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 17 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2017 - 2018
Episode 1
Killer Attitude
Sun, Oct 7, 2018 44 mins
Investigators are surprised to hear what went on in a frosty cockpit between a green first officer and a cocky captain, when Northwest Airlink 5719 flew into Minnesota on a cold winter's night.
Episode 2
Deadly Myth
Sun, Oct 14, 2018 44 mins
When Comair Flight 3272 spirals into the ground investigators from the NTSB are forced to confront a longstanding belief amongst pilots that may have lead to this fatal crash.
Episode 3
Turning Point
Sun, Oct 21, 2018 44 mins
On April 15, 2002, a Boeing 767-200ER operating as Air China Flight 129 from Beijing to Busan, crashed into a hill while trying to land at Gimhae International Airport in Busan during inclement weather, killing 129 of the 166 people on board.
Episode 4
Explosive Proof
Sun, Sep 30, 2018 44 mins
Just minutes after taking off from NYC JFK Airport, TWA Flight 800 is ripped apart by a massive explosion. With a possible terror attack on their hands, the FBI joins investigators from the NTSB
Episode 5
Lethal Turn
Sun, Oct 28, 2018 44 mins
Amid thick smoke from a forest fire, Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 approached the airport on the island of Sumatra. But just minutes from the runway the Airbus A300 crashed, claiming the lives of all 234 people on board.
Episode 6
Storming Out
Sun, Nov 4, 2018 44 mins
When USAir Flight 1016 fell out of the sky above North Carolina during a storm most passengers on board perished. The weather was to blame. But for investigators that was only part of the story.
Episode 7
Caught on Tape
Sun, Nov 11, 2018 44 mins
After taking off, Flight 235 has a problem with one engine but the pilot inadvertently shuts off the wrong engine causing the plane to bank steeply to one side clipping an elevated highway and landing in the Taipei's Keelung River but was it really pilot error.
Episode 8
Terror Over Egypt
Sun, Nov 18, 2018 44 mins
On 31 October 2015, Metrojet Flight 9268 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Sinai Peninsula during a routine chartered flight from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport to Pulkovo Airport, killing all 224 people on board.
Episode 9
Deadly Discussions
Sun, Nov 25, 2018 44 mins
LAPA Flight 3142 encounters a serious problem while taking off from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The resulting investigation reveals a shocking cause.
Episode 10
The Lost Plane
Sun, Dec 2, 2018 44 mins
Thai Airways International Flight 311 is on final approach to Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, in poor weather conditions when things go horribly wrong.
