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Kathmandu Descent

Episode number: 1

Overview: Witness the final minutes of PIA Flight 268 and discover why it crashed into a mountain just minutes from landing.

Impossible Pitch

Episode number: 2

Overview: Witness the doomed flight of a West Air Sweden jet and see how the failure of a single instrument led to catastrophe.

Explosive Touchdown

Episode number: 3

Overview: Most passengers relax after their plane touches down, but when Uni Air Flight 873 landed, that's when the terror began.

Taxiway Turmoil

Episode number: 4

Overview: Follow the investigation to see how a DC-9 ended up on the wrong runway and in the path of an oncoming 727.

Runway Breakup

Episode number: 5

Overview: Landing on a Caribbean island in a severe tropical storm, a Colombian airliner crashes short of the runway. Investigators need to find out why.

Icy Descent

Episode number: 6

Overview: Investigators are stumped when a turboprop slams into an Argentine desert, and it's a microscopic filament that provides the first tangible clue.

Atlantic Ditching

Episode number: 7

Overview: A helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashes into the ocean off the coast of Newfoundland and a far-reaching investigation reveals a fatal flaw.

No Warning

Episode number: 8

Overview: Investigators are stumped when a turboprop crashes into an Indonesian mountaintop.

Cockpit Killer

Episode number: 9

Overview: When an African airliner mysteriously crashes, Namibian investigators rule out a host of possible causes before reaching a chilling conclusion.

Stormy Cockpit

Episode number: 10

Overview: A brand-new 737 falls from the sky over West Africa during a major storm, but investigators eventually discover weather had nothing to do with it.