Name: Aircrash Confidential
Released: 2011-01-17T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Colin Tierney, Steven Mackintosh

TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

In the aftermath of each airplane disaster, experts comb the wreckage looking for clues that may help them find what went wrong and keep it from happening again. This programme has the same intent - each episode examines individual disasters, organised by general type - extreme weather, pilot error, terrorism, systems failure and more. The story of each disaster is replayed, using CGI special effects to reconstruct the crash, and talking to witnesses and aviation experts, as well as offering sometimes harrowing stories from survivors.

2011 · 53m

Starring Colin Tierney, Steven Mackintosh

EPISODE 1

Pilot Error

Incompetent pilots have caused countless horrific crashes, but in their desperate attempt to eliminate human error, have airlines actually made flying more risky?

44 min
EPISODE 2

Engineering Errors

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.

44 min
EPISODE 3

Terrorism

Planes are an ideal terrorist target, carrying hundreds of potential victims and assuring worldwide publicity. How can new technologies stop hijackers getting on board?

44 min
EPISODE 4

Collisions

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

44 min
EPISODE 5

Fire on Board

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.

45 min
EPISODE 6

Extreme Weather

Why does bad weather crash planes? How did Juliane Koepcke survive when lightning struck her flight, and she plunged into a rainforest, still strapped in her seat?

44 min

Colin Tierney

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Steven Mackintosh

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David McNab

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Aircrash Confidential

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In the aftermath of each airplane disaster, experts comb the wreckage looking for clues that may help them find what went wrong and keep it from happening again. This programme has the same intent - each episode examines individual disasters, organised by general type - extreme weather, pilot error, terrorism, systems failure and more. The story of each disaster is replayed, using CGI special effects to reconstruct the crash, and talking to witnesses and aviation experts, as well as offering sometimes harrowing stories from survivors.

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