Air Disasters

Season 1 Episode 9: Fatal Distraction

20 Seasons Jul 24, 2011 TV-14 45m 8.8

Pilots try to determine why both landing-gear lights do not function on an L-1011.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Racing the Storm

1. Racing the Storm

Aired: May 15, 2011

American Airlines flight 1420 crashed upon landing in Little Rock, AR (USA) i...

Episode 2 Unlocking Disaster

2. Unlocking Disaster

Aired: May 22, 2011

On United Airlines flight 811, the cargo door suddenly opens in-flight and te...

Episode 3 Flying Blind

3. Flying Blind

Aired: May 29, 2011

AeroPeru flight 603 crashed on a routine flight from Lima to Santiago in 1996...

Episode 4 Flying on Empty

4. Flying on Empty

Aired: Jun 5, 2011

Air Transat flight 236 ran out of fuel in-flight over the North Atlantic due ...

Episode 5 Cutting Corners

5. Cutting Corners

Aired: Jun 12, 2011

In January 2000, Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashed off the Californian coast...

Episode 6 Fire on Board

6. Fire on Board

Aired: Jun 26, 2011

Swissair flight 111 suffered a fire in-flight and crashed while attempting an...

Episode 7 Explosive Evidence

7. Explosive Evidence

Aired: Jul 10, 2011

Air India Flight 182 crashes into the sea after an explosion. Was it a tragic...

Episode 8 Mixed Signals

8. Mixed Signals

Aired: Jul 17, 2011

Conflicting alarms confuse pilots of Birgenair Flight 301 before it crashes i...

Episode 9 Fatal Distraction

9. Fatal Distraction

Aired: Jul 24, 2011

Pilots try to determine why both landing-gear lights do not function on an L-...

Episode 10 Phantom Strike

10. Phantom Strike

Aired: Jul 31, 2011

A Legacy business jet collides with a Boeing 737 in mid-air over the Amazon R...

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Info about Air Disasters

Network: Smithsonian Channel

Genres: Crime, Documentary, History

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