Deadly Crossroads

S18 E16: On July 1, 2002, a Russian airliner filled with schoolchildren collided with a DHL cargo plane in the skies over southern Germany. It is the country’s worst midair collision in its post-war history, shocking the nation and trigging an investigation that leaves examiners baffled. How could two modern aircraft, each outfitted with traffic-alert equipment, crash into each other over one of the world’s most closely regulated areas? Was it faulty technology…or human error? These are questions that will take investigators nearly two years to answer.