S23E05: Control Catastrophe (Air Astana Flight 1388)
A Kazakh crew manage to land an uncontrollable aircraft and investigators must determine how a freshly-serviced plane was released with a fatal flaw.
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Season 1
Racing the storm
S1E1 / 03 Sep 2003
Unlocking Disaster
S1E2 / 10 Sep 2003
Flying Blind
S1E3 / 17 Sep 2003
Flying on Empty
S1E4 / 08 Oct 2003
Cutting Corners
S1E5 / 15 Oct 2003
Fire on Board
S1E6 / 22 Oct 2003
Season 2
Blow Out
S2E1 / 23 Jan 2005
A Wounded Bird
S2E2 / 30 Jan 2005
The Killing Machine
S2E3 / 06 Feb 2005
Deadly Crossroads
S2E4 / 13 Feb 2005
Lost
S2E5 / 20 Feb 2005
Missing Over New York
S2E6 / 27 Feb 2005
Season 3
Hanging by a Thread
S3E1 / 14 Sep 2005
Attack over Baghdad
S3E2 / 21 Sep 2005
Out of Control
S3E3 / 28 Sep 2005
Fight for Your Life
S3E4 / 05 Oct 2005
Bomb on Board
S3E5 / 12 Oct 2005
Mistaken Identity
S3E6 / 19 Oct 2005
Helicopter Down
S3E7 / 26 Oct 2005
Death and Denial
S3E8 / 02 Nov 2005
Kid in the Cockpit
S3E9 / 09 Nov 2005
Head On Collision
S3E10 / 16 Nov 2005
Collision Course
S3E11 / 23 Nov 2005
Runaway Train
S3E12 / 30 Nov 2011
Ocean Landing
S3E13 / 07 Dec 2005
Season 4
Miracle Escape (Air France Flight 358)
S4E1 / 15 Apr 2007
Falling from the Sky (British Airways Flight 9)
S4E2 / 22 Apr 2007
Fire Fight (Air Canada Flight 797)
S4E3 / 29 Apr 2007
Missed Approach (Korean Air Flight 801)
S4E4 / 06 May 2007
Hidden Danger (United Airlines 585, USAir 427 and Eastwind Airlines 517)
S4E5 / 13 May 2007
Panic Over The Pacific (China Airlines Flight 006)
S4E6 / 20 May 2007
Out Of Sight (1986 Cerritos mid-air collision)
S4E7 / 27 May 2007
Fog of War (1996 Croatia USAF CT-43)
S4E8 / 03 Jun 2007
Vertigo
S4E9 / 10 Jun 2007
Ghost Plane (Helios Airways Flight 522)
S4E10 / 17 Jun 2007
Season 5
Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)
S5E1 / 09 Apr 2008
Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
S5E3 / 23 Apr 2008
Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)
S5E4 / 30 Apr 2008
Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)
S5E5 / 07 May 2008
Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)
S5E6 / 14 May 2008
Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)
S5E7 / 21 May 2008
Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)
S5E8 / 28 May 2008
Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)
S5E9 / 04 Jun 2008
Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)
S5E10 / 11 Jun 2008
Season 6
Ripped Apart (Decompression Failures)
S6E1 / 16 Dec 2007
Fatal Flaw (Minor Defects)
S6E2 / 16 Dec 2007
Who's Flying the Plane? (Crew vs Avionics)
S6E3 / 02 Mar 2008
Season 7
Lockerbie Disaster (Pan Am 103)
S7E1 / 04 Nov 2009
Sight Unseen (1996 Charki Dadri mid-air collision)
S7E2 / 11 Nov 2009
Scratching the Surface (China Airlines Flight 611)
S7E3 / 18 Nov 2009
Blown Apart (Partnair Flight 394)
S7E4 / 25 Nov 2009
Operation Babylift (1975 Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident)
