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Air Crash Investigation investigates recent air disasters to uncover how and why they happened. It takes viewers on board six different flights in trouble, recreating the tension and the pressure in the cockpit and cabin. These expertly crafted dramatic re-enactments are based on transcripts of recovered cockpit voice recordings and survivor testimonies. News footage, interviews, and computer graphics all shed light on the safety issues at the heart of aviation industry controversies.
Air Crash Investigation
DETAILS
A gripping nonfiction series, Air Crash Investigation investigates recent high-profile air disasters to uncover how and why they happened. Mayday takes viewers on board six different flights in trouble, recreating the tension and the pressure in the cockpit and cabin. These expertly crafted dramatic re-enactments are based on transcripts of recovered cockpit voice recordings and survivor testimonies. News footage, interviews with key witnesses, and computer graphics of the planes in flight all shed light on the safety issues at the heart of aviation industry controversies.
Air Crash Investigation follows survivors, family members of crash victims and air crash detectives as they piece together the evidence of the causes of major accidents. Each episode of Air Crash Investigation provides a compelling, in-depth look at one particular aspect of air safety: hijackings, mismanaged maintenance, and mid-air collisions are all dealt with in the new series, as well as the biggest aviation problem of recent years: pilots learning to cope with increased automation.
- Release Date:
- 2004 – 2023
- Genre:
- Docuseries
- Rating:
- Creator:
- André Barro
- Bernard Vaillot
- Starring:
- Jonathan Aris
EPISODES
S22:E1 Deadly Exchange
A commuter flight crashes mysteriously just a mile from a Missouri runway.
S22:E2 Mixed Signals
A charter flight becomes the worst aviation disaster in Portugal’s history.
S22:E3 Pressure Point
Japan Airlines 123 becomes the deadliest single aircraft disaster ever.
S22:E4 Power Play
The wreckage of a turboprop points to a fatal flaw in a popular aircraft.
S22:E5 Control Catastrophe
An unlikely chain of events sends Air Astana 1388 on a deadly flight path.
S22:E6 Cockpit Catastrophe
High above the Himalayas, the cockpit window of an Airbus A-319 explodes.
S22:E7 Dream Flight Disaster
A doomed Australian seaplane crashes with a UK billionaire on board.
S22:E8 Deadly Deception
A bold plan to save a hijacked airliner hinges on hiding its destination.
S22:E9 Delivery to Disaster
An Amazon cargo plane nosedives into a swamp outside Houston.
S22:E10 Mystery Over the Mediterranean
An Airbus heading from Paris to Cairo disappears over the Mediterranean.
