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Air Crash Investigation (2003)

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Deadly Mission (1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash)

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Air Date:

2025-12-07

Genre

Documentary Drama Crime

Release Date

2003

End Date

2025

Episode Description

On 18 September 1961, a Douglas DC-6 operated by Transair Sweden, carrying Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, crashes en route to cease-fire negotiations in Northern Rhodesia during the Congo Crisis. All of the 16 passengers and crew members are killed.

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Cast

Stephen Bogaert

Racing the storm

Unlocking Disaster

Flying on Empty

Cutting Corners

The Killing Machine

Deadly Crossroads

Missing Over New York

Hanging by a Thread

Attack over Baghdad

Fight for Your Life

Mistaken Identity

Helicopter Down

Death and Denial

Kid in the Cockpit

Head On Collision

Collision Course

Miracle Escape (Air France Flight 358)

Falling from the Sky (British Airways Flight 9)

Fire Fight (Air Canada Flight 797)

Missed Approach (Korean Air Flight 801)

Hidden Danger (United Airlines 585, USAir 427 and Eastwind Airlines 517)

Panic Over The Pacific (China Airlines Flight 006)

Out Of Sight (1986 Cerritos mid-air collision)

Fog of War (1996 Croatia USAF CT-43)

Ghost Plane (Helios Airways Flight 522)

Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)

Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981)

Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)

Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)

Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)

Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)

Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)

Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)

Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)

Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)

Ripped Apart (Decompression Failures)

Fatal Flaw (Minor Defects)

Who's Flying the Plane? (Crew vs Avionics)

Lockerbie Disaster (Pan Am 103)

Sight Unseen (1996 Charki Dadri mid-air collision)

Scratching the Surface (China Airlines Flight 611)

Blown Apart (Partnair Flight 394)

Operation Babylift (1975 Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident)

Falling Fast (Tuninter Flight 1153)

Flight 574 Lost (Adam Air Flight 574)

Frozen in Flight (American Eagle Flight 4184)

System Breakdown (Next Generation Air Transportation System)

Cruel Skies (Bad Weather)

Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)

Pilot vs Plane (Air France Flight 296)

Alarming Silence (Northwest Airlines Flight 255)

Cleared for Disaster (USAir Flight 1493)

Target Is Destroyed (Korean Air Lines Flight 007)

Cold Case (Air Ontario 1363 and USAir 405)

The Final Blow (Air Inter Flight 148)

Cracks in the System (Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101)

Who's in Control (Turkish Airlines Flight 1951)

The Heathrow Enigma (British Airways Flight 38)

Cockpit Failure (Crossair Flight 3597)

Hudson River Runway (US Airways Flight 1549)

Dead Tired (Colgan Air Flight 3407)

Pilot Betrayed (Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751)

Deadly Reputation (TAM Airlines Flight 3054)

The Plane That Flew Too High (West Caribbean Airways Flight 708)

Split Decision (Arrow Air Flight 1285)

Break Up Over Texas (Continental Express Flight 2574)

Munich Air Disaster (British European Airways Flight 609)

Turning Point (Northwest Airlines Flight 85)

Bad Attitude (Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509)

Blind Spot (PSA Flight 182)

Under Pressure (Nigeria Airways Flight 2120)

I'm the Problem (Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771)

Nowhere to Land (TACA Flight 110)

The Invisible Plane (The Linate Airport Disaster)

Impossible Landing (United Airlines Flight 232)

Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8)

Fire in the Hold (ValuJet Flight 592)

Caution to the Wind (Singapore Airlines Flight 006)

Pushed to the Limit (SilkAir Flight 185)

Blind Landing (TANS Perú Flight 204)

Grand Canyon Disaster (United Airlines 718 and Trans World Airlines 2)

Death of the President (2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154)

Catastrophe at OHare (American Airlines Flight 191)

Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster (2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Air Disaster)

Focused on Failure (United Airlines Flight 173)

Heading to Disaster (Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409)

28 Seconds to Survive (Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518)

Vanished (Air France Flight 447)

Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548)

Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90)

Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest Flight 706)

Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587)

Lost in Translation (Crossair Flight 498)

Massacre Over the Mediterranean (Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870)

Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea Flight 1121)

Imperfect Pitch (XL Airways Germany Flight 888T)

Into the Eye of the Storm (Hurricane Hunters NOAA42)

Titanic in the Sky (Qantas Flight 32)

Choosing Sides (British Midland Flight 92)

Niki Lauda: Tragedy in the Air (Lauda Air Flight 004)

Concorde, Up in Flames (Air France Flight 4590)

The Death of JFK Jr (Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga II)

Vanishing Act (Varig Flight 254)

Accident or Assasination (Mexican Interior Ministry Learjet 45)

No Clear Options (Manx2 Flight 7100)

What Happened to MA370 (Malaysia Airlines Flight 370)

Sideswiped (Copa Airlines Flight 201)

The Final Push (FedEx Express Flight 80 & FedEx Express Flight 14)

Death in the Arctic (First Air Flight 6560)

Fatal Transmission (United Express Flight 5925)

Fatal Focus (Garuda Indonesia Flight 200)

Fatal Delivery (UPS Airlines Flight 6)

Terror in San Francisco (Asiana Airlines Flight 214)

High Rise Catastrophe (El Al Flight 1862)

Steep Impact (Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311)

Carnage in Sao Paulo (TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402)

Edge of Disaster (Atlantic Airways Flight 670)

Deadly Mission (1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash)

Deadly Delay (Spanair Flight 5022)

Deadly Silence (1999 South Dakota Learjet crash)

9/11 The Pentagon Attack (American Airlines Flight 77)

Disaster at Tenerife (KLM 4805 and Pan Am 1736)

Deadly Detail (China Airlines Flight 120)

Deadly Detour (Proteus Airlines Flight 706)

Dangerous Approach (Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286)

Killer Attitude (Northwest Airlink Flight 5719)

Deadly Myth (Comair Flight 3272)

Turning Point (Air China Flight 129)

Explosive Proof (TWA Flight 800)

Lethal Turn (Garuda Indonesia Flight 152)

Storming Out (USAir Flight 1016)

Caught On Tape (TransAsia Airways Flight 235)

Terror Over Egypt (Metrojet Flight 9268)

The Lost Plane (Thai Airways International Flight 311)

Deadly Discussions (LAPA Flight 3142)

Blown Away (TransAsia Airways Flight 222)

Deadly Distraction (Delta Air Lines Flight 1141)

Deadly Airspace (Malaysia Airlines Flight 17)

Deadly Display (2012 Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash)

Free Fall (Qantas Flight 72)

Deadly Inclination (Alitalia Flight 404)

Deadly Go Round (China Airlines Flight 140)

Dead of Winter (Continental Airlines Flight 1713)

Borderline Tactics

Football Tragedy

Explosive Touchdown

Taxiway Turmoil

Kathmandu Descent

Atlantic Ditching

Impossible Pitch

North Sea Nightmare

Playing Catch Up

Grounded: Boeing Max 8

Cabin Catastrophe

Meltdown Over Kathmandu

Mission Disaster

Caught in a Jam

Seconds from Touchdown

Deadly Delivery

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