S7E5 / 02 Dec 2009
Falling Fast (Tuninter Flight 1153)
S7E6 / 09 Dec 2009
Flight 574 Lost (Adam Air Flight 574)
S7E7 / 16 Dec 2009
Frozen in Flight (American Eagle Flight 4184)
S7E8 / 16 Dec 2009
Season 8
System Breakdown (Next Generation Air Transportation System)
S8E1 / 10 Jun 2009
Cruel Skies (Bad Weather)
S8E2 / 17 Jun 2009
Season 9
Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
S9E1 / 08 Sep 2010
Pilot vs Plane (Air France Flight 296)
S9E2 / 15 Sep 2010
Alarming Silence (Northwest Airlines Flight 255)
S9E3 / 22 Sep 2010
Cleared for Disaster (USAir Flight 1493)
S9E4 / 29 Sep 2010
Target Is Destroyed (Korean Air Lines Flight 007)
S9E5 / 06 Oct 2010
Cold Case (Air Ontario 1363 and USAir 405)
S9E6 / 13 Oct 2010
The Final Blow (Air Inter Flight 148)
S9E7 / 20 Oct 2010
Cracks in the System (Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101)
S9E8 / 27 Oct 2010
Season 10
Who's in Control (Turkish Airlines Flight 1951)
S10E1 / 28 Feb 2011
The Heathrow Enigma (British Airways Flight 38)
S10E2 / 07 Mar 2011
Cockpit Failure (Crossair Flight 3597)
S10E3 / 12 Mar 2011
Hudson River Runway (US Airways Flight 1549)
S10E4 / 14 Mar 2011
Dead Tired (Colgan Air Flight 3407)
S10E5 / 21 Mar 2011
Pilot Betrayed (Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751)
S10E6 / 03 Dec 2011
Season 11
Deadly Reputation (TAM Airlines Flight 3054)
S11E1 / 12 Aug 2011
The Plane That Flew Too High (West Caribbean Airways Flight 708)
S11E2 / 19 Aug 2011
Split Decision (Arrow Air Flight 1285)
S11E3 / 26 Aug 2011
Break Up Over Texas (Continental Express Flight 2574)
S11E4 / 29 Dec 2011
Munich Air Disaster (British European Airways Flight 609)
S11E5 / 29 Dec 2011
Turning Point (Northwest Airlines Flight 85)
S11E6 / 29 Dec 2011
Bad Attitude (Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509)
S11E7 / 20 Jan 2012
Blind Spot (PSA Flight 182)
S11E8 / 27 Jan 2012
Under Pressure (Nigeria Airways Flight 2120)
S11E9 / 03 Feb 2012
I'm the Problem (Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771)
S11E10 / 10 Feb 2012
Nowhere to Land (TACA Flight 110)
S11E11 / 17 Feb 2012
The Invisible Plane (The Linate Airport Disaster)
S11E12 / 23 Mar 2012
Impossible Landing (United Airlines Flight 232)
S11E13 / 13 Apr 2012
Season 12
Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8)
S12E1 / 03 Aug 2012
Fire in the Hold (ValuJet Flight 592)
S12E2 / 10 Aug 2012
Caution to the Wind (Singapore Airlines Flight 006)
S12E3 / 17 Aug 2012
Pushed to the Limit (SilkAir Flight 185)
S12E4 / 24 Aug 2012
Blind Landing (TANS Perú Flight 204)
S12E5 / 31 Aug 2012
Grand Canyon Disaster (United Airlines 718 and Trans World Airlines 2)
S12E6 / 24 Jan 2013
Death of the President (2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154)
S12E7 / 27 Jan 2013
Catastrophe at OHare (American Airlines Flight 191)
S12E8 / 25 Feb 2013
Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster (2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Air Disaster)
