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Season 10

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Episode 1 - Cockpit Failure

• On 24 November 2001, Crossair Flight LX 3597 crashed into a hill after aborting their landing into Zurich. 28 passengers and 5 crew members were aboard, but only 9 survived.

AAIB Accident Report
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Episode 2 - Heathrow Crash Landing

• On 17 January 2008, during short final both British Airways Flight 38's engines rolled back to idle. The Captain raises the flaps which give them a few more feet of flying time. The aircraft passes over the A30 road and crashes just short of the runway. There were no fatalities, but 47 people sustained injuries. The fuel flow to both engines was restricted because of ice crystals causing a blockage in the fuel-oil heat exchangers (FOHE). Another similar incident happened On November 26, 2008 when Delta Air Lines Flight 18's engines also rolled back to idle at 39,000 feet. That plane landed safely in Atlanta.

AAIB Accident Report
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Episode 3 - Pilot Betrayed

• A Douglas MD-81 has been de-iced twice, but in less than two minutes after take-off, both engines fail within 2 seconds. As the pilots try restarting them the left engine erupts in flames, and then 3,200 feet above the ground, the plane quickly and silently falls from the sky. The plane breaks into three pieces and crashes into a field, but remarkably everyone on board survives. The cause was clear ice being sucked into both engines when a system known as Automatic Thrust Restoration increased engine output after the engines had been set to idle in an attempt to save them. The ATR system's existence wasn't something the pilots were informed about.

Swedish Accident Report
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Episode 4 - Dead Tired

• On 12 February 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 stalled at 2,000 feet plunging to the ground with no survivors.

NTSB Accident Report
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Episode 5 - Hudson River Runway

• On 15 January 2009, an Airbus A320 as US Airways Flight 1549 encounters a bird strike with a flock of Canadian geese just 1 and a half minutes after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York en route to Charlotte/Douglas Airport. The flight just lasted about 5 minutes when the plane ditched into the Hudson River, amazingly leaving all onboard alive. The ditching is described as "the most successful ditching of all time".

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Episode 6 - Who's In Control?

• On 25 February 2009, Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 a Boeing 737-800 jetliner crashed 1 mile from the runway at Schiphol after a resulting stall. Nine people were killed including the three cockpit crew.

Dutch Safety Board Accident Report
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