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Air Disasters

Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously re-enacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes could have been prevented.
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  1. S6 E1 - Hanging By A Thread
    September 13, 2015
    45min
    TV-14
    The roof of an Aloha Airlines 737 tears off the plane at 24,000 feet.
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  2. S6 E2 - Attack Over Baghdad
    September 6, 2015
    46min
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    A surface-to-air missile cripples a cargo plane just after it leaves Baghdad International Airport.
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  3. S6 E3 - Out Of Control
    August 30, 2015
    46min
    TV-14
    The worst single-plane crash in history and the simple error made years earlier that caused it.
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  4. S6 E4 - Fight For Your Life
    August 23, 2015
    46min
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    Three FedEx employees are attacked midair by a coworker and engage in daring flight maneuvers to survive.
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  5. S6 E5 - Bomb On Board
    August 16, 2015
    46min
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    A 1994 terrorist bombing aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 forces its pilots into a daring emergency landing.
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  6. S6 E6 - Mistaken Identity
    August 9, 2015
    46min
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    A Navy cruiser's captain must determine if an incoming plane is friend or foe.
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  7. S6 E7 - Helicopter Down
    February 14, 2016
    46min
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    A helicopter carrying oil workers to an offshore drilling platform crashes, beginning a fight for survival.
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  8. S6 E8 - Death And Denial
    February 21, 2016
    45min
    TV-14
    The worst air crash in Egypt's history becomes one the most controversial after the investigation focuses on one pilot's deadly intentions.
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  9. S6 E9 - Kid In The Cockpit
    February 28, 2016
    46min
    TV-14
    A pilot's decision to let his teenage son take the wheel of a commercial flight has disastrous consequences.
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  10. S6 E10 - Ocean Landing
    March 6, 2016
    45min
    TV-14
    Pilots aboard a hijacked plane are forced to attempt an emergency landing at sea.
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