crashed upon landing in Little Rock, AR (USA) in the middle of a severe thunderstorm in 1999.
Episode 2
Unlocking Disaster
60 mins
On United Airlines flight 811, the cargo door suddenly opens in-flight and tears a portion of the fuselage. The crew attempts landing back in Honolulu.
Episode 3
Flying Blind
60 mins
Aeroperu flight 603 takes off from Lima at night but its airspeed and altitude indicators malfunction and the Boeing 757 crashes into the Pacific west of Peru on October 2nd 1996 killing all 70 souls on board. Official Cause: Maintenance failure. The aircraft's three static ports were obstructed by masking tape.
Episode 4
Flying on Empty
60 mins
On 24th August 2001, Air Transat flight 236 runs out of fuel en route from Toronto to Lisbon, flying at 39,000 ft over the Atlantic Ocean. With heavy heart, the flight crew prepares the panicking passengers for emergency water landing.
Episode 5
Cutting Corners
52 mins
In January 2000, Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashed off the Californian coastline with no survivors due to, as the title implies, improper maintenance.
Episode 6
Fire on Board
44 mins
On 2nd September 1998, a fire broke out aboard SwissAir flight 111 flying at 33,000 ft over the Atlantic Ocean en route from New York to Geneva, resulting in a crash. Of the 229 people on board, none survived.
