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Air Disasters Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
11 Episodes 2013 - 2013
Episode 1
Blind Spot
Sun, Mar 3, 2013 60 mins
The Season 3 premiere investigates a 1978 incident in which a Boeing 727 collided with a small plane while landing at San Diego's Lindbergh Airport.
Episode 2
Mayday Munich
Sun, Mar 10, 2013 60 mins
Recalling a 1958 incident in Munich involving a charter plane that was transporting the Manchester United soccer team.
Episode 3
I'm the Problem
Sun, Mar 17, 2013 60 mins
The 1987 crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 near Cayucos, Cal., is recalled. The last words captured by the cockpit recorder were those of a former USAir employee believed to be responsible for the tragedy: "I'm the problem." The recorder also picked up gunfire prior to the crash.
Episode 4
Impossible Landing
Sun, Mar 24, 2013 60 mins
Recalling the 1989 flight of United Airlines Flight 232, a DC-10 that lost its hydraulic system. Aided by a DC-10 instructor, the crew struggled to maintain some control over the aircraft and save the 296 people on board.
Episode 5
The Turning Point
Sun, Mar 31, 2013 60 mins
Recalling a 2002 incident over the Bering Sea. A Boeing 747-400 carrying 386 passengers from Detroit to Tokyo had to make an emergency landing in Alaska after its lower rudder malfunctioned.
Episode 6
Break Up Over Texas
Sun, Apr 7, 2013 60 mins
The 1991 crash of Continental Express Flight 2574 in Texas, which killed 14 people, is investigated.
Episode 7
Under Pressure
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 60 mins
A 1991 incident involving Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 is recalled. Minutes after taking off from King Abdulaziz International Airport near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, all went wrong on the DC-8: the hydraulics system failed and a fire in the wheel well threatened to turn the plane into a fireball.
Episode 8
The Invisible Plane
Sun, Apr 21, 2013 60 mins
A 2001 collision between an airliner and a business jet at Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, is examined.
Episode 9
Bad Attitude
Sun, Apr 28, 2013 60 mins
The December 1999 crash of Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 shortly after taking off from London Stansted Airport is recalled.
Episode 10
Split Decision
Sun, May 5, 2013 60 mins
The 1985 crash of Arrow Air Flight 1285 in Newfoundland, which killed 248 U.S. soldiers returning from the Middle East, is investigated.
Episode 11
Nowhere to Land
Sun, May 12, 2013 60 mins
The story of TACA Airlines Flight 110, a 1988 Belize-to-New Orleans flight that suffered engine failure.
