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 19 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
Deadly Descent
Wed, Jun 5, 2019 60 mins
A skilled captain manages to save his crippled aircraft and everyone on board, and then it's up to investigators to track down the microscopic culprit.
Episode 2
Death Race
44 mins
At a Nevada air show, a modified WW2 fighter plane nosedives into the crowd. It's one of the worst air race crashes of all time, and investigators call on the pilot's close friend to help determine what went wrong.
Episode 3
Fatal Approach
44 mins
When a commuter plane crashes at Amsterdam airport, investigators determine that a minor circuitry problem sparked a cascading series of fatal errors.
Episode 4
Borderline Tactics
44 mins
Experts uncover something startling that threatens cargo pilots worldwide when they investigate the crash of a US plane at Guantanamo Bay
Episode 5
Deadly Pitch
60 mins
A cargo plane crashes just moments after taking off from Miami, and it will take an anonymous tip to determine what went wrong.
Episode 6
Fatal Climb
44 mins
A Romanian airliner crashes just minutes after taking off from Bucharest, and it's up to the FBI to determine if it was an accident or an act of murder.
Episode 7
Runway Runoff
44 mins
Continental Airlines Flight 1404 is speeding down the runway at Denver International Airport when the aircraft suddenly veers off the runway, crashes, and bursts into flames. Everyone on board escapes death, and it's up to investigators to find out what happened. Initially, the clues point to a deadly mechanical problem previously encountered in other Boeing 737s. But investigators eventually find the real culprit in the Rocky Mountains.
Episode 8
Lethal Limits
44 mins
A Russian commercial flight ends in a fatal nosedive, and what investigators eventually uncover leads to a call to overhaul the country's aviation system.
Episode 9
Football Tragedy
60 mins
The underdog heroes of Brazilian soccer are heading to play the game of a lifetime, but with the runway in sight, their dream turns into a nightmare.
Episode 10
Slam Dunk
44 mins
The charred wreckage of a turboprop leaves little for investigators to work with. That is, until the cockpit voice recorder reveals the smoking gun.
