Smithsonian Channel - Air Disasters Series 16 (2021) Part 3 Tragic Takeoff

Every time a plane crashes, the world takes notice…and so do the experts whose job it is to figure out what happened. This season, we uncover why a state-of-the-art helicopter full of oil workers plummeted into the North Atlantic, how a Pakistani airliner ended up on a crash course with the Himalayas, and the chilling reason why an airliner slammed into the African wilderness. Witness accounts, interviews with investigators, and white-knuckle reenactments bring these air disasters to stunning life.

Part 3 Tragic Takeoff

Discover how out-of-date taxi charts and a casual conversation conspired to doom the takeoff of Comair Flight 5191.

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