Season 20

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Season 20

Jan 09, 2020 10 episodes

Episodes

Explosive Touchdown

Episode 1

Explosive Touchdown

8.5
Jan 09, 2020 45 min

(Uni Air Flight 873) Experts fail to find a bomb when a Taiwanese plane explodes. But as they examine the wreckage, they uncover something shocking in the overhead lockers.

Taxiway Turmoil

Episode 2

Taxiway Turmoil

8.7
Jan 16, 2020 45 min

(Northwest Airlines Flights 299 & 1482) When a blanket of confusion and heavy fog puts two planes on a path to disaster, investigators wonder if it was the pilots themselves creating chaos.

Kathmandu Descent

Episode 3

Kathmandu Descent

7.5
Jan 23, 2020 45 min

(Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268) A Pakistani airliner crashes in the Himalayas, and when their most vital piece of evidence fails to deliver, investigators scramble to find answers.

Icy Descent

Episode 4

Icy Descent

7.0
Jan 30, 2020 45 min

(SOL Flight 5428) When SOL Airlines Flight 5428 nosedives into a remote desert, investigators struggle to find the cause amongst the scattered and scorched debris.

Atlantic Ditching

Episode 5

Atlantic Ditching

7.5
Feb 06, 2020 45 min

(Cougar Helicopters Flight 91) A helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashes into the ocean off the coast of Newfoundland and a far-reaching investigation reveals a fatal flaw.

Impossible Pitch

Episode 6

Impossible Pitch

7.0
Feb 13, 2020 45 min

(West Air Sweden Flight 294) A cargo jet plummets to earth in the Swedish Arctic. And as investigators pore over the evidence, a terrifying picture of chaos and confusion emerges.

No Warning

Episode 7

No Warning

7.0
Feb 20, 2020 45 min

(Trigana Air Flight 267) A turboprop crashes into an Indonesian mountain, and while three systems could have prevented it, investigators must figure out why none of them did.

Cockpit Killer

Episode 8

Cockpit Killer

8.5
Feb 27, 2020 45 min

(LAM Mozambique Flight 470) When an African airliner mysteriously crashes, Namibian investigators rule out a host of possible causes before reaching a chilling conclusion.

Stormy Cockpit

Episode 9

Stormy Cockpit

7.5
Mar 05, 2020 45 min

(Kenya Airways Flight 507) On 5 May 2007, Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes shortly after takeoff from a stopover in Douala, Cameroon. All 114 passengers and crew died in the accident.

Runway Breakup

Episode 10

Runway Breakup

6.5
Mar 12, 2020 45 min

(AIRES Flight 8250) On 16 August 2010, AIRES Flight 8250 crashes short of the runway while attempting to land at San AndrΓ©s, Colombia in a storm. The aircraft broke up into 3 pieces on the runway. 2 of the passengers died in the accident.