Why Planes Crash

  • Premiered: Aug 2013
  • Episodes: 14
  • Followers: 4
  • Ended
  • National Geographic
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

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Season 1
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Collision Course
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Aug 12, 2013
Examining collisions between planes. Included: a corporate jet and a 737 collide while 37,000 feet above the Amazon; a DC-8 tears into the fuselage of a Lockheed Constellation a mile .. show full overview
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Brace for Impact
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Aug 19, 2013
A look at what causes some pilots to risk ditching their planes in the water, and how they and their passengers can survive the experience. Included: U.S. Airways Flight 1549, which made .. show full overview
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Breaking Point
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Air date
Aug 26, 2013
Plane crashes resulting from structural failures are examined. Included: nine passengers are sucked out of a 747 flying over the Pacific when a cargo door explodes; pilots struggle to .. show full overview
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Fire in the Sky
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Sep 02, 2013
The Federal Aviation Administration has found that up to three flights out of 100,000 are diverted due to smoke or fire in flight, but the situation is no less dangerous for being .. show full overview
1x5 Season finale
Human Error
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Sep 05, 2013
Mistakes, oversights and distractions can have consequences. Included: a 737 hits a small turboprop on a runway; an Airbus 300 crashes after its tail breaks off; an L-1011 jumbo jet .. show full overview

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