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Aircrash Confidential

3 seasons·18 episodes·50 min avg.·United Kingdom

Aircrash Confidential is a television series produced by WMR Productions and IMG Entertainment. The programme investigates air-disasters from around the world. Aircrash Confidential currently airs on the Discovery Channel in the United Kingdom and on Discovery Australia.

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Pilot Error
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Jan 17, 2011

Incompetent pilots have caused countless horrific crashes, but in their desperate attempt to eliminate human error, have airlines actually made flying more risky?

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Engineering Error
Engineering Error
Jan 24, 2011

Planes hold lives in the balance but sometimes there are fatal errors in their design. Find out why a Jumbo Jet exploded mid-flight and DC10s fell from the sky.

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Terrorism
Terrorism

Planes are an ideal terrorist target, carrying hundreds of potential victims and assuring worldwide publicity. How can new technologies stop hijackers getting on board?

04
Collisions
Collisions

When 47 children died in a plane crash, one grieving dad tracked down the air traffic controller on duty and murdered him. Why do these fatal collisions still occur?

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Extreme Weather
Extreme Weather

Why does bad weather crash planes? And how did Juliane Koepcke survive when lightning struck her flight, and she plunged into a rainforest, still strapped in her seat?

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Fire On Board
Fire On Board

When fire breaks out on a flight passengers only have two minutes to escape. Experts explore why some don't make it, and how larger planes pose a greater threat.

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