Aircrash Confidential

1. Pilot Error

Air Date: 2011-01-17

Incompetent pilots have caused countless horrific crashes, but in their desperate attempt to eliminate human error, have airlines actually made flying more risky?

2. Engineering Error

Air Date: 2011-01-24

Planes hold lives in the balance but sometimes there are fatal errors in their design. Find out why a Jumbo Jet exploded mid-flight and DC10s fell from the sky.

3. Terrorism

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Planes are an ideal terrorist target, carrying hundreds of potential victims and assuring worldwide publicity. How can new technologies stop hijackers getting on board?

4. Collisions

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When 47 children died in a plane crash, one grieving dad tracked down the air traffic controller on duty and murdered him. Why do these fatal collisions still occur?

5. Extreme Weather

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Why does bad weather crash planes? And how did Juliane Koepcke survive when lightning struck her flight, and she plunged into a rainforest, still strapped in her seat?

6. Fire On Board

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When fire breaks out on a flight passengers only have two minutes to escape. Experts explore why some don't make it, and how larger planes pose a greater threat.

1. Autopilot Error

Air Date: 2012-02-20

Disasters atribbuted to "auto-pilot error". Disasters included: Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, Birgenair Flight 301 and a Qantas Boeing 737 Incident.

2. 737 Tailfin Mystery

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Disasters included: United Airlines Flight 585 and USAir Flight 427.

3. Pilot Fatigue

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Disasters included: Air India Express Flight 812, Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 and Colgan Air Flight 3407.

4. Systems Failure

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5. Poor Maintenence

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Disasters included: Southwest Airlines Flight 812, Japan Air Lines Flight 123 and British Airways Flight 5390

6. Take-off

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Disasters included: Spanair Flight 5022, Emirates Flight 407 and 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster.

1. Incredible Causes

Air Date: 2018-07-16

In Canada on 12th December 1985, a plane crashed less than 1 mile after take-off. All 256 passengers onboard died, but what caused this aircraft tragedy?

2. Disastrous Descents

Air Date: 2019-01-11

Airbus A320, the first commercial fly-by-wire plane, crashed. This episode will dive into the reasons why this accident may have happened.

3. Episode 3

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4. Episode 4

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5. The Nevada Triangle

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A deadly force in the Sierra Nevada mountains has claimed countless lives. What makes this particular area so dangerous for people travelling by air?

6. Flying Blind

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Airplane collisions are an incredibly rare but devastating event. With so much free space to manoeuvre and airspace tightly controlled, how do they happen?