Large-scale disasters such as plane crashes require a huge amount of time and work to investigate, meticulously working through the evidence for clues and knowledge that can help improve air safety in future. Using amazing live footage, transcripts of emergency transmissions, forensic evidence and dramatic recreations, witness the facts behind tragic air crashes such as Tenerife ’77 and New York ’01, as well as those moments when pilots’ acts of heroism have saved their passengers from certain death.

• Fascinating fusion of human interest stories and scientific investigation.

• Includes in-depth analysis of the 2001 World Trade Centre crash, the mid-air explosion of TWA 800 at JFK airport in 1996, and the runway collision in Tenerife in 1977, as well as tales of bravery, heroism and terrifying near-misses.