Season 8


Season 8 originally aired in 2009 consisting of 2 episodes all dealing with airplane accidents. There were a total of 726 fatalities in this season.



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Episode 1 - System Breakdown


  • This special looked at the role of air traffic controllers in the airline industry, and took a look at the Next Generation Air Transportation System, a new technology meant to eliminate mid-air collisions by reducing overall dependence on radar and radio, as well as delegating some of the air traffic controllers' tasks to computers onboard each plane.
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Episode 2 - Cruel Skies


  • This special looked at the role of bad weather in disasters, and toured the US Aviation Weather Centre in Kansas City, Missouri to see how information on weather is transmitted to pilots in the sky.
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