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The Best Episodes of Air Disasters Season 20

Every episode of Air Disasters Season 20 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Air Disasters Season 20!

Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters could have been prevented. Accounts from survivors combine with cockpit recordings and computer images to

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 1 - Headline News
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    #1 - Headline News

    S20:E1

    Special — Multiple incidents: Three crashes that made front-page news around the world, and how intense media pressure shaped the investigations that followed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 2 - Rookie Errors
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    #2 - Rookie Errors

    S20:E2

    Special — Multiple incidents, including LAPA Flight 3142, American Airlines Flight 587, and Colgan Air Flight 3407: Even highly trained crews can fall prey to the most basic mistakes — with devastating results.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 3 - Collision Course
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    #3 - Collision Course

    S20:E3

    Special — Multiple incidents: Mid-air and on-course collisions, and the systems built to keep aircraft — and vessels — safely apart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 4 - Engines Out
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    #4 - Engines Out

    S20:E4

    Special — Multiple incidents: When an aircraft loses all engine power, training and airmanship become the last line of defense.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 5 - Fuel Trouble
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    #5 - Fuel Trouble

    S20:E5

    Special — Multiple incidents: Flights brought down not by their machinery but by the fuel meant to keep them flying — from mismanagement to mechanical failure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 6 - Perilous Payload
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    #6 - Perilous Payload

    S20:E6

    Special — Multiple incidents: Aircraft fatally out of balance from misloaded or unsecured cargo — a risk that's entirely preventable, yet keeps recurring.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 7 - Runway in Sight
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    #7 - Runway in Sight

    S20:E7

    Special — Multiple incidents: Crashes that happened with the airport already in view, when the final moments of flight proved the most dangerous.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 8 - Deadly Confusion
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    #8 - Deadly Confusion

    S20:E8

    Special — Multiple incidents: Cockpits overwhelmed by conflicting information, where confusion in critical seconds turned recoverable situations into disasters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 9 - Radio Silence
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    #9 - Radio Silence

    S20:E9

    Special — Multiple incidents: Flights that stopped responding to the outside world, and the race to understand what was happening on board.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 10 - Design Flaws
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    #10 - Design Flaws

    S20:E10

    Special — Multiple incidents: Hidden weaknesses engineered into aircraft long before takeoff, and the crashes that finally exposed them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 11 - Heat of the Moment
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    #11 - Heat of the Moment

    S20:E11

    Special — Multiple incidents: Crews forced to make split-second decisions under extreme pressure — some heroic, some catastrophic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 12 - Instrument Confusion
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    #12 - Instrument Confusion

    S20:E12

    Special — Multiple incidents: When the instruments pilots depend on begin feeding them lies, crews must decide what — and whether — to believe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 13 - VIP on Board
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    #13 - VIP on Board

    S20:E13

    Special — Multiple incidents: Crashes that claimed prominent figures, and the extraordinary scrutiny those investigations drew.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 14 - Lapse in Security
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    #14 - Lapse in Security

    S20:E14

    Special — Multiple incidents: Disasters that began on the ground, when security measures meant to protect passengers failed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 15 - Mountain Impact
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    #15 - Mountain Impact

    S20:E15

    Special — Multiple incidents: Aircraft brought down by terrain, and the technology developed to keep crews from flying into mountains they never saw.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 16 - Survivors
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    #16 - Survivors

    S20:E16

    Special — Multiple incidents: Passengers and crew who lived through the unthinkable, and what their stories reveal about surviving a crash.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 17 - Death from Above
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    #17 - Death from Above

    S20:E17

    Special — Multiple incidents: Disasters that reached beyond the aircraft, when falling planes and debris brought tragedy to those below.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 18 - Courage in the Cockpit
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    #18 - Courage in the Cockpit

    S20:E18

    Special — Multiple incidents: Crews who faced impossible circumstances and, through skill and nerve, gave their passengers a fighting chance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 19 - Maintenance Mistakes
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    #19 - Maintenance Mistakes

    S20:E19

    Special — Multiple incidents: Small errors in hangars and workshops that grew into catastrophes at altitude.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 20 - Take Off Tragedies
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    #20 - Take Off Tragedies

    S20:E20

    Special — Multiple incidents: The most critical seconds of any flight — and the crashes that happened before aircraft ever truly left the ground.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 21 - Dead of Night
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    #21 - Dead of Night

    S20:E21

    Special — Multiple incidents: Darkness strips pilots of the horizon and hides danger — these crashes show how quickly night flying can turn deadly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 22 - Engine Gone
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    #22 - Engine Gone

    S20:E22

    Special — Multiple incidents: Engines that failed catastrophically — or tore away entirely — and the crews left to fly what remained.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 23 - Lethal Choices
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    #23 - Lethal Choices

    S20:E23

    Special — Multiple incidents: Decisions made in cockpits and operations rooms that sealed a flight's fate long before the moment of impact.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 24 - Risky Runways
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    #24 - Risky Runways

    S20:E24

    Special — Multiple incidents: The world's most demanding airports, where terrain, weather, and short pavement leave crews little margin for error.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 25 - Landings Gone Wrong
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    #25 - Landings Gone Wrong

    S20:E25

    Special — Multiple incidents: Approaches and touchdowns that unraveled in the final seconds, when nearly home proved not close enough.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 20 Ratings Summary

"Headline News" is the best rated episode of "Air Disasters" season 20. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/30/2023. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Rookie Errors".