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TV Series (2008)
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 Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)[]

Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1[]

Registration N726DA, c/n 1163 built in 1979. Ocurred on August 2nd, 1985.

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Reg. N726DA Lockheed L-1011-385-1 Tristar 1 of Delta Air Lines.

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Reg. N726DA Lockheed L-1011-385-1 Tristar 1 of Delta Air Lines.

Episode 2 Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)[]

Airbus A321-211[]

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Airbus A321-211 of Air Canada.

Antonov An-124 Ruslan & Various Aircraft[]

Seen on panels behind the interviewee.

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Antonov An-124 Ruslan of Volga-Dnepr Airlines.

Bell CH-146 Griffon[]

Registration 146454, c/n 46454.

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Reg. 146454 Bell CH-146 Griffon of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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Reg. 146454 Bell CH-146 Griffon of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Boeing 737-300[]

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Boeing 737-300.

Boeing 767-233 (CGI)[]

CGI of the accident aircraft. Registration C-GAUN, c/n 22520 built in 1983. Ran out of fuel and made an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park airport on July 23, 1983. All occupants survived.

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Reg. C-GAUN Boeing 767-233 of Air Canada.

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Reg. C-GAUN Boeing 767-233 of Air Canada.

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Reg. C-GAUN Boeing 767-233 of Air Canada.

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Reg. C-GAUN Boeing 767-233 of Air Canada.

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Reg. C-GAUN Boeing 767-233 of Air Canada.

Boeing 767-233[]

Registration C-GAUN, c/n 22520 built in 1983. Ran out of fuel and made an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park airport on July 23, 1983. All occupants survived.

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Reg. C-GAUN Boeing 767-233 of Air Canada.

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Reg. C-GAUN Boeing 767-233 of Air Canada.

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Reg. C-GAUN Boeing 767-233 of Air Canada.

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Reg. C-GAUN Boeing 767-233 of Air Canada.

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Reg. C-GAUN Boeing 767-233 of Air Canada. Apparently the aircraft's final takeoff.

Boeing 767-233/ER[]

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Boeing 767-233/ER of Air Canada.

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32[]

Registration C-FTLU, c/n 47196 built in 1968. Air Canada's Flight 797 caught on fire mid-flight and had to make an emergency landing at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on 2 June 1983. 23 passengers died.

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Reg. C-FTLU McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of Air Canada.

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Reg. C-FTLU McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 of Air Canada.


Episode 3 Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 & Turkish Airlines Flight 981)[]

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10[]

Registration N103AA, ocurred on June 12th, 1972.

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Reg. N103AA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 of American Airlines portraying Flight 96.

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Reg. N103AA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 of American Airlines portraying Flight 96.

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Reg. N103AA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 of American Airlines portraying Flight 96.

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Reg. N103AA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 of American Airlines portraying Flight 96.

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Reg. N103AA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 of American Airlines portraying Flight 96.

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Reg. N103AA McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 of American Airlines portraying Flight 96.

Registration TC-JAV,c/n 46704/29. Ocurred on March 3rd, 1974.

TurkishAL981 Mayday S5E3 part1

Reg. TC-JAV McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Ankara of THY-Türk Hava Yollari-Turkish Airlines portraying Flight 981.

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Reg. TC-JAV McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Ankara of THY-Türk Hava Yollari-Turkish Airlines portraying Flight 981.

DDLC S11E10 DC-10 CIMG7589

Reg.TC-JAV McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Ankara of THY-Türk Hava Yollari-Turkish Airlines portraying Flight 981.

AIndia182 DC-10 Beauvais

Reg.TC-JAV McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Ankara of THY-Türk Hava Yollari-Turkish Airlines portraying Flight 981.

Episode 4 Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)[]

Boeing 747-244BM Combi[]

Registration ZS-SAS, c/n 22171/488 built in 1980. South African Airways Flight 295 was ocurred on November 28th, 1987.

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Reg. ZS-SAS Boeing 747-244BM Combi Helderberg of South African Airways.

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Reg. ZS-SAS Boeing 747-244BM Combi Helderberg of South African Airways.

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Reg. ZS-SAS Boeing 747-244BM Combi Helderberg of South African Airways.

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Reg. ZS-SAS Boeing 747-244BM Combi Helderberg of South African Airways.

Boeing 747-300 Combi (CGI)[]

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Reg. ZS-SAS Boeing 747-300 Combi Helderberg of South African Airways (CGI).

Episode 5 Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)[]

Beechcraft 1900D[]

Air Midwest Flight 5481 stalled and crashed on January 8th, 2003.

