[[http://forums.mvgroup.org/index.php?showtopic=81369|National Geographic - Air Crash Investigation Series 1 (2003) Part 6 Flying on Empty]

A dramatic non-fiction series, Air Crash Investigations (known also as MAYDAY) investigates recent high-profile air disasters to uncover how and why they happened. Air Crash Investigations takes viewers on board six different flights in trouble, recreating the tension and the pressure in the cockpit and cabin. These expertly crafted dramatic reenactments are based on transcripts from recovered flight data recorders. News footage, interviews with pilots, analysts and key witnesses and computer graphics of the planes in flight all shed light on the safety issues at the heart of aviation industry controversies. Air Crash Investigations follows survivors, family members of crash victims and transportation safety investigators as they piece together the evidence of the causes of major accidents. Each episode of Air Crash Investigations provides a compelling, in-depth look at one particular aspect of air safety such as pilot error, fire in flight, poor maintenance, or “hurry up syndrome” – a dangerous condition born of the time pressures inherent in modern commercial aviation. Air Crash Investigations highlights the latest developments in computerized flight technology. It also examines the debate these advances bring forward. Recent incidents are compared to previous accidents to show how the industry learns – or doesn't – from its serious mistakes.

Part 6 Flying on Empty

On the night of August 24, 2001 an Air Transat Airbus runs out of fuel over the Atlantic and has to glide to a power-free landing. During a flight from Toronto, Canada to Lisbon, Portugal, Air Transat flight 236 runs critically low on fuel. Calculations show that they will crash long before reaching Portugal. Captain Robert Piche and First Officer Dirk DeJager divert to Lajes Air Base, Terceira Island in the Azores. All 306 souls survived, but what caused the fuel leak?

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