Aircrash Confidential

Crashes caused by pilot error.

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.

Exploring how new technologies can stop hijackers from getting on board planes.

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

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.

Exploring why bad weather crashes planes and how Juliane Koepcke survived when lightning struck her flight, and she plunged into a rainforest, still strapped in her seat.