Air Crash Investigation - Season 8

Air Crash Investigation - Season 8

Season 8

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Episodes8
DatesSep 8, 2010 - Oct 27, 2010
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Episodes

Panic on the Runway
Season 8Episode 160 min

Panic on the Runway

On 22 August 1985, An engine caught fire during the takeoff phase of a British charter flight from Manchester, England to the Greek island of Corfu. Despite a successfully abandoned takeoff, 55 of the 137 passengers and crew are killed as the aircraft burned on the runway.

Sep 8, 2010
Pilot vs. Plane
Season 8Episode 260 min

Pilot vs. Plane

On 26 June 1988, Air France Flight 296 failed to regain altitude and crashed into trees after performing a flyby during an airshow at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport, killing 3 people.

Sep 15, 2010
Alarming Silence
Season 8Episode 360 min

Alarming Silence

On 16 August 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed shortly after take off, killing 156 people. The crew did not follow the taxi checklist prior to take off.

Sep 22, 2010
Cleared for Disaster
Season 8Episode 460 min

Cleared for Disaster

On 1 February 1991, USAir Flight 1493 collided with the waiting Skywest Airlines Flight 5569 on the runway, killing 34 people. An Air traffic controller mistakenly assigned the inbound Flight 1493 to a runway where the Flight 5569 was waiting to take off.

Sep 29, 2010
Target is Destroyed
Season 8Episode 560 min

Target is Destroyed

On 1 September 1983, during the Cold War, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down after violating Soviet airspace. The crew did not switch the autopilot from heading to INS mode following take off which caused the aircraft to deviate from its assigned flight path.

Oct 6, 2010
Cold Case
Season 8Episode 660 min

Cold Case

On 10 March 1989, Air Ontario Flight 1363 crashed just after take off, killing 24 people. Three years later, on 22 March 1992, USAir Flight 405 also crashed just after take off in similar conditions to Flight 1363. The cause of the crashes was icing.

Oct 13, 2010
The Final Blow
Season 8Episode 760 min

The Final Blow

On 20 January 1992, Air Inter Flight 148 crashed into the Vosges Mountains while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport killing 87 people. An error made in programing the autopilot of the Airbus A-320, combined with a sudden wind change, caused the plane to descend more rapidly than expected.

Oct 20, 2010
Cracks in the System
Season 8Episode 860 min

Cracks in the System

On 19 December 2005, just after take off the right wing of the Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 fell off and the aircraft crashed, killing 20 people. The wing fell off due to metal fatigue that resulted from poor maintenance, financial distress at Chalk's, and a lack of appropriate FAA oversight.

Oct 27, 2010

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