DDLC S12E9 Beech-1900 AirMidwest-5481 CIMG7239

Reg. N233YV Beechcraft 1900D of Air Midwest (US Airways Express) (CGI).

Episode 6 Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)[]

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31[]

Reg. N1335U Douglas DC-9-31 Southern Airways Flight 242 (CGI). Part of S08E02 Cruel Skies too.

DDLC5E6 SW242

Reg. N1335U Douglas DC-9-31 of Southern Airways.

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Reg. N1335U Douglas DC-9-31 of Southern Airways.

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Reg. N1335U Douglas DC-9-31 of Southern Airways.

DDLC5E6 N133U

Reg. N1335U Douglas DC-9-31 of Southern Airways.

McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30[]

McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 of Delta Air Lines.

DDLC5E6 DC-9

Stinson V77 Reliant[]

Reg. CF-CAJ Stinson V77 Reliant c/n 77-166 of the Toronto Aerospace Museum (was 42-46805 then N42357 before).
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

DDLC5E6 twin

Boeing 737[]

DDLC5E6 Shape

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31[]

Douglas DC-9-31 of Southern Airways Flight 932 (14 November 1970).

DDLC5E6 SW-flight-932

Reg. N97S Douglas DC-9-31 of Southern Airways.

Episode 7 Air India: Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)[]

Boeing 747-437[]

Ep 5.07 "Air India: Explosive Evidence"
CGI.

AIndia182 747

Reg. VT-EFO Boeing 747-437 Emperor Kanishka of Air India (CGI).

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Reg. VT-EFO Boeing 747-437 Emperor Kanishka" of Air India (CGI).

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Reg. VT-EFO Boeing 747-437 Emperor Kanishka" of Air India (CGI).

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Reg. VT-EFO Boeing 747-437 Emperor Kanishka of Air India (CGI).

Real one.

AIndia182 747-400

Boeing 747-437 of Air India.

Boeing 737 & Boeing 747[]

AIndia182 étagement

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King[]

AIndia182 SH-3

Westland WS-61 Sea King HAR 3[]

AIndia182 SeaKing HAR-3

Reg. XZ595 Westland Sea King HAR.3 of the Royal Air Force.

Boeing 747-237B[]

Registration VT-EFO, c/n 21473/330 built in 1978. Remains of Air India Flight 182, subject of the episode.

AIndia182 747-400b

Reg. VT-EFO Boeing 747-237B Emperor Kanishka of Air India.

Ilyushin Il-96[]

Ep 5.07 "Air India: Explosive Evidence"

AIndia182 747-LG

Ilyushin Il-96 of Aeroflot-Soviet Airlines.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10[]

Registration TC-JAV, c/n 46704/29. Flight 981, Crashed over Ermenonville near Paris on the 3 March 1974.

AIndia182 DC-10 Beauvais

Reg.TC-JAV McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Ankara of THY-Türk Hava Yollari-Turkish Airlines.

Boeing 747-128[]

On 17 May 1997, the FAA, in conjunction with the Civil Aviation Authority in the United Kingdom, conducted a blast test on an ex-Air France Boeing 747 c/n 20355/105. (reg. F-BPVE when in service).

AIndia182 747-100boum

Ex Air France Boeing 747-128 F-BPVE during blast tests at Bruntingthorpe Airfield, Leicestershire, England.

Airbus A320-214[]

AIndia182 airbus

Airbus A320-214 of Philippine Airlines.

Boeing 767[]

AIndia182 airbus2

Airbus A300[]

AIndia182 airbus3


Episode 8 Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)[]

Boeing 757-200[]

Prototype of the Boeing 757-200 (N757A).

DDLC-S5E8 757proto CIMG7404

A Boeing 757 with its registration ending by UE; seen again in Ep 9.05 Target is Destroyed.

DDLC-S5E8 757UE CIMG7403
RETKE007 eng CIMG5292
RETKE007 LandG CIMG5296

Boeing 757-225[]

Registration TC-GEN, c/n 22206/31 built in 1984.<>brOn February 6th, 1996, the Boeing 757-200 operating the route crashed shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata's Gregorio Luperón International Airport, killing all 189 people on board.

DDLC-S5E8 757 CIMG7401

Reg. TC-GEN Boeing 757-225 of Birgenair portraying Flight 301.

DDLC-S5E8 757B CIMG7402

Reg. TC-GEN Boeing 757-225 of Birgenair portraying Flight 301.

