Aircrash Confidential

Documentary

Aircrash Confidential is a television series produced by WMR Productions and IMG Entertainment. The programme investigates air-disasters from around the world. Aircrash Confidential currently airs on the Discovery Channel in the United Kingdom and on Discovery Australia.

Jan 17, 20113 seasons18 episodesReturning SeriesEN

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Seasons

Season 1

6 episodes

Premiered Jan 17, 2011

Season 2

6 episodes

Premiered Feb 20, 2012

Season 3

6 episodes

Premiered Jul 16, 2018

Episodes

1–6 of 6

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Ep 1

Pilot Error

Jan 17, 2011

50m

Incompetent pilots have caused countless horrific crashes, but in their desperate attempt to eliminate human error, have airlines actually made flying more risky?

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Ep 2

Engineering Error

Jan 24, 2011

50m

Planes hold lives in the balance but sometimes there are fatal errors in their design. Find out why a Jumbo Jet exploded mid-flight and DC10s fell from the sky.

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Ep 3

Terrorism

50m

Planes are an ideal terrorist target, carrying hundreds of potential victims and assuring worldwide publicity. How can new technologies stop hijackers getting on board?

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Ep 4

Collisions

50m

When 47 children died in a plane crash, one grieving dad tracked down the air traffic controller on duty and murdered him. Why do these fatal collisions still occur?

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Ep 5

Extreme Weather

50m

Why does bad weather crash planes? And how did Juliane Koepcke survive when lightning struck her flight, and she plunged into a rainforest, still strapped in her seat?

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Ep 6

Fire On Board

50m

When fire breaks out on a flight passengers only have two minutes to escape. Experts explore why some don't make it, and how larger planes pose a greater threat.