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The Best Episodes of Air Disasters Season 2

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Air Disasters Season 2 Episode 1 - Cracks in the System
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    On Dec 19, 2005 — Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 (Grumman Turbo Mallard): A vintage seaplane bound for the Bahamas goes down moments after lifting off from Miami's Watson Island, stunning witnesses along the shoreline.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Air Disasters Season 2 Episode 2 - Target is Destroyed
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    On Sep 1, 1983 — Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (Boeing 747): A passenger jet en route from Anchorage to Seoul strays into Soviet airspace and is shot down by a fighter jet, pushing Cold War tensions to the brink.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Air Disasters Season 2 Episode 3 - Cruel Skies
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    Special — Multiple incidents (1977–1999), including Southern Airways Flight 242, British Airways Flight 009, and American Airlines Flight 1420: A look at how violent weather has brought down airliners and how forecasting and cockpit technology evolved in response.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Air Disasters Season 2 Episode 4 - Panic on the Runway
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    On Aug 22, 1985 — British Airtours Flight 28M (Boeing 737): An engine catches fire as a holiday flight accelerates down the runway at Manchester. The takeoff is aborted, but a survivable emergency turns deadly on the ground.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Air Disasters Season 2 Episode 5 - Alarming Silence
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    On Aug 16, 1987 — Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (MD-82): Moments after takeoff from Detroit, a fully loaded jet fails to climb and crashes beyond the runway, leaving investigators to trace the final minutes before departure.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Air Disasters Season 2 Episode 6 - Cold Case
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    On Mar 10, 1989 & Mar 22, 1992 — Air Ontario Flight 1363 & USAir Flight 405 (Fokker F28s): Two wintry takeoffs, three years apart in Ontario and New York, end in disaster and force investigators to look for a common thread.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Air Disasters Season 2 Episode 7 - Pilot vs. Plane
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    On Jun 26, 1988 — Air France Flight 296 (Airbus A320): A brand-new fly-by-wire jet performs a low flyby at a French airshow and fails to climb away, igniting a bitter public battle between the pilot and investigators.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Air Disasters Season 2 Episode 8 - System Breakdown
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    Special — Multiple incidents: Five disasters tied to communication failures and an overburdened air traffic control system, and the changes they forced on how controllers and pilots keep planes apart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Air Disasters Season 2 Episode 9 - The Final Blow
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    On Jan 20, 1992 — Air Inter Flight 148 (Airbus A320): On a night approach to Strasbourg, a domestic French flight descends into the Vosges Mountains, and investigators must determine why a modern jet flew so low.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Air Disasters Season 2 Episode 10 - Cleared for Disaster
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    On Feb 1, 1991 — USAir Flight 1493 (Boeing 737) & SkyWest Flight 5569: A jet landing at Los Angeles collides with a commuter plane on the runway, turning attention to the control tower.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Air Disasters Season 2 Episode 11 - The Plane That Flew Too High
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    S2:E11

    On Aug 16, 2005 — West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 (MD-82): A charter flight from Panama to Martinique falls from cruise altitude over Venezuela, and the investigation reaches deep into a troubled airline.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Air Disasters Season 2 Episode 12 - Deadly Reputation
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    On Jul 17, 2007 — TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (Airbus A320): Landing at São Paulo's Congonhas Airport on a rainy night, a jet fails to stop and careens off the end of the runway into buildings beyond.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Cracks in the System" is the best rated episode of Air Disasters season 2. It scored 0.0/10 from 0 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on June 17, 2012.