Air Disasters: Season 8
Season 8 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Air Disasters Season 7.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 8 Progress Shield
Choosing Sides
Oct 16, 2016 · 45 min
On Jan 8, 1989 — British Midland Flight 92 (Boeing 737): After trouble erupts in one engine, a jet diverting for an emergency landing crashes onto a motorway embankment just short
Testing the Limits
Oct 23, 2016 · 45 min
On May 26, 1991 — Lauda Air Flight 004 (Boeing 767): A jet bound for Vienna breaks apart in the night sky over Thailand, and airline owner and racing legend Niki Lauda personally j
Vanishing Act
Oct 30, 2016 · 45 min
On Sep 3, 1989 — Varig Flight 254 (Boeing 737): A domestic Brazilian flight comes down in the remote Amazon, and for the survivors, the crash is only the beginning of the ordeal.
Sideswiped
Jan 8, 2017 · 45 min
On Jun 6, 1992 — Copa Airlines Flight 201 (Boeing 737): A flight from Panama City plunges into the Darién jungle, sending investigators into one of the world's most remote regions
The Final Push
Jan 15, 2017 · 45 min
On Jul 31, 1997 & Mar 23, 2009 — FedEx Flight 14 & FedEx Flight 80 (MD-11s): Two cargo jets of the same type crashed on landing nearly 12 years apart, in Newark and Tokyo, raising
The Death of JFK Jr.
Jan 22, 2017 · 45 min
On Jul 16, 1999 — Piper Saratoga N9253N: A private plane carrying John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, and her sister vanishes on a night flight to Martha's Vineyard, stunning the nation
Concorde - Up in Flames
Jan 29, 2017 · 45 min
On Jul 25, 2000 — Air France Flight 4590 (Concorde): Trailing flames on takeoff from Paris, the world's only supersonic airliner crashes minutes later, and investigators must recon
Accident or Assassination
Feb 12, 2017 · 45 min
On Nov 4, 2008 — Mexican government Learjet 45: A charter carrying Mexico's Interior Secretary plummets into Mexico City's financial district at rush hour, and amid the drug war, m
No Clear Options
Feb 19, 2017 · 45 min
On Feb 10, 2011 — Manx2 Flight 7100 (Fairchild Metroliner): In thick fog at Cork, Ireland, a commuter turboprop crashes on its third landing attempt, and investigators uncover a st
Death in the Arctic
Feb 26, 2017 · 45 min
On Aug 20, 2011 — First Air Flight 6560 (Boeing 737): A charter drifts off course on approach to Resolute Bay in Canada's far north and strikes a hillside — with an unlikely rescue