Air Disasters - Season 21 Episode 5 Operation Babylift

Name: Air Disasters
Genre: Documentary
Released: 01 Mar 2026
Rating: 8.20
Cast: Stephen Bogaert

The disaster is only the beginning of the story. 2026-03-01 Canada 45 minutes.

8.20 16 votes

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Season - Episode

25 Season 25 Mar 08, 2026

25 - 1

Pacific Ditching Mar 08, 2026

24 Season 24 Jul 20, 2025

24 - 1

Terror Over The Pacific Jul 20, 2025
24 - 2

Disaster At Dutch Harbor Jan 04, 2026
24 - 3

Deadly Departure Jan 11, 2026
24 - 4

Without Warning Jan 18, 2026
24 - 5

Eleven Deadly Seconds Jan 25, 2026
24 - 6

Fight For Survival Feb 01, 2026
24 - 7

Pitch Battle Feb 08, 2026
24 - 8

Under Fire Feb 15, 2026
24 - 9

Lost Star Footballer Feb 22, 2026
24 - 10

Deadly Directive Mar 01, 2026

23 Season 23 Jun 08, 2025

23 - 1

Pitch Problems Jun 08, 2025
23 - 2

Fight to the Finish Jun 15, 2025
23 - 3

Bad Data Jun 22, 2025
23 - 4

Landing Hazards Jun 29, 2025
23 - 5

Training Ignored Jul 06, 2025
23 - 6

Reckless Approaches Jul 13, 2025

22 Season 22 Nov 10, 2024

22 - 1

Time of War Nov 10, 2024
22 - 2

Time Critical Nov 17, 2024
22 - 3

Ticking Time Bomb Jan 26, 2025
22 - 4

Accidents in the Air Feb 02, 2025
22 - 5

Impossible Landings Feb 09, 2025
22 - 6

Trained to Fail Feb 16, 2025
22 - 7

Deadly Data Feb 23, 2025
22 - 8

Poor Piloting Mar 02, 2025
22 - 9

Dangerous Winds Mar 09, 2025
22 - 10

Sabotage Mar 16, 2025

21 Season 21 Sep 15, 2024

21 - 1

Scratching the Surface Sep 15, 2024
21 - 2

Lockerbie Disaster Sep 22, 2024
21 - 3

Blown Apart Sep 29, 2024
21 - 4

Sight Unseen Oct 06, 2024
21 - 5

Operation Babylift Oct 13, 2024
21 - 6

Falling Fast Oct 20, 2024
21 - 7

Lost Oct 27, 2024
21 - 8

Deep Freeze Nov 03, 2024

20 Season 20 Jul 30, 2023

20 - 1

Headline News Jul 30, 2023
20 - 2

Rookie Errors Aug 06, 2023
20 - 3

Collision Course Aug 13, 2023
20 - 4

Engines Out Aug 20, 2023
20 - 5

Fuel Trouble Aug 27, 2023
20 - 6

Perilous Payload Sep 03, 2023
20 - 7

Runway in Sight Sep 10, 2023
20 - 8

Deadly Confusion Sep 17, 2023
20 - 9

Radio Silence Sep 24, 2023
20 - 10

Design Flaws Oct 01, 2023
20 - 11

Heat of the Moment Jan 07, 2024
20 - 12

Instrument Confusion Jan 14, 2024
20 - 13

VIP on Board Jan 21, 2024
20 - 14

Lapse in Security Jan 28, 2024
20 - 15

Mountain Impact Feb 04, 2024
20 - 16

Survivors Feb 11, 2024
20 - 17

Death from Above Feb 18, 2024
20 - 18

Courage in the Cockpit Feb 25, 2024
20 - 19

Maintenance Mistakes Jun 23, 2024
20 - 20

Take Off Tragedies Jun 30, 2024
20 - 21

Dead of Night Jul 07, 2024
20 - 22

Engine Gone Jul 14, 2024
20 - 23

Lethal Choices Jul 21, 2024
20 - 24

Risky Runways Jul 28, 2024
20 - 25

Landings Gone Wrong Aug 04, 2024
20 - 26

Frozen Wings Aug 11, 2024
20 - 27

Runway Collisions Aug 18, 2024
20 - 28

Cockpit Breakdown Aug 25, 2024
20 - 29

Splash Down Sep 01, 2024
20 - 30

Northern Extremes Sep 08, 2024

19 Season 19 May 21, 2023

19 - 1

Deadly Exchange May 21, 2023
19 - 2

Missed Opportunities May 28, 2023
19 - 3

Pressure Point Jun 04, 2023
19 - 4

Power Play Jun 11, 2023
19 - 5

Control Catastrophe Jun 18, 2023
19 - 6

Cockpit Catastrophe Jun 25, 2023
19 - 7

Dream Flight Disaster Jul 02, 2023
19 - 8

Deadly Deception Jul 09, 2023
19 - 9

Delivery to Disaster Jul 16, 2023
19 - 10

Mystery Over the Mediterranean Jul 23, 2023

18 Season 18 Sep 25, 2022

18 - 1

Cockpit Failure Sep 25, 2022
18 - 2

The Heathrow Enigma Oct 02, 2022
18 - 3

Pilot Betrayed Oct 09, 2022
18 - 4

