Terror at 30,000 Feet - Season 1

Terror at 30,000 Feet - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes6
DatesJuli 19, 2024 - Aug. 30, 2024

Episodes

BA Flight 2069
Season 1Episode 160 min

BA Flight 2069

It's 5am on a routine flight from Gatwick to Kenya and a dream holiday has turned into a nightmare. A British Airways jumbo jet is plummeting towards the ground; there is less than a minute left to save the plane before it crashes. A passenger has entered the cockpit and is wrestling with the pilots, pushing the plane into a rapid dive.

On board the 747-400 are almost 400 travellers including celebrities Bryan Ferry and Jemima Goldsmith.

In this episode we explore the remarkable story of BA Flight 2069, told by those who were on board. Featuring exclusive interviews with Ben Goldsmith and pilot Bill Hagan alongside cabin crew and passengers who recount the terrifying reality of a flight in the midst of a hijacking.

Using vivid dramatic reconstruction, state-of-the-art special effects and first-hand testimony, Channel 5 takes viewers into the cabin and the cockpit as passengers and crew experience the flight where all hell broke loose.

Juli 19, 2024
Qantas Flight 32
Season 1Episode 260 min

Qantas Flight 32

It's 10:01 and passengers aboard the regular flight from London to Sydney find themselves in the middle of a crisis. A once-in-a-lifetime trip is on the brink of becoming a tragedy. The engine has exploded and chunks of the plane are plummeting onto the residents below the flight path.

The Airbus 380 at the heart of the crisis is the largest passenger aircraft in the world. With an 80m wingspan, state of the art computer systems and a hugely experienced crew this was supposed to be a cruise through the air.

But instead, it is fire in the skies.

In this episode we explore the remarkable story of Qantas Flight 32 from 2010, told by those who were on board, featuring exclusive interviews with the pilot, cabin crew and passengers, who recount the terrifying reality of a flight on the brink of catastrophe.

Using vivid dramatic reconstruction, state-of-the-art special effects and first-hand testimony, Channel 5 takes viewers into the cabin and the cockpit as passengers and crew experience the flight that flew into terror.

Juli 26, 2024
Britannia Airways Flight 266A
Season 1Episode 360 min

Britannia Airways Flight 266A

It's 9:25 at night and a holiday flight from Cardiff to the Costa Brava has hit a terrifying electrical storm. The Britannia Airways airliner is battling the elements as it attempts to land. But just feet from the ground the runway lights fail, the airport is plunged into darkness, and the crew must land the flight blind.

The result is one of the most terrifying crashes in aviation history.

On board the Boeing 757 are 236 passengers who experience the nightmare of a flight that crashes, is violently torn apart and skids for over a mile, off the runway. The wreckage travels so far that the emergency services are initially unable to even find the survivors.

In this episode we explore the remarkable story of Britannia Airways Flight 266A, told by those who survived. Using vivid dramatic reconstruction, state-of-the-art special effects and first-hand testimony, Channel 5 takes viewers into the cabin and the cockpit as passengers experience the flight where no one emerged unscathed.

Aug. 2, 2024
M1 Plane Crash
Season 1Episode 460 min

M1 Plane Crash

It's 8:23 at night in January 1989 and a routine commuter flight from Heathrow to Belfast is in crisis. After flames were seen in one of the plane's engines, the pilots shut down the right-hand engine. Flying on just one engine the flight diverts to East Midlands Airport and is preparing for an emergency landing, when the remaining engine loses all power.

And between the plane and the airport lies the M1 motorway.

On board the Boeing 737 400 are 118 passengers who experience the nightmare of a flight that crashes just yards from the landing strip, and onto the crowded motorway. The crash claims the lives of 74 passengers.

It is one of the worst accidents in British aviation history.

In this episode we explore the remarkable story of Flight British Midland 092 told by those who survived. Using vivid dramatic reconstruction, state-of-the-art special effects and first-hand testimony, Channel 5 takes viewers into the cabin and the cockpit as passengers experience the flight which changed aviation. A flight where the wrong engine was shut down

Aug. 9, 2024
Mayday
Season 1Episode 560 min

Mayday

It's 4:39pm, and a packed summer holiday flight from Heathrow to Valencia in Spain is descending into utter chaos. Toxic smoke has filled the cabin and the cockpit, and its 175 passengers are struggling to breathe.

But that's just the start of their problems.

Fearing a deadly fire that could quickly engulf the aircraft and everyone on board, the pilots have only a few minutes to try and get the plane safely on ground and avoid a catastrophe.

This is the terrifying and incredible story of Flight BA422. Told by those who were on the flight, it's also captured in remarkable camera footage - filmed by the passengers as they gasped for air and faced the prospect of not getting off the plane alive.

As well as compelling passenger footage, Channel 5 takes viewers into the cabin and the cockpit through vivid dramatic reconstruction, state-of-the-art special effects and first-hand testimony - as those on board experience a flight which changed their lives forever.

Aug. 16, 2024
Flying Pilot
Season 1Episode 660 min

Flying Pilot

It's 8.20 in the morning, and 17000 feet above Oxfordshire an unimaginable disaster has befallen a flight from Birmingham to Malaga. A front windscreen has blown out and a powerful, freezing wind is causing utter chaos in the passenger cabin. But the scene in the cockpit is even more terrifying. The captain has been sucked out of the empty window, his torso and head banging against the outside of the aircraft as a steward clings desperately onto his legs to try and stop him being lost completely.

Over the next hour, a truly remarkable story of terror and bravery unfolds as passengers struggle in oxygen deprived air, and the co-pilot is tasked with single handedly guiding the aircraft through busy airspace as a 250 mile-an-hour wind rushes into the flight deck.

In this episode we explore the remarkable story of Flight BA5390. Told through the first-hand testimonies of those involved and using vivid dramatic reconstruction and state-of-the-art special effects, Channel 5 takes viewers into the cabin and the cockpit for one of the most incredible aviation tales of all.

Aug. 30, 2024

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