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 18 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2018 - 2019
Episode 1
Nuts and Bolts
Sun, Feb 3, 2019 44 mins
Emery Worldwide cargo flight 17 crashes soon after takeoff in Sacramento, California.
Episode 2
Blown Away
Sun, Feb 10, 2019 44 mins
Trans Asia 222 crashes into buildings during approach to land in bad weather at Magong Airport, Penghu Island, Taiwan, on 23 July 2014.
Episode 3
Deadly Distraction
Sun, Feb 17, 2019 44 mins
A Boeing 727, crashes while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on August 31 1988.
Episode 4
Deadly Airspace
Sun, Feb 24, 2019 44 mins
A commercial airliner goes down in eastern Ukraine, and the evidence indicates that it was shot down.
Episode 5
Deadly Display
Sun, Mar 3, 2019 44 mins
A Russian-made Superjet slams into an infamous mountain, while on a demonstration flight in Indonesia.
Episode 6
Deadly Mission
60 mins
In the Mojave Desert, Virgin Galactic test pilots are at the controls of a revolutionary aircraft. But as the spaceship accelerates toward the outer reaches of Earth's atmosphere, it breaks apart and falls from the sky.
Episode 7
Free Fall
Sun, Mar 17, 2019 44 mins
Qantas Airways flight 72 nearly falls out of the sky, resulting in investigators searching for the threatening flaw
Episode 8
Deadly Inclination
Sun, Mar 24, 2019 44 mins
Swiss investigators must determine how a seasoned Alitalia crew flew their DC-9 into the ground just a few miles short of a Zurich runway.
Episode 9
Deadly Go Round
Sun, Mar 31, 2019 44 mins
China Airlines Flight 140 falls out of the sky at Japan's Nagoya Airport and what investigators discover only deepens the mystery.
Episode 10
Dead of Winter (Continental Airlines Flight 1713)
Sun, Apr 7, 2019 44 mins
After being delayed on the Denver tarmac due to heavy snow, Continental Airlines 1713 was eventually cleared for take-off. Barely lifting off the ground, the DC-9 abruptly banked and crashed, killing 28 people and leaving a lasting legacy.
Episode 11
Communication Breakdown
44 mins
This special looked at how failures in communication lead to disasters. United Express Flight 5925, Garuda Indonesia Flight 152, and the Tenerife airport disaster are the incidents that are focused on.
Episode 12
Bad Attitude
60 mins
This special looked at how pilots' aggressive or unprofessional behavior can cause deadly accidents.
Episode 13
Hero Pilots
60 mins
This is a special looking at how pilots safely land their aircraft in emergency situations. We look at the incidents that occurred on US Airways Flight 1549, TACA Flight 110, and a Gimli Glider.
Episode 14
Plane vs. Pilot
60 mins
A special looking at how automation in the cockpit causes deadly misunderstandings. We focus on Air France Flight 296, XL Airways Germany Flight 888T, and Air France Flight 447.
Episode 15
Explosive Evidence
60 mins
This special looks at terrorist acts, including bombings and shoot-downs on flights Metrojet Flight 9268, Korean Air Lines Flight 007, and Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
Episode 16
Killer in the Cockpit?
44 mins
A special looking at pilots' carefully planned strategies in deliberately crashing aircraft. These incidents happened on SilkAir Flight 185, Germanwings Flight 9525, and Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Episode 17
Missing Pieces
Mon, Aug 20, 2018 44 mins
Three horrifying accidents capture the world's attention; a commercial jet plunges into the Florida's Everglades; a Boeing 777 crash lands at Heathrow Airport; a crash shatters a Scottish villages becoming the largest crime scene in the world.
Episode 18
Controversial Crashes
44 mins
This special looked at disasters where multiple investigations don't agree on the cause of these accidents.
Episode 19
Deadly Distractions
60 mins
This special looked at how pilots' deviation from cockpit duties lead to crashes and involved Delta Air Lines Flight 1141,Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, and 2012 Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash.
Episode 20
Fire on Board
60 mins
A special looking at disasters caused by fires, either on the ground or in the air, and involving British Airtours Flight 28M, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120, and UPS Airlines Flight 6.
