Smithsonian Channel - Air Disasters Series 17 (2022) Part 5 Pacific Plunge

A cargo plane catches fire over the French Alps and must attempt a death-defying landing. A 737 goes into a rapid nosedive at a Russian airport after a two-hour holding pattern. A state-of-the-art helicopter crashes in Los Angeles, killing nine people, including basketball legend Kobe Bryant. This season, we examine ten new air incidents that shook the world—some that ended in disaster, others that led to miraculous landings—and follow investigators as they race to discover what went wrong and how to prevent it from happening again.

Part 5 Pacific Plunge

Heroic flying isn't enough to overcome neglectful maintenance in the tragic accident of Alaska Airlines Flight 261.

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