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The Best Episodes of Air Disasters Season 4

Every episode of Air Disasters Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Air Disasters Season 4!

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 4 Episode 1 - Fight for Control
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    #1 - Fight for Control

    S4:E1

    On Jun 8, 1983 — Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 (Lockheed Electra): High over the Pacific off Alaska, a propeller tears loose and slices into the fuselage, jamming the controls of a plane still hours from safety.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Air Disasters Season 4 Episode 2 - Fire in the Hold
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    #2 - Fire in the Hold

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    On May 11, 1996 — ValuJet Flight 592 (DC-9): Minutes after leaving Miami, smoke pours into the cabin and the jet plunges into the Everglades, igniting a controversy that rocks the FAA itself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Air Disasters Season 4 Episode 3 - Caution to the Wind
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    #3 - Caution to the Wind

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    On Oct 31, 2000 — Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (Boeing 747): Departing Taipei as a typhoon closes in, a jumbo jet erupts in flames partway down its takeoff roll, and investigators make a shocking discovery on the airfield.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Air Disasters Season 4 Episode 4 - Pushed to the Limit
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    #4 - Pushed to the Limit

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    On Dec 19, 1997 — SilkAir Flight 185 (Boeing 737): Cruising toward Singapore in clear weather, a nearly new jet suddenly plunges from 35,000 feet into an Indonesian river, and two investigations reach very different conclusions.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Air Disasters Season 4 Episode 5 - Blind Landing
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    #5 - Blind Landing

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    On Aug 23, 2005 — TANS Peru Flight 204 (Boeing 737): Descending through a violent storm toward Pucallpa, a jet comes down in the Peruvian jungle — and looters strip the crash site before investigators arrive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Air Disasters Season 4 Episode 6 - Grand Canyon
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    #6 - Grand Canyon

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    On Jun 30, 1956 — United Airlines Flight 718 & TWA Flight 2: Two airliners cross the Arizona desert on the same summer morning and collide over the Grand Canyon — a disaster that transforms how America controls its skies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Air Disasters Season 4 Episode 7 - Catastrophe at O'Hare
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    #7 - Catastrophe at O'Hare

    S4:E7

    On May 25, 1979 — American Airlines Flight 191 (DC-10): As a fully loaded jet lifts off from Chicago O'Hare, an engine tears away from the wing — the beginning of the deadliest aviation accident on U.S. soil.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Air Disasters Season 4 Episode 8 - Focused on Failure
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    #8 - Focused on Failure

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    On Dec 28, 1978 — United Airlines Flight 173 (DC-8): Circling Portland while the crew troubleshoots a landing gear problem, a jet with 189 aboard slowly runs out of time — and the lessons reshape every cockpit in the world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Air Disasters Season 4 Episode 9 - Hockey Team Tragedy
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    #9 - Hockey Team Tragedy

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    On Sep 7, 2011 — Yak-Service Flight 9633 (Yak-42): A charter carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team fails to climb on takeoff and crashes beside the Volga, stunning the sports world and all of Russia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Air Disasters Season 4 Episode 10 - Death of the President
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    #10 - Death of the President

    S4:E10

    On Apr 10, 2010 — Polish Air Force Flight 101 (Tu-154M): Carrying Poland's president and dozens of national leaders to a memorial ceremony, a government jet descends through dense fog toward Smolensk — and never arrives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Air Disasters Season 4 Episode 11 - Subtle Incapacitation
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    #11 - Subtle Incapacitation

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    On Jan 25, 2010 — Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 (Boeing 737): Minutes after a stormy night takeoff from Beirut, a jet banks off course and spirals into the Mediterranean, and investigators focus on the men at the controls.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Air Disasters Season 4 Episode 12 - Seconds to Survive
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    #12 - Seconds to Survive

    S4:E12

    On Feb 21, 2008 — Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 (ATR 42): Departing the mountain city of Mérida at dusk, a Venezuelan turboprop has only moments to escape the Andes rising around it.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Air Disasters Season 4 Episode 13 - Vanished
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    #13 - Vanished

    S4:E13

    On Jun 1, 2009 — Air France Flight 447 (Airbus A330): An overnight flight from Rio to Paris disappears over the mid-Atlantic without a distress call, launching a two-year hunt for wreckage, recorders, and the truth.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Fight for Control" is the best rated episode of "Air Disasters" season 4. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/27/2014. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Fire in the Hold".