Why Planes Crash

The series examines the causes of plane crashes as pilots and passengers relive horrifying occasions in which malice, human error or technical faults turn routine flights into nightmares. The program explores what grievous effects of people's mistakes, oversights and distractions are, and how they can do more damage to a plane than any mechanical fault. It also looks at the sudden structural failures that may plague a plane as well as horrifying accidents of plane collision. (official distributor synopsis)