Aircrash Confidential: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Every air crash is a catastrophe that leaves behind bereaved families and ruined lives. But each air crash is also a lesson learnt, and because of each disaster we now know how to build safer planes, evacuate passengers more swiftly, and better avoid collisions. Lives have been saved because of what these tragedies have taught us, and yet, despite this progress, more and more disasters still happen. Using powerful personal accounts from survivors, pilots and witnesses as well as comments from aviation experts and CGI, each episode of Aircrash Confidential investigates a selection of aviation disasters to reveal how and why tragedy still happens. It will discover why, despite repeated warnings, terrorists remain one step ahead of airport security, and how only a seating plan error and some sweaty feet saved hundreds from being blown up in mid-air.

Series details

• Title: Aircrash Confidential
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2011-01-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-08-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Discovery
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 29616
• IMDb ID: tt2141591
• TVDB ID: 228251

Cast and credited roles

• Steven Mackintosh — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-01-17; final listed air date 2011-02-21; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-02-20; final listed air date 2012-03-18; episode order: 6.
• Season 3: premiered 2018-07-16; final listed air date 2018-08-20; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Aircrash Confidential on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.