Air Crash Investigation season 5

Air Crash Investigation season 5
Country of origin	Canada
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	Discovery Channel
Original release	April 9 (2008-04-09) – June 11, 2008 (2008-06-11)
chronology

This is the following fifth season of Air Crash Investigation.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Incident	Original air date
36	1	"Invisible Killer"	Delta Air Lines Flight 191	May 7, 2008 (2008-05-07)
On 2 August 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crash-lands while on approach to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 8 of the 11 crew members, 128 of the 152 passengers on board, and one person on the ground. This accident was one of the few commercial air crashes in which the meteorological phenomenon known as a microburst was a direct contributing factor. Type of aircraft: Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar
37	2	"Gimli Glider"	Air Canada Flight 143	May 14, 2008 (2008-05-14)
On 23 July 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel at 41,000 feet (12,500m) altitude, about halfway through its flight from Montreal to Edmonton. The crew is able to glide the aircraft safely to an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport, a former airbase at Gimli, Manitoba. An unserviceable fuel gauge and an error in converting between metric and imperial units caused the aircraft to be loaded with insufficient fuel prior to the flight. Type of aircraft: Boeing 767-200
38	3	"Behind Closed Doors"	American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981	April 16, 2008 (2008-04-16)
On 12 June 1972, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating as American Airlines Flight 96 suffers an explosive decompression after a cargo door in the lower rear fuselage bursts open. The crew makes an emergency landing at Detroit without any loss of life. Nearly two years later, on 3 March 1974, Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes near Senlis after suffering a similar sequence of events during a flight from Paris to London, killing all 346 people on board. A design flaw with the DC-10's cargo door locking mechanism was not rectified after the first accident, and the second DC-10's door opened during flight, causing the crash. Type of aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 (both aircraft)
39	4	"Fanning the Flames"	South African Airways Flight 295	May 21, 2008 (2008-05-21)
On 28 November 1987, a fire breaks out on South African Airways Flight 295 in the rear main cargo area as it is flying high above the Indian Ocean. The Boeing 747 combined passenger/cargo aircraft (Combi) crashes with no survivors. The exact cause of the fire is undetermined. Type of aircraft: Boeing 747-200 Combi
40	5	"Dead Weight"	Air Midwest Flight 5481	April 30, 2008 (2008-04-30)
On 8 January 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes into an aircraft hangar at Charlotte Douglas International Airport seconds after takeoff on a flight to Greenville. All 21 people on board die. Investigation showed that the pilots' controls had been improperly adjusted during maintenance, and that the aircraft was overloaded due to outdated formulae for calculation of passenger weights. Type of aircraft: Beechcraft 1900D
41	6	"Southern Storm"	Southern Airways Flight 242	April 23, 2008 (2008-04-23)
On 4 April 1977, Southern Airways Flight 242, a flight from Huntsville, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, flies through a severe thunderstorm and is hit by large hailstones. After both engines fail, the aircraft makes an emergency landing on a highway in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia. However, it collides with a gas station and explodes, killing 63 people on board and nine on the ground. Type of aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
42	7	"Air India: Explosive Evidence"	Air India Flight 182	April 9, 2008 (2008-04-09)
On 23 June 1985, Air India Flight 182 explodes in mid-air over the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 passengers and crew members on board. The investigation traced the cause of the explosion to be a bomb from the Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa. Type of aircraft: Boeing 747-200B
43	8	"Mixed Signals"	Birgenair Flight 301	June 4, 2008 (2008-06-04)
On 6 February 1996, Birgenair Flight 301 is scheduled to fly from Puerto Plata to Frankfurt. On takeoff, the captain finds that his airspeed indicator is not reading properly, though the co-pilot's indicator is showing the correct speed. The pilots become confused and believe that both indicators are malfunctioning, resulting in the aircraft stalling and crashing into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 189 people on board. Type of aircraft: Boeing 757-200
44	9	"Fatal Distraction"	Eastern Air Lines Flight 401	May 28, 2008 (2008-05-28)
On 29 December 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 is on a flight to Miami International Airport. While making preparations to land, the crew are distracted by a faulty landing gear indicator light and accidentally disengage the autopilot while trying to resolve the problem. Flying at night, the crew fail to notice their descent until only seconds before crashing into the Everglades. Out of the 176 people on board, 101 are killed. Type of aircraft: Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar
45	10	"Phantom Strike"	Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907	June 11, 2008 (2008-06-11)
On 29 September 2006, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collides with a brand new business jet on its delivery flight over the Amazon. The Legacy manages to make a safe landing at an airbase, but the Gol jet crashes with no survivors. Air traffic controllers had cleared both aircraft to fly at the same altitude in opposite directions, and the Legacy's transponder was switched off, making both aircraft's traffic collision avoidance systems useless in preventing the collision. Type of aircraft: Flight 1907: Boeing 737-800; business jet: Embraer Legacy 600