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 22 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Holding Pattern
Mon, Jan 17, 2022 60 mins
On 19th March 2016, Flydubai flight 981 nosedives into the runway at Russia's Rostov-On-Don International Airport. The investigators uncover one of the most lethal traps in aviation.
Episode 2
Peril over Portugal
60 mins
On 21st December 1992, a Martinair flight crashes in Portugal amid thunderstorms and heavy rain. When investigators piece together the evidence, the mystery only deepens further.
Episode 3
Stealth Bomber Down
60 mins
The most expensive aviation accident of all time occurs on 23 February 2008, when a B2 Stealth bomber crashes on takeoff from Guam Airforce Base. The Air Force investigates the 2 billion dollar crash for the cause.
Episode 4
Double Trouble
60 mins
On March 31, 1992, over France, a Transair Boeing 707, Flight 671, experienced a two engine separation on the right wing. Despite the damage, the five crew managed a safe landing, but the aircraft was a write off.
Episode 5
Pacific Plunge
Mon, Feb 14, 2022 60 mins
On 31st January 2000, Alaska Airlines flight 261 started pitching down, rolled and shortly nose-dived into the Pacific Ocean. Investigators discover a sad trail of poor maintenance, shortcuts and lack of attention to detail.
Episode 6
Terror over Michigan
Mon, Jan 10, 2022 60 mins
On 5th April 1979, a Boeing 727 begins an uncommanded roll to the right, along with loss of hydraulic fluid, which almost results in a catastrophe. To solve the mystery, the investigators recreate all the steps in an actual test flight.
Episode 7
Tree Strike Terror
Mon, Feb 28, 2022 60 mins
On 12th November 1995, facing a thunderstorm and a control tower shutdown, American Airlines flight 1572 suffers double-engine failure on final approach into Windsor Locks Airport in Connecticut.
Episode 8
Pitch Black
60 mins
An Illinois turboprop crashes in bad weather, and investigators eventually uncover a fatal assumption and deadly decision.
Episode 9
Turboprop Terror
60 mins
After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight-and uncover an industry-wide safety problem.
Episode 10
Loss of a Legend
60 mins
On 26th January 2020, a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter crashed in the city of Calabasas while en route from Santa Ana to Camarillo, California. Among the eight passengers were 5-time NBA champion, the legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter.
