Smithsonian Channel - Air Disasters Series 17 (2022) Part 7 Tree Strike Terror

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 7 Tree Strike Terror

When a tree-strike takes out both engines of an MD-83, the crew must find a way to land a 60-ton plane with no power.

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