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Hanging by a Thread

Episode number: 1

Overview: The 1988 flight of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, which saw the top of its fuselage torn off due to an explosive decompression, is recalled.

Attack Over Baghdad

Episode number: 2

Overview: A surface-to-air missile cripples a cargo plane just after it leaves Baghdad International Airport.

Out of Control

Episode number: 3

Overview: Japan Airlines Flight 123, the worst single-plane crash in history and the simple error made years earlier that caused it.

Fight for Your Life

Episode number: 4

Overview: FedEx employees fend off an attack by a coworker.

Bomb on Board

Episode number: 5

Overview: A mid-flight bombing aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 forces its pilots to attempt a daring landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.

Mistaken Identity

Episode number: 6

Overview: A Navy cruiser in the Persian Gulf must determine if an incoming plane is friend or foe.

Helicopter Down

Episode number: 7

Overview: The 1995 crash of a Super Puma helicopter in the North Sea while ferrying workers to an oil platform is recounted.

Death and Denial

Episode number: 8

Overview: The worst plane crash in Egypt's history becomes one the most controversial when the investigation focuses on one pilot's intentions.

Kid in the Cockpit

Episode number: 9

Overview: A pilot allows his teen son to fly the plane; tragedy results.

Ocean Landing

Episode number: 10

Overview: The story of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, which was hijacked while on a routine trip to the Ivory Coast. The hijackers demanded to be taken to Australia, but there was one problem: the plane didn't have enough fuel to make the trip.