National Geographic Air Crash Investigation Complete Season Two (6 Episodes)

1. Blow Out

The night before the incident, a maintenance worker replaces the screws attaching the cockpit window on a British Airways BAC-111 but does not follow the correct procedure, using incorrect screws to do the job. The next day the aircraft is heading for Malaga, Spain as Flight 5390 when the cockpit window blows out, sucking the captain partially through the hole. A member of the cabin crew clings to the pilot's legs as the co-pilot flies the aircraft to Southampton Airport for an emergency landing. The captain is found to be still alive after being outside the cockpit for 21 minutes.

2. A Wounded Bird

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529's left propeller is damaged by metal fatigue, causing it to lose one of its blades. The resulting imbalance causes the engine to be partly torn from its mounting, which disrupts the airflow over the wing. That and the massive increase in drag means the aircraft is unable to maintain height on one engine. The aircraft crashes before it can reach an airport, killing nine of the 29 people on board.

3. Hijacked

Air France Flight 8969 to Paris-Orly is hijacked on the ground at Algiers Airport. The terrorists demand the aircraft be allowed to depart for Paris so they could crash the A300 into the Eiffel Tower. The only problem is the terrorists do not know how to fly the airplane. The Algerian Army refuses and three of the 220 passengers are shot dead over the next two days. The aircraft is cleared to take off but the crew divert it to Marseille Provence Airport. The terrorist leader forces the pilots to park the aircraft in front of the control tower and the terrorists open fire on the tower building. The Hostage rescue team of the French Gendarmerie storm the aircraft and after a gun battle in the cabin, the hijackers are dead. Everyone else is evacuated.

4. Deadly Crossroads

Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 is flying in German airspace near Überlingen under control of the Swiss air traffic control service with 69 people on board. Due to multiple faults within the local air traffic control system, the Tu-154M aircraft collides with the tail of DHL Flight 611, carrying air freight. Flight 2937 is destroyed instantly and Flight 611 crashes shortly afterwards, killing all 71 people in the two aircraft.

5. Crash on the Mountain

American Airlines Flight 965 heads for Cali, Colombia. The crew is asked if they would like to do a straight-in approach to Cali. The pilots agree and inadvertently remove the waypoints from the flight plan in their Flight management system (FMS), causing them to become unsure of their exact position. Their mistakes cause them to crash into a 9,000 foot mountain near Buga. Only four passengers survive.

6. Deadly Delay

During its flight to New York, Avianca Flight 52 is delayed numerous times, causing the Boeing 707 with 158 people on board to run out of fuel. The aircraft then crashes near Cove Neck, New York. 73 people die.

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