Bell UH-1H Iroquois[]

DDLC-S5E8 UH-H CIMG7405

McDonnell Douglas DC-9[]

DDLC-S5E8 DC-9 CIMG7400

Bell OH-58 Kiowa[]

DDLC-S5E8 OH-58 CIMG7406

IAI 1125 Astra SPX[]

DDLC-S5E8 Astra CIMG7407
DDLC-S5E8 AstraX CIMG7411

Unidentified Aircraft[]

A general aviation aircraft.

DDLC-S5E8 unk CIMG7410

Airbus A320[]

DDLC-S5E8 Airbus CIMG7412

Gulfstream G650[]

DDLC-S5E8 Gulfstream CIMG7413

Airbus A319-112[]

DDLC-S5E8 USAirways CIMG7414

Airbus A319-112 of US Airways.

Airbus A320-232[]

Registration G-MIDR, c/n 1697. Built in 2002, previously registered F-WWIQ then SU-NMA.

DDLC-S5E8 A320 G-MIDR CIMG7415

Reg. G-MIDR Airbus A320-232 of BMI-British Midlands International.

De Havilland Canada DHC-7 'Dash 7'[]

A Dash 7 is on final approach.

DDLC-S5E8 Dash7 CIMG7416

Boeing 747-4F6[]

DDLC-S5E8 747 CIMG7417

Boeing 747-4F6 of South African Airways.

ATR 72-212[]

Reg. N429AT ATR 72-212 of American Eagle built in 1994 (c/n 429). Tail fin of Boeing 737-832 from Delta Air Lines in the background (listed below).

DDLC-S5E8 ATR-72 N429AT CIMG7418

Reg.N429AT ATR 72-212 of American Eagle.

Cessna 172[]

Gate gardian at Gregorio Luperón International Airport (Sosúa, Puerto Plata province, Dominican Republic).

DDLC-S5E8 C172 CIMG7419

Boeing 737-832[]

Reg. N374DA, a Boeing 737-832 (c/n 29622) seen again in Ep. 7.07 Frozen in Flight.

DDLC-S5E8 737-Delta CIMG7420

Boeing 737-832 of Delta Air Lines.

Episode 9 Fatal Distraction (Eastern Air Lines Flight 401)[]

Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar[]

Reg. N310EA, c/n 1011 built in 1972. Eastern Air Lines Flight 401.

DDLC-S12E8 L1011 CIMG7393

Reg. N310EA Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar of Eastern Air Lines.

Episode 10 Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)[]

Bell UH-1H Iroquois[]

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Bell UH-1H Iroquois of the Força Aérea Brasileira.

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Bell UH-1H Iroquois of the Força Aérea Brasileira.

Boeing 737-8BK[]

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Boeing 737-8BK of Gol Transportes Aéreos.

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Boeing 737-8BK of Gol Transportes Aéreos.

Boeing 737-8EH[]

Registration PR-GTL, c/n 34962/2215.

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Reg. PR-GTL Boeing 737-8EH of Gol Transportes Aéreos.

Registration PR-GTD, c/n 34653/2039. Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 broke up and crashed after its wing was cut off by the Bombardier listed below on 29 September 2006.

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Reg. PR-GTD Boeing 737-8EH of Gol Transportes Aéreos.

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Reg. PR-GTD Boeing 737-8EH of Gol Transportes Aéreos.

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Reg. PR-GTD Boeing 737-8EH of Gol Transportes Aéreos.

Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 600[]

Registration N600XL, c/n 14500965 built in 2006. Collided in mid-air with Gol Flight 1907 on 29 September 2006. The Legacy's left winglet cut off part of the 737's left wing, causing it to nosedive, break up, and crash. The Legacy sustained damage to its winglet and horizontal stabilizer, but was able to keep flying and made an emergency landing at Cachimbo Airport (---/SBCC).

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Reg. N600XL Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 600 of ExcelAire.

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Reg. N600XL Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 600 of ExcelAire.

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Reg. N600XL Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 600 of ExcelAire.

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Reg. N600XL Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 600 of ExcelAire.

Impounded at Cachimbo Airport (---/SBCC) after the accident.

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Reg. N600XL Embraer EMB-135BJ Legacy 600 of ExcelAire. Notice the damaged left winglet.

Embraer ERJ 145 family & Boeing 737 & Airbus A319 & Boeing 747[]

Top to bottom.

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Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma[]

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Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma of Força Aérea Brasileira.

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Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma of Força Aérea Brasileira.

Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk[]

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Various Models[]

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley, and Consolidated PBY Catalina are recognizable.

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IAI 1125 Astra[]

Also known as the Gulfstream G100. False registration N600XL applied, representing the Legacy 600 accident aircraft listed above.

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Unidentified Aircrarft[]

Orange desk model on the bottom left.

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