Air Disasters

Air Disasters

Subtle Incapacitation (4x11)


Air date: Aug 17, 2014

Five minutes into Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, something goes wrong. The pilots lose control of their aircraft, and before they can regain command, they begin an unstoppable descent into the Mediterranean Sea. All 90 aboard are dead and experts are scrambling for answers. There was a storm, but was it big enough to take down a 737? Or was there a more ominous explanation? Experience the terrifying disaster of January 25, 2010, and follow the investigation that led to a finding so controversial, some still refuse to believe it.

  • Premiered: May 2011
  • Episodes: 234
  • Followers: 21
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  • Smithsonian Channel
  • Sunday at 22