Planes Gone Viral
Lifting the lid on the engineering and technology that keeps us safe in the skies, this series shows the most heart-stopping and gut-wrenching plane incidents out there.
Mechanical Failure
Aviation's ultimate nightmare is when the plane itself lets you down; even though every component is tested and retested, it's impossible to totally eliminate mechanical failure.
In the Cockpit
With more aircraft in the sky than ever before, pressure on pilots has never been higher as they need to get us safely where we want to go but when…
Weather
We use passengers' phone footage to reveal what happens when aircraft get hit by typhoons, hailstones, and lightning while learning how aircraft are able to withstand such weather types.
Emergency Landings
'Brace! Brace! Brace!' is the in-flight announcement no passenger ever wants to hear; this episode features caught on camera footage of what it's like to be involved in emergency landings.
Airports
We visit the incredibly complex world of the airport; this is where the biggest and the fastest vehicles in the world share the same space and where the slightest error…
Fires
Dramatic phone footage reveals what it's like to get caught in a flight going up in flames and the science of how firefighters deal with aviation infernos.
Passengers
With commercial airlines carrying over four billion people on scheduled flights in 2017 alone, we take an in-depth look at the impact passengers have on this ever-growing industry.
Stress
With the help of aviation insiders, flight crew members and behavioural psychologists, we investigate stresses for airlines, airport staff, pilots, crews and passengers.