S12E9 / 04 Mar 2013
Focused on Failure (United Airlines Flight 173)
S12E10 / 11 Mar 2013
Heading to Disaster (Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409)
S12E11 / 25 Mar 2013
28 Seconds to Survive (Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518)
S12E12 / 01 Apr 2013
Vanished (Air France Flight 447)
S12E13 / 15 Apr 2013
Season 13
Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548)
S13E1 / 16 Dec 2013
Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90)
S13E2 / 23 Dec 2013
Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest Flight 706)
S13E3 / 30 Dec 2013
Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587)
S13E4 / 06 Jan 2014
Lost in Translation (Crossair Flight 498)
S13E5 / 13 Jan 2014
Massacre Over the Mediterranean (Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870)
S13E6 / 20 Jan 2014
Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea Flight 1121)
S13E7 / 27 Jan 2014
Imperfect Pitch (XL Airways Germany Flight 888T)
S13E8 / 03 Feb 2014
Into the Eye of the Storm (Hurricane Hunters NOAA42)
S13E9 / 10 Feb 2014
Titanic in the Sky (Qantas Flight 32)
S13E10 / 17 Feb 2014
Season 14
Choosing Sides (British Midland Flight 92)
S14E1 / 05 Jan 2015
Niki Lauda: Tragedy in the Air (Lauda Air Flight 004)
S14E2 / 12 Jan 2015
Concorde, Up in Flames (Air France Flight 4590)
S14E3 / 19 Jan 2015
The Death of JFK Jr (Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga II)
S14E4 / 26 Jan 2015
Vanishing Act (Varig Flight 254)
S14E5 / 10 Feb 2015
Accident or Assasination (Mexican Interior Ministry Learjet 45)
S14E6 / 17 Feb 2015
No Clear Options (Manx2 Flight 7100)
S14E7 / 26 Feb 2015
What Happened to MA370 (Malaysia Airlines Flight 370)
S14E8 / 01 Mar 2015
Sideswiped (Copa Airlines Flight 201)
S14E9 / 10 Mar 2015
The Final Push (FedEx Express Flight 80 & FedEx Express Flight 14)
S14E10 / 17 Mar 2015
Death in the Arctic (First Air Flight 6560)
S14E11 / 24 Mar 2015
Season 15
Fatal Transmission (United Express Flight 5925)
S15E1 / 02 Jan 2016
Fatal Focus (Garuda Indonesia Flight 200)
S15E2 / 04 Jan 2016
Fatal Delivery (UPS Airlines Flight 6)
S15E3 / 11 Jan 2016
Terror in San Francisco (Asiana Airlines Flight 214)
S15E4 / 18 Jan 2016
High Rise Catastrophe (El Al Flight 1862)
S15E5 / 01 Feb 2016
Steep Impact (Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311)
S15E6 / 04 Feb 2016
Carnage in Sao Paulo (TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402)
S15E7 / 15 Feb 2016
Edge of Disaster (Atlantic Airways Flight 670)
S15E8 / 22 Feb 2016
Deadly Mission (1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash)
S15E9 / 29 Feb 2016
Deadly Delay (Spanair Flight 5022)
S15E10 / 07 Mar 2016
Season 16
Deadly Silence (1999 South Dakota Learjet crash)
S16E1 / 07 Jun 2016
9/11 The Pentagon Attack (American Airlines Flight 77)
S16E2 / 14 Jun 2016
Disaster at Tenerife (KLM 4805 and Pan Am 1736)
S16E3 / 21 Jun 2016
Deadly Detail (China Airlines Flight 120)
S16E4 / 28 Jun 2016
