Season 11


Season 11 originally aired in 2011/2012 and consists of 12 episodes all dealing with airplane accidents. There were a total of 1222 fatalities in this season.



 Episode 1 |  Episode 2 |  Episode 3 |  Episode 4 |  Episode 5 |  Episode 6 |  Episode 7    
 Episode 8 |  Episode 9 |  Episode 10 |  Episode 11 |  Episode 12  


Episode 1 - Deadly Reputation


  • On 17 July 2007, TAM Airlines Flight 3054 slid off runway 35L at Congonhas Airport and crashed at high speed into a TAM Express warehouse adjacent to a filling station and exploded. A total of 199 people aboard the plane and on the ground are killed. Incorrect engine throttle settings upon landing caused one engine to reverse thrust while the other increased power, causing a loss of control.
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Episode 2 - The Plane That Flew Too High


  • On 16 August 2005, West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 flew through a moderate hurricane. Shortly thereafter, the pilots report that both engines have failed and the plane crashes into a cattle farm in Venezuela. Investigation revealed there was nothing wrong with the engines; pilot error had led to a stall that was misinterpreted by the crew who took no recovery action until it was too late.
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Episode 3 - Split Decision


  • On 12 December 1985, a charter flight carrying the 101st Airborne Division as Arrow Air Flight 1285, stalled and crashed just seconds after taking off from Gander International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada. All 256 people aboard the aircraft died.
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Episode 4 - Break Up Over Texas


  • On 11 September 1991, Continental Express Flight 2574 is nearing the end of its flight from Laredo to Houston, Texas, as the pilots are preparing to land, the plane falls out of the sky and its left wing tears apart. All 14 people on board die in the disaster.
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Episode 5 - Munich Air Disaster


  • On 6 February 1958, British European Airways Flight 609, carrying members of the famed Manchester United football team, crashed into a house about 300 meters from the runway in Munich, killing 23 aboard. The cause of the crash was slush on the runway, which slowed the plane down therefore causing the plane to crash.
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Episode 6 - Turning Point


  • On 9 October 2002, Northwest Airlines Flight 85 is cruising 35,000 feet above the Bering Sea before the lower rudder deflects to the left and the four pilots must make an emergency landing in Anchorage, Alaska. No one is hurt or killed in the incident.
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Episode 7 - Bad Attitude


  • On 22 December 1999, a cargo flight operating as Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 left London Stansted Airport for Milan, Italy, crashed about 55 seconds after taking off. All four crewmembers died in the disaster.
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Episode 8 - Blind Spot


  • On 25 September 1978, PSA Flight 182 collided into a private Cessna 172 while approaching Lindbergh Field and crashed in a residential area in San Diego, it is the biggest airline disaster at the time in American history. All people on both planes die, as well as seven on the ground.
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Episode 9 - Under Pressure


  • On 11 July 1991, shortly after taking-off from Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 suffered an in-flight fire. The crew unsuccessfully tried to return to the airport, crashing short of the runway. The plane was carrying 247 Nigerian pilgrims and 14 crew who all perished.
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Episode 10 - I'm the Problem


  • On 7 December 1987, an angry former US Air employee by the name of David Burke boarded its parent airline, PSA Flight 1771 en route to San Francisco. Burke incapacitated the pilots after taking off. Shortly, thereafter the plane crashed in a cattle ranch at the speed of sound in San Luis Obispo County, California. All 43 people on board, including Burke, were killed.
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Episode 11 - Nowhere to Land


  • On 24 May 1988, TACA Airlines Flight 110, a Boeing 737 flew through a thunderstorm and suffered a dual engine flameout. The pilots amazingly managed to land on a narrow grass levee close to a nearby stream at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in the Michoud area of eastern New Orleans, USA. All onboard survived.
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Episode 12 - The Invisible Plane


  • On 8 October 2001, Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-87 airliner carrying 110 people bound for Copenhagen, Denmark collided on take-off at Milan's Linate Airport into an Air Evex Cessna Citation CJ2 business jet carrying four people bound for Paris, France. All 114 people on board the two aircraft were killed, as well as four on the ground.
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