Season 4

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

Each episode has its own detail page.

Episode 144 min2021-01-10

Dead of Night

Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

Episode 244 min2021-01-17

Engine Gone

Three crews experience the same devastating event, but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

Episode 344 min2021-01-24

Lethal Choices

Faced with a mid-air crisis, pilots must make life-and-death decisions, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

Episode 444 min2021-01-31

Risky Runways

In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, three flight crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.

Episode 544 min2021-02-07

Landings Gone Wrong

Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

Episode 644 min2021-02-08

Frozen Wings

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.

Episode 744 min2021-02-11

Runway Collisions

Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway at the same time?

Episode 844 min2021-02-12

Cockpit Breakdown

Illustrating the deadly consequences of a mismatched crew, three flights end in tragedy, leaving investigators to unravel what went wrong.

Episode 944 min2021-02-14

Splash Down

Three last-resort water landings-all handled differently-yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.

Episode 1044 min2021-02-15

Northern Extremes

Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.

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Jonathan Aris

Self - Narrator (voice)

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