

Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
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Stephen BogaertSelf - Narrator (voice) / Narrator
Alec McClureFirst Officer Hicks
Andy ReidJason Kemper
Pat MastroianniLima Air Traffic Controller
Michael MillarCaptain Evans
Stephen ChambersSecond Officer
Justin MaderInvestigator Grummett
Nonnie GriffinMarion Carroll
Dylan RamseyAir Traffic Controller / Bobby 'The Killer'
Keana BastidasMichelle Dussan
John TokatlidisNicolas Skourias / Captain Chavez
Arthur HoldenCommentary (Nelson Rivera)
Rescue 9111989Rating: 7.9 out of 10
In the Eye of the Storm2024Rating: 8.2 out of 10
I Shouldn't Be Alive2005Rating: 7.1 out of 10
Fear Thy Neighbor2014Rating: 8.1 out of 10
People Magazine Investigates2016Rating: 8.5 out of 10
American Monster2016Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Files of the Unexplained2024Rating: 6.6 out of 10
Snapped2004Rating: 7.8 out of 10
The War2007Rating: 8.2 out of 10
Testament: The Story of Moses2024Rating: 7.2 out of 10
Forensic Files1996Rating: 7.9 out of 10
Space Race2005Rating: 7.4 out of 10
Roman Empire2016Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Who Killed Jill Dando?2023Rating: 6.8 out of 10
Year Million2017Rating: 8.3 out of 10
Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston2026Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Jesus: His Life2019Rating: 7.4 out of 10
Rise of the Nazis2019Rating: 7.9 out of 10
Wild Crime2021Rating: 6.4 out of 10
American Murder: Gabby Petito2025Rating: 7.2 out of 10Season 4, 10 episodes

On 2 August 2005, Air France Flight 358 overruns the runway while attempting to land in a storm. The Airbus A340 travels through the airport perimeter fence into a small ravine and catches fire. The causes of the crash were the aircraft deviating above the required approach path for its landing, touching down too far along the runway and the crew deploying the thrust reversers too slowly. All 309 passengers and crew survived. Alternate title: "Desperate Escape"

On 24 June 1982, British Airways Flight 9 experiences St. Elmo's fire en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Perth, Australia. A few minutes later, all four engines flame out. After descending, the crew successfully restarts the engines and lands safely. The St. Elmo's fire and engine flame-outs were caused by volcanic ash spewed by Galunggung in Indonesia during a major eruption.

On 2 June 1983, a fire breaks out on Air Canada Flight 797 in the aircraft's toilet. An emergency landing is made in Cincinnati, but the aircraft is engulfed by flames on the runway, killing 23 people, including musician Stan Rogers. The opening of the aircraft's doors after the landing caused a flashover.

On 6 August 1997, the crew of Korean Air Flight 801 is unable to see the runway during final approach for a night landing in Guam. They initiate a missed approach, but the aircraft then flies into a low hill, killing 228 people. A combination of pilot error and the instrument landing system at Guam airport being temporarily out of service for maintenance work were blamed. AKA : Final Approach

On 3 March 1991, a Boeing 737 operating as United Airlines Flight 585 is on approach to land, when it suddenly rolls into a dive and crashes within eight seconds, killing all 25 people on board. On 8 September 1994, USAir Flight 427 is another Boeing 737 on approach to land, when it rolls and crashes within thirty seconds, killing all 132 people on board. On 9 June 1996, Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 is another Boeing 737 that unexpectedly rolls in similar circumstances, but the crew successfully regains control of the aircraft and lands safely. The cause of all three incidents was the rudder experiencing a "hardover" (suddenly going to full deflection) and jamming due to thermal shock of the hydraulic control valve.

On 19 February 1985, China Airlines Flight 006's number four (right-side outer) engine flames out. As the crew tries to restart the engine, the Boeing 747SP stalls and enters into a spin. The crew successfully regains control, restarts the engine and lands safely at San Francisco International Airport. The incident was caused by pilot error. Alternate title: "6 Mile Plunge"

On 31 August 1986, Aeroméxico Flight 498, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, and a light aircraft collide over Cerritos, California, causing both to go out of control and crash, killing 82 people. The accident was caused by neither pilot making visual contact with the other aircraft and a lack of automated collision warning systems. The crash inspires the creation of the traffic collision avoidance system.

On 3 April 1996, while attempting to land at Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia during heavy fog, a United States Air Force Boeing CT-43 strays off course and flies into a mountain. All 35 people on board are killed, including the United States Secretary of Commerce, Ron Brown. The non-precision approach procedure the crew needed to follow required the use of two automatic direction finders, but the aircraft was only fitted with one.

On 3 January 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 banks to the right just after takeoff and crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board. The cause of this disaster is disputed and suggested to be spatial disorientation on the part of the flight crew.

On 14 August 2005, air traffic controllers lose radio contact with Helios Airways Flight 522. Two fighters from the Hellenic Air Force intercept and investigate the flight and find all but one person on board not moving. A few moments later, the aircraft runs out of fuel and crashes, killing all 121 people on board. An incorrect setting on the cabin pressurization panel caused the pilots and everyone else on board to succumb to hypoxia.
Episodes
26 seasons and 240 episodes so far
Filming locations
Filmed in Toronto












