Season 9


Season 9 originally aired in 2010 and consists of 8 episodes all dealing with airplane accidents. There were a total of 675 fatalities in this season.



 Episode 1 |  Episode 2 |  Episode 3 |  Episode 4 |  Episode 5 |  Episode 6 |  Episode 7 |  Episode 8  


Episode 1 - Panic on the Runway


  • On 22 August 1985, an engine caught fire during the take off phase of a British charter flight from the United Kingdom to the Greek island of Corfu. Despite a successfully abandoned take off, 55 of the 137 passengers and crew are killed as the aircraft burned on the runway.
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Episode 2 - Alarming Silence


  • On 16 August 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed shortly after take off, killing 156 people. The crew did not follow the taxi checklist prior to take off.
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Episode 3 - Pilot vs. Plane


  • On 26 June 1988, Air France Flight 296 failed to regain altitude and crashed into trees after performing a flyby during an air show at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport, killing 3 people.
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Episode 4 - Cleared for Disaster


  • On 1 February 1991, USAir Flight 1493 collided with the waiting Skywest Airlines Flight 5569 on the runway, killing 34 people. An Air traffic controller mistakenly assigned the inbound Flight 1493 to a runway where the Flight 5569 was waiting to take off.
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Episode 5 - Target is Destroyed


  • On 1 September 1983, during the Cold War, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down after violating Soviet airspace. The crew did not switch the autopilot from heading to INS mode following take off which caused the aircraft to deviate from its assigned flight path.
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Episode 6 - Crashed and Alone


  • On 20 January 1992, Air Inter Flight 148 crashed into the Vosges Mountains while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport, killing 87 people.
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Episode 7 - Snowbound


  • On 10 March 1989, Air Ontario Flight 1363 crashed just after take off, killing 24 people. Three years later, on 22 March, USAir Flight 405 crashed just after take off, similar to Flight 1363. Both crashes were caused by icing and a design flaw of the wings on the Fokker F28.
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Episode 8 - Beach Crash


  • On 19 December 2005, just after take off the right wing of the Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 fell off and the aircraft crashed, killing 20 people. The wing fell off due to metal fatigue that resulted from poor maintenance, financial distress at Chalk's, and a lack of appropriate FAA oversight.
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