Air Disasters

Headline News

Documentary Jul 31, 2023 44 min iTunes

Available on Smithsonian Channel

S20 E1: American Airlines Flight 77 slams into the Pentagon on America’s darkest day of the 21st century. TWA Flight 800 explodes over Long Island minutes after leaving JFK. The supersonic superstar Concorde crashes into an airport hotel after a failed takeoff from Paris. All three air disasters made headline news around the globe, creating media frenzies, igniting conspiracy theories, and putting immense pressure on investigators. In this episode, we revisit these three accidents and follow examiners as they uncover the truth behind the tragedies.

Documentary Jul 31, 2023 44 min iTunes

TV-14

Information

Released: 2023
Run Time: 44 min
Rated: TV-14
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.