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 23 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
Deadly Exchange
60 mins
On 19 October 2004, Corporate Airlines Flight 5966, operating for AmericanConnection, crashes short of the runway while on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport in Missouri, killing 13 of the 15 people on board.
Episode 2
Mixed Signals
60 mins
On 8 February 1989, Independent Air Flight 1851 crashes into the Pico Alto mountain while on approach to Santa Maria Airport in the Azores, killing all 144 occupants.
Episode 3
Pressure Point
60 mins
On 12th Aug 1985, flying from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan Airlines flight 123 got uncontrollable after suffering explosive depressurization with complete hydraulics failure and became the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history.
Episode 4
Power Play
Tue, Jan 24, 2023 60 mins
On 13 October 2011, Airlines PNG Flight 1600 loses engine power and crash-lands in a densely forested area near the Gogol River in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Only 4 of the 32 passengers and crew members survive the crash.
Episode 5
Control Catastrophe
Tue, Jan 31, 2023 60 mins
On 11 Nov 2018, Air Astana flight1388 becomes almost uncontrollable soon after takeoff from Portugal. After a long battle for control, the tired pilots give up and ask the air traffic controller to provide directions for ditching the plane
Episode 6
Cockpit Catastrophe
60 mins
On 14 May 2018, Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633 makes an emergency landing at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport after suffering an explosion decompression. The co-pilot was partially sucked out, but all 128 people on board survive.
Episode 7
Dream Flight Disaster
60 mins
On 31 December 2017, a light aircraft configured as a float-plane veers off course and crashes near Sydney, Australia, shortly after take-off. All 6 people on board, including the UK billionaire Richard Cousins, are killed.
Episode 8
Deadly Deception
60 mins
Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013 is hijacked. The crew and authorities devise a daring scheme to get the violent hijackers to believe that their demands have been met, before the aircraft runs out of fuel.
Episode 9
Delivery to Disaster
60 mins
An Amazon cargo plane dives into a swamp outside of Houston, USA. The collected evidence eventually leads investigators to a pilot with a long history of failures and errors.
Episode 10
Mystery Over the Mediterranean
60 mins
Evidence from the disappearance of EgyptAir Flight 804 leads investigators to theorize different causes for the plane's spiral into the Mediterranean.
