Season 4
Overview
In this special season of Air Crash Investigation, every episode examines multiple aviation disasters that prove to have similarities including; engines that separated from their aircrafts mid-flight, mismatched pilot pairings that led to deadly crashes, and improvised landings with tragic consequences.
Episodes
1. Dead of Night
2021-01-10
Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.
2. Engine Gone
2021-01-17
Three crews experience the same devastating event, but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.
3. Lethal Choices
2021-01-24
Faced with a mid-air crisis, pilots must make life-and-death decisions, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.
4. Risky Runways
2021-01-31
In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, three flight crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.
5. Landings Gone Wrong
2021-02-07
Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.
6. Frozen Wings
2021-02-08
Three planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.
7. Runway Collisions
2021-02-11
Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway at the same time?
8. Cockpit Breakdown
2021-02-12
Illustrating the deadly consequences of a mismatched crew, three flights end in tragedy, leaving investigators to unravel what went wrong.
9. Splash Down
2021-02-14
Three last-resort water landings-all handled differently-yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.
10. Northern Extremes
2021-02-15
Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.