Air Crash Investigations July 23, 1983. It's a calm summer evening, when an inexplicable failure strikes, causing the loss of two engines on a brand new passenger jet midway between Montreal and Edmonton. Powerless at 12,000 meters altitude, the pilot needs all his skill, and a little bit of luck, to get his plane to the airport. But his saga doesn't end there because the runway he thought was abandoned is anything but. 2026-05-06 Investigate how an explosion ripped a gaping hole in the cabin of a brand-new plane and again two years later, but with deadly consequences. 2026-05-06 We see how commercial jets rely on a pressurised atmosphere to keep passengers alive and revisit some of the most compelling aviation disasters of the last fifty years to expose the explosive power of decompression. Along the way, we look at the many breakthroughs and design innovations that were implemented only after something went horribly wrong. 2026-05-06 April 4, 1975. At the end of the Vietnam War, the U.S. army loaded hundreds of orphans onto their largest transport aircraft plane to fly them to safety. Only minutes into their escape, the plane lost control and crashed in a paddy field near the airport. Sadly, only half of the children onboard survived. The investigation began immediately, as officials searched desperately for an answer to why t 2026-05-07 It's August 6th, 2005. High over the Mediterranean, two pilots struggle with a stalled engine. 73 kilometres from land, the pilots are faced with an impossible decision while passengers are forced to make life or death decisions. The accident will tear families apart, set in motion a massive rescue effort at sea and trigger a multinational investigation to discover why both engines on one of the w 2026-05-07 The pilots of Flight 1493 configure the 737 for landing and although they repeatedly radio the tower for instructions, their calls go unanswered. They finally get clearance just moments before landing, but within seconds of touching down, the aircraft erupts in flames and crashes into an abandoned brick building. Can investigators determine what went wrong? 2026-05-07