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Dead of Night

Episode number: 1

Overview: Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

Engine Gone

Episode number: 2

Overview: Three crews experience the same devastating event, but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

Lethal Choices

Episode number: 3

Overview: Faced with a mid-air crisis, pilots must make life-and-death decisions, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

Risky Runways

Episode number: 4

Overview: In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, three flight crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.

Landings Gone Wrong

Episode number: 5

Overview: Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

Frozen Wings

Episode number: 6

Overview: Three planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.

Runway Collisions

Episode number: 7

Overview: Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway at the same time?

Cockpit Breakdown

Episode number: 8

Overview: Illustrating the deadly consequences of a mismatched crew, three flights end in tragedy, leaving investigators to unravel what went wrong.

Splash Down

Episode number: 9

Overview: Three last-resort water landings-all handled differently-yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.

Northern Extremes

Episode number: 10

Overview: Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.