Ripped Apart

Ripped Apart revisits some of the most spectacular aviation disasters of the last fifty years.

2025-12-25 09:23:44 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-25 10:23:44 +0000 UTC (1h)

Fire Fight

A small mechanical problem at the back of Air Canada Flight 797 quickly turns into an all-out emergency.

2025-12-25 08:23:44 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-25 09:23:44 +0000 UTC (1h)

I'm The Problem

Gunshots are heard in the cabin of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight #1771.

2025-12-25 07:28:44 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-25 08:23:44 +0000 UTC (55m)

Invisible Killer

As Delta Airlines Flight 191 reached Dallas Fort Worth Airport, it had diverted around two separate storms.

2025-12-25 06:28:45 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-25 07:28:44 +0000 UTC (59m)

Mayday: Air Disaster

Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland, shortly after departing Heathrow Airport.

2025-12-25 05:28:45 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-25 06:28:45 +0000 UTC (1h)

Falling From the Sky

During British Airways Flight 009's flight to Australia, smoke starts filling the cabin of a passenger jet.

2025-12-25 04:28:45 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-25 05:28:45 +0000 UTC (1h)

Missing Over New York

Avianca Airlines Flight 52 was flying in blue skies when it was put in its first holding pattern.

2025-12-25 03:26:45 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-25 04:28:45 +0000 UTC (1h2m)

The Final Blow

Air Inter Flight #148 starts its descent towards Strasbourg airport.

2025-12-24 21:35:28 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 22:32:30 +0000 UTC (57m)

Cutting Corners

Shortly after Air Alaska Flight 261 takes off from Puerta Vallarta, the stabilizer malfunctions.

2025-12-24 20:33:28 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 21:35:28 +0000 UTC (1h2m)

Explosive Evidence

Air India Flight 182 suddenly disappears from radar.

2025-12-24 19:33:28 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 20:33:28 +0000 UTC (1h)

Gimli Glider

Relive the incredible story of a pilot forced to glide an engineless 767 to safety.

2025-12-24 18:33:29 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 19:33:28 +0000 UTC (59m)

Deadly Crossroads

A plane carrying a group of school children heading to Spain is on a collision course with DHL cargo plane.

2025-12-24 17:31:29 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 18:33:29 +0000 UTC (1h2m)

Mayday: Air Disaster

A C-5 Galaxy evacuating orphaned Vietnamese babies from Saigon faces disaster at 23,000 feet.

2025-12-24 16:31:26 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 17:31:29 +0000 UTC (1h)

Death and Denial

A Boeing 767 slams into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 217 people on-board, the questions start flying.

2025-12-24 15:31:11 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 16:31:26 +0000 UTC (1h)

Mayday: Air Disaster

The crash of American Eagle 4184 near Roselawn, IN, due to icing, and the investigation that followed.

2025-12-24 09:32:09 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 10:32:12 +0000 UTC (1h)

Mixed Signals

Moments after takeoff, the pilots of Birgenair Flight 301 are bombarded by confusing alarms.

2025-12-24 08:32:09 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 09:32:09 +0000 UTC (1h)

Cleared for Disaster

It's a busy night at Los Angeles International Airport, and US Air Flight #1493 is on its final approach.

2025-12-24 07:35:07 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 08:32:09 +0000 UTC (57m)

Target Is Destroyed

Korean Airlines Flight #007 is high above the Sea of Japan with 269 people on board.

2025-12-24 06:38:05 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 07:35:07 +0000 UTC (57m)

Missed Approach

Korean Air Flight 801 crashes five kilometres short of its destination, the airport in Guam.

2025-12-24 05:38:05 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 06:38:05 +0000 UTC (1h)

Turning Point

The pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight #85 barely get their crippled 747 to Alaska for an emergency landing.

2025-12-24 04:43:05 +0000 UTC → 2025-12-24 05:38:05 +0000 UTC (55m)