Northern Extremes
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report - S4 - E10
Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report: Season 4 - 10 Episode s
4x1 - Dead of Night
January 10, 2021
Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.
4x2 - Engine Gone
January 17, 2021
Three crews experience the same devastating event, but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.
4x3 - Lethal Choices
January 24, 2021
Faced with a mid-air crisis, pilots must make life-and-death decisions, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.
4x4 - Risky Runways
January 31, 2021
In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, three flight crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.
4x5 - Landings Gone Wrong
February 7, 2021
Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.
4x6 - Frozen Wings
February 8, 2021
Three planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.
4x7 - Runway Collisions
February 11, 2021
Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway at the same time?
4x8 - Cockpit Breakdown
February 12, 2021
Illustrating the deadly consequences of a mismatched crew, three flights end in tragedy, leaving investigators to unravel what went wrong.
4x9 - Splash Down
February 14, 2021
Three last-resort water landings-all handled differently-yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.
4x10 - Northern Extremes
February 15, 2021
Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.