Aircrash Confidential
Premieres Mondays from 13th February, 9.00pm
Every air crash is a catastrophe that leaves behind bereaved families and ruined lives. But with each, a lesson is learnt, and it is partly because of these tragedies that we now know how to build safer planes, evacuate passengers more swiftly, and avoid air collisions altogether. This returning series of Aircrash Confidential investigates various aviation disasters from recent years, including the Russian plane crash in 2011 when, due to mistakes made by the pilot during take-off, 44 people were killed including an entire professional hockey team, to the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history, when in 1985, 520 people died after Japan Airlines Flight 123 suffered mechanical failures and crashed into Mount Takamagahara.
Each gripping episode in this six-part series will explore how and why the disaster happened, including pilot fatigue, poor maintenance and systems failure. Powerful personal accounts from witnesses, survivors and the families of the bereaved will show the human cost of air disasters, while dramatic reconstructions, CGI illustrate and interviews with investigators and experts illustrate the precise technical causes of the disasters.