A Southwest Boeing 737 is on its way to Dallas from New York when the plane experiences an explosive decompression. Find out what causes this flight makes an emergency landing in Pennsylvania.
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AA383 (2016)
An American Airlines Boeing 767 is about to take off from O’Hare bound for Miami when something goes wrong. Find out how an unexpected problem reemerges for our one year anniversary episode!
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CHK101
A Grumman G-73T, a sea plane, falls out of the sky when a wing comes off the plane after take off from the port of Miami. Find out what made this catastrophic crash occur.
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The Comet Crashes BOAC781/ SA201
A de Havilland Comet 1 (BOAC flight 781) suddenly exploded in midair on its way to London from Rome. Then a few months later another Comet 1 (South African Airways 201), on its way to Cairo from Rome, exploded in a similar fashion to the BOAC flight. Find out how windows and push rivets caused the first jet airliner to explode in flight.
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QF32
A Qantas Airbus A380, the biggest jet airliner, has a catastrophe on its way to Sydney, Australia from Singapore. Find out how bad quality control caused this plane to almost fall out of the sky.
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AMW5481
An Air Midwest Beechcraft 1900D crashes into a hangar at Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport right after take off. Find out how mechanical and company failures contributed to this accident.
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AF447
An Air France A330 goes down in the Atlantic Ocean on its way to Paris. Find out how disorientation and equipment caused this plane to crash.
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NCR102
A converted Boeing 747-400 cargo plane is carrying heavy military cargo from Afghanistan. Find out how some miscalculation and not enough straps caused this plane to fall from the sky.
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AF296
An Air France A320-100 is doing a quick go around to show off the aircraft at a small air show between Switzerland and France when catastrophe occurs. Find out how a mixture of pilot error and mechanical failure causes this plane to hit trees and go up in flames.
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AQ243
An Aloha Airlines 737-200 is doing an island hop from the many islands that make up Hawaii when a structure failure causes an explosive decompression. Find out how maintenance practices and ignorance caused this plane to almost crash on its way to the Maui airport.
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