Air Crash Investigations

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.

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.

Examining how disasters in the sky can be caused by the tiniest fault in the aircraft. Marvels of engineering, today's modern jetliners are made up of hundreds of thousands of parts. Keeping these aircrafts in the sky requires constant maintenance and repair and if just one tiny flaw is overlooked, the result can be catastrophic.