Deadly Detour (Proteus Airlines Flight 706)
S16E5 / 05 Jul 2016
Dangerous Approach (Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286)
S16E6 / 12 Jul 2016
Murder in the Skies (Germanwings Flight 9525)
S16E7 / 23 Jan 2017
River Runway (Garuda Indonesia Flight 421)
S16E8 / 30 Jan 2017
Deadly Solution (Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501)
S16E9 / 06 Feb 2017
Afghan Nightmare (National Airlines Flight 102)
S16E10 / 13 Feb 2017
Season 17
Killer Attitude (Northwest Airlink Flight 5719)
S17E1 / 20 Feb 2017
Deadly Myth (Comair Flight 3272)
S17E2 / 27 Feb 2017
Turning Point (Air China Flight 129)
S17E3 / 06 Mar 2017
Explosive Proof (TWA Flight 800)
S17E4 / 13 Mar 2017
Lethal Turn (Garuda Indonesia Flight 152)
S17E5 / 05 Sep 2017
Storming Out (USAir Flight 1016)
S17E6 / 12 Sep 2017
Caught On Tape (TransAsia Airways Flight 235)
S17E7 / 19 Sep 2017
Terror Over Egypt (Metrojet Flight 9268)
S17E8 / 27 Sep 2017
The Lost Plane (Thai Airways International Flight 311)
S17E9 / 11 Oct 2017
Deadly Discussions (LAPA Flight 3142)
S17E10 / 25 Oct 2017
Season 18
Nuts and Bolts
S18E1 / 13 Feb 2018
Blown Away (TransAsia Airways Flight 222)
S18E2 / 20 Feb 2018
Deadly Distraction (Delta Air Lines Flight 1141)
S18E3 / 27 Feb 2018
Deadly Airspace (Malaysia Airlines Flight 17)
S18E4 / 06 Mar 2018
Deadly Display (2012 Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash)
S18E5 / 16 Mar 2018
Deadly Mission
S18E6 / 23 Mar 2018
Free Fall (Qantas Flight 72)
S18E7 / 13 Jun 2018
Deadly Inclination (Alitalia Flight 404)
S18E8 / 22 Jun 2018
Deadly Go Round (China Airlines Flight 140)
S18E9 / 27 Jun 2018
Dead of Winter (Continental Airlines Flight 1713)
S18E10 / 04 Jul 2018
Season 19
Deadly Descent
S19E1 / 02 Jan 2019
Death Race
S19E2 / 09 Jan 2019
Borderline Tactics
S19E3 / 14 Jan 2019
Fatal Approach
S19E4 / 16 Jan 2019
Deadly Pitch
S19E5 / 30 Jan 2019
Fatal Climb
S19E6 / 06 Feb 2019
Runway Runoff
S19E7 / 13 Feb 2019
Lethal Limits
S19E8 / 18 Feb 2019
Football Tragedy
S19E9 / 04 Mar 2019
Slam Dunk
S19E10 / 11 Mar 2019
Season 20
Explosive Touchdown
S20E1 / 09 Jan 2020
Taxiway Turmoil
S20E2 / 16 Jan 2020
Kathmandu Descent
S20E3 / 23 Jan 2020
Icy Descent
S20E4 / 30 Jan 2020
Atlantic Ditching
S20E5 / 06 Feb 2020
Impossible Pitch
S20E6 / 13 Feb 2020
No Warning
S20E7 / 20 Feb 2020
Cockpit Killer
S20E8 / 27 Feb 2020
Stormy Cockpit
S20E9 / 05 Mar 2020
Runway Breakup
S20E10 / 12 Mar 2020
Season 21
North Sea Nightmare
S21E1 / 04 Apr 2021
Playing Catch Up
S21E2 / 11 Apr 2021
Tragic Takeoff
S21E3 / 18 Apr 2021
Grounded: Boeing Max 8
S21E4 / 25 Apr 2021
Cabin Catastrophe
S21E5 / 02 May 2021
Meltdown Over Kathmandu
S21E6 / 09 May 2021
Mission Disaster
S21E7 / 16 May 2021
Caught in a Jam
S21E8 / 23 May 2021
Seconds from Touchdown
S21E9 / 30 May 2021
Deadly Delivery
S21E10 / 06 Jun 2021
Season 22
Pacific Plunge
S22E1 / 10 Jan 2022
Terror over Michigan
S22E2 / 17 Jan 2022
Stealth Bomber Down
S22E3 / 24 Jan 2022
Double Trouble
S22E4 / 31 Jan 2022
