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TV Series (2013-2014)
Also known as: Air Crash Investigation / Air Emergency / Air Disasters
Starring:
Stephen Bogaert (Narrator)
Dramatized reconstruction of real-life air disasters, along with interviews with aviation experts and eyewitnesses.
Episode 1: Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548)[]
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C[]
Reg. G-ARPA first Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C in commercial service for BEA.


Reg. G-ARPI Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C of the Flight 548 (CGI).

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B[]
Reg. G-AWZA (c/n 2302) and G-AWZE (c/n 2306) and a third one alongside Trident 1Cs in the background.


Anonymous Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 3B.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle[]

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 2E[]
Reg. G-AVFD first Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 2E for BEA is christened by Lady Milward with Sir Broadhurst (Air Marshal Broadhurst, commander-in-chief Bomber Command [1956]). Unknown date of 1968.

Tupolev Tu-154M[]
The speaker named a Boeing 727 but we see this Tupolev Tu-154M (possibly reg. RA-85647 filmed before end of 2006 wearing old fashioned Aeroflot colors) !

Airbus A340-313[]
Airbus A340-313 of Air Tahiti Nui already seen in Ep. 12.11.

Episode 2: Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest Flight 706)[]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 (CGI)[]
Reg. N9345 Douglas DC-9-31 of Air West.

Bombardier CRJ100ER[]
Comair's Bombardier CRJ100ER in Delta Connection livery.

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15[]
KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 wearing the 1960's livery.

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I[]
Reg. F-BHHH Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle c/n 01 ex prototype actually in commercial service for Air France.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Lockheed C-141B Starlifter[]


Hughes H-4 Hercules Spruce Goose[]
Howard Hughes at the controls of the Spruce Goose (Hughes H-4 Hercules).

Hughes XF-11[]
Maiden flight of the second of two Hughes XF-11 (USAAF serial 44-70156) on April 5, 1947.


McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II[]
F-4J US Navy.

McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II[]
F-4E USAF.

Vought F-8U-1 Crusader[]

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet[]
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C or maybe the larger Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet ?

LTV A-7E Corsair II[]

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy[]

McDonnell Douglas RF-4B Phantom II[]
RF-4B of VMCJ-2 Squadron, United States Marine Corps.

McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle[]

De Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8[]

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32[]
Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9-31 or 32.

Airbus A320[]

Airbus A340[]

Episode 3: Lost in Translation (Crossair Flight 498)[]
Saab 340B []
One of the two Saab 340 (F-GHVS ?) used by the defunct Air Vendée, French airline founded in 1977 which merged on 1992 into Régional.


(CGI) Reg. HB-AKK Saab 340B of Crossair (which changed in 2002 for Swiss International Air Lines).

Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia []
Anonymous.

Douglas DC-8-61[]
(CGI) Reg. C-GMXQ Douglas DC-8-61 of Nationair / Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (subject of episode S11E09).

Bombardier CRJ200LR[]
Bombardier CRJ200LR of Adria (but not necessarly linked to the accident the narrator is speaking of).

Various Airliners[]
At Flughafen Zürich Kloten - Zurich International Airport (ZRH/LSZH).
1 - Unidentified, sort of Tu-154 or Boeing 727.
2 - Unidentified.
3 - Unidentified of Swissair.
4 - Airbus A330-223 of Swissair.
5 - McDonnell Douglas MD-11 of Swissair Asia.
6 - Airbus A330-223 of Swissair.
7 - Airbus A330-223 of Swissair.

1 - Unidentified, sort of Tu-154 or Boeing 727.
2 - Boeing 747-412 of Singapore Airlines.
3 - Unidentified.
4 - Boeing 747-444 of South African Airways.
5 - McDonnell Douglas MD-11 of Swissair.
6 - Airbus A320-214 of Swissair.

Airbus A319[]
Airbus A319 of S7 Airlines at Novossibirsk-Tolmatchevo Airport/Аэропóрт Толмачёво (OVB/UNNT].

Avro RJ100[]
Avro RJ100 of Swiss International Air Lines.

Airbus A340-300[]
Airbus A340-300 of Swiss International Air Lines.

Episode 4: Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90)[]
Episode 5: Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587)[]
Airbus A300-605R[]
Registration N14053, c/n 420 built in 1987.
Crash of Airbus A300 of American Airlines Flight 587, shortly after takeoff from JFK New-York in November 12th, 2001. The disaster was attributed to human error of the pilot who overused rudder controls in response to wake turbulence.

Reg. N14053 Airbus A300B4-605R of American Airlines operating Flight 587.

Reg. N14053 Airbus A300B4-605R of American Airlines operating Flight 587.

Reg. N14053 Airbus A300B4-605R of American Airlines operating Flight 587.

Reg. N14053 Airbus A300B4-605R of American Airlines operating Flight 587.

Reg. N14053 Airbus A300B4-605R of American Airlines operating Flight 587.

Reg. N14053 Airbus A300B4-605R of American Airlines operating Flight 587.

Reg. N14053 Airbus A300B4-605R of American Airlines operating Flight 587.

Reg. N14053 Airbus A300B4-605R of American Airlines operating Flight 587.

Reg. N14053 Airbus A300B4-605R of American Airlines operating Flight 587.
Boeing 747-400 & Airbus A300B4-605R[]
Japan Airlines Flight 47 in front of the American Airlines Flight 587.

Reg. N747K Boeing 747-400 of JAL-Japan Airlines operating Flight 47 and Reg. N14053 Airbus A300B4-605R of American Airlines operating Flight 587.
Boeing 767-222[]
United Airlines Flight 175 was operated by a Boeing 767-222; crashes into the World Trade Center.
Registration N612UA, c/n 21873/41 built in 1983. Same aircraft seen in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg. N612UA Boeing 767-222 of United Airlines.
Episode 6: Into the Eye of the Storm (Hurricane hunters NOAA42 incident)[]
Episode 7: Masacre over the Mediterranean (Itavia Flight 870)[]
Episode 7: Imperfect Pitch (XL Airways Germany Flight 888T)[]
Episode 9: Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea Flight 1121)[]
Episode 10: Titanic in the Sky (Qantas Flight 32)[]
Episode 11: Getting out Alive (Asiana Airlines Flight 214, Air France Flight 358, Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8, Air Canada Flight 797 & US Airways Flight 1549)[]
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