Holding Pattern
S22E5 / 07 Feb 2022
Peril over Portugal
S22E6 / 14 Feb 2022
Turboprop Terror
S22E7 / 21 Feb 2022
Tree Strike Terror
S22E8 / 28 Feb 2022
Pitch Black
S22E9 / 07 Mar 2022
Loss of a Legend
S22E10 / 14 Mar 2022
Season 23
Deadly Exchange (Corporate Airlines Flight 5966)
S23E1 / 13 Feb 2023
Mixed Signals (Independent Air Flight 1851)
S23E2 / 20 Feb 2023
Pressure Point (Japan Airlines Flight 123)
S23E3 / 06 Feb 2023
Power Play (PNG Flight 1600)
S23E4 / 27 Feb 2023
Control Catastrophe (Air Astana Flight 1388)
S23E5 / 06 Mar 2023
Cockpit Catastrophe (Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633)
S23E6 / 13 Mar 2023
Dream Flight Disaster (Sydney Seaplanes DHC-2 Crash)
S23E7 / 20 Mar 2023
Deadly Deception (Balkan Bulgarian Flight 013)
S23E8 / 27 Mar 2023
Delivery to Disaster (Atlas Air Flight 3591)
S23E9 / 03 Apr 2023
Mystery Over the Mediterranean (EgyptAir Flight 804)
S23E10 / 10 Apr 2023
Season 24
Terror Over the Pacific (United Airlines Flight 811)
S24E1 / 18 Feb 2024
Disaster at Dutch Harbor (PenAir Flight 3296)
S24E2 / 24 Mar 2024
Deadly Departure (Air Transport International Flight 782)
S24E3 / 07 Apr 2024
Without Warning (Alaska Mid-Air Collision)
S24E4 / 10 Mar 2024
Eleven Deadly Seconds (China Airlines Flight 676)
S24E5 / 14 Apr 2024
Fight for Survival (Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458)
S24E6 / 03 Mar 2024
Pitch Battle (Colgan Air Flight 9446)
S24E7 / 31 Mar 2024
Under Fire (Saudia Flight 163)
S24E8 / 17 Mar 2024
Lost Star Footballer (Elimiano Sala Piper Crash)
S24E9 / 26 Feb 2024
Deadly Directive (Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302)
S24E10 / 11 Feb 2024
Season 25
Pacific Ditching (Transair Flight 810)
S25E1 / 03 Feb 2025Running on Empty (Air Tahoma Flight 185)
S25E2 / 10 Feb 2025Power Struggle
S25E3 / 17 Feb 2025Second Thoughts (Luxair Flight 9642)
S25E4 / 24 Feb 2025Powerless Plunge (Loganair Flight 670A)
S25E5 / 03 Mar 2025Cabin Chaos
S25E6 / 10 Mar 2025Deadly Climb (Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105)
S25E7 / 17 Mar 2025Firebomber Down
S25E8 / 24 Mar 2025Collision Catastrophe (2002 Überlingen mid-air collision)
S25E9 / 31 Mar 2025Fatal Test Flight (Airborne Express Flight 827)
S25E10 / 07 Apr 2025No Exit (US Air 1493)
S25E11 / 26 May 2025
Season 26
Moments from Touchdown (Yeti Airlines Flight 691)
S26E1 / 02 Feb 2026
Peril over Pakistan (Airblue Flight 202)
S26E2 / 09 Feb 2026
Divided in Crisis (Air Algérie 6289)
S26E3 / 16 Feb 2026
Crash Landing (Eagle Airways Flight 2300)
S26E4 / 23 Feb 2026
A Perfect Storm (Nürnberger Flugdienst Flight 108)
S26E5 / 02 Mar 2026
Deadly Charter (2001 Aspen Gulfstream III crash)
S26E6 / 09 Mar 2026
Deadly Cover Up (Aeroperú Flight 603)
S26E7 / 16 Mar 2026
Norwegian Nightmare (Widerøe Flight 839)
S26E8 / 23 Mar 2026
Monsoon Approach (Air India Express Flight 1344)
S26E9 / 30 Mar 2026
Mixed Measures (Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316)
S26E10 / 06 Apr 2026