Dead Tired Oct 16, 2022
18 - 5

Hudson River Runway Oct 23, 2022
18 - 6

Who's In Control? Oct 30, 2022
18 - 7

Unlocking Disaster Nov 06, 2022
18 - 8

Racing The Storm Nov 13, 2022
18 - 9

Fire on Board Nov 20, 2022
18 - 10

Cutting Corners Nov 27, 2022
18 - 11

Flying on Empty Jan 08, 2023
18 - 12

Blow Out Jan 15, 2023
18 - 13

A Wounded Bird Jan 22, 2023
18 - 14

The Killing Machine Jan 29, 2023
18 - 15

Flying Blind Feb 05, 2023
18 - 16

Deadly Crossroads Feb 12, 2023
18 - 17

Lost Feb 19, 2023
18 - 18

Missing Over New York Feb 26, 2023
18 - 19

Runaway Train Mar 05, 2023
18 - 20

Collision Course Mar 05, 2023
18 - 21

Head-On Collision Mar 12, 2023
18 - 22

Ripped Apart Mar 12, 2023
18 - 23

Fatal Flaw Mar 19, 2023
18 - 24

Who's Flying the Plane? Mar 19, 2023

17 Season 17 Feb 27, 2022

17 - 1

Holding Pattern Feb 27, 2022
17 - 2

Peril Over Portugal Mar 06, 2022
17 - 3

Stealth Bomber Down Mar 13, 2022
17 - 4

Double Trouble Mar 20, 2022
17 - 5

Pacific Plunge Mar 27, 2022
17 - 6

Terror Over Michigan Apr 03, 2022
17 - 7

Tree Strike Terror Apr 10, 2022
17 - 8

Pitch Black Apr 17, 2022
17 - 9

Turboprop Terror Apr 24, 2022
17 - 10

Kobe Bryant Apr 24, 2022

16 Season 16 Apr 25, 2021

16 - 1

North Sea Nightmare Apr 25, 2021
16 - 2

Playing Catch Up May 02, 2021
16 - 3

Tragic Takeoff May 09, 2021
16 - 4

Grounded: Boeing Max 8 May 16, 2021
16 - 5

Cabin Catastrophe May 23, 2021
16 - 6

Meltdown Over Kathmandu May 30, 2021
16 - 7

Mission Disaster Jun 06, 2021
16 - 8

Caught in a Jam Jun 13, 2021
16 - 9

Seconds from Touchdown Jun 20, 2021
16 - 10

Deadly Delivery Jun 27, 2021

15 Season 15 Sep 06, 2020

15 - 1

Kathmandu Descent Sep 06, 2020
15 - 2

Impossible Pitch Sep 13, 2020
15 - 3

Explosive Touchdown Sep 20, 2020
15 - 4

Taxiway Turmoil Sep 27, 2020
15 - 5

Runway Breakup Oct 04, 2020
15 - 6

Icy Descent Oct 11, 2020
15 - 7

Atlantic Ditching Oct 18, 2020
15 - 8

No Warning Oct 25, 2020
15 - 9

Cockpit Killer Nov 01, 2020
15 - 10

Stormy Cockpit Nov 08, 2020

14 Season 14 Jan 05, 2020

14 - 1

Communication Breakdown Jan 05, 2020
14 - 2

Fatal Friction Jan 12, 2020
14 - 3

Hero Pilots Jan 19, 2020
14 - 4

No Control Jan 26, 2020
14 - 5

Explosive Clues Feb 09, 2020
14 - 6

Killer in the Cockpit? Feb 16, 2020
14 - 7

Missing Pieces Feb 23, 2020
14 - 8

Controversial Crashes Mar 01, 2020
14 - 9

Deadly Disturbance Mar 08, 2020
14 - 10

Fire On Board Mar 15, 2020

13 Season 13 Sep 08, 2019

13 - 1

Deadly Descent Sep 08, 2019
13 - 2

Death Race Sep 15, 2019
13 - 3

Fatal Approach Sep 22, 2019
13 - 4

Borderline Tactics Sep 29, 2019
13 - 5

Deadly Pitch Oct 06, 2019
13 - 6

Fatal Climb Oct 13, 2019
13 - 7

Runway Runoff Oct 20, 2019
13 - 8

Lethal Limits Oct 27, 2019
13 - 9

Soccer Tragedy Nov 03, 2019
13 - 10

Slam Dunk Nov 10, 2019

12 Season 12 Jan 27, 2019

12 - 1

Nuts and Bolts Jan 27, 2019
12 - 2

Blown Away Feb 10, 2019
12 - 3

Deadly Distraction Feb 17, 2019
12 - 4

Deadly Airspace Feb 24, 2019
12 - 5

Deadly Display Mar 03, 2019
12 - 6

Deadly Space Mar 10, 2019
12 - 7

Free Fall Mar 17, 2019
12 - 8

Deadly Inclination Mar 24, 2019
12 - 9

Deadly Go Round Mar 31, 2019
12 - 10

Dead of Winter Apr 07, 2019

11 Season 11 Sep 30, 2018

11 - 1

Explosive Proof Sep 30, 2018
11 - 2

Killer Attitude Oct 07, 2018
11 - 3

Deadly Myth Oct 14, 2018
11 - 4

The Turning Point Oct 21, 2018
11 - 5

Lethal Turn Oct 28, 2018
11 - 6

Storming Out Nov 04, 2018
11 - 7

Caught on Tape Nov 11, 2018
11 - 8

Terror Over Egypt Jan 06, 2019
11 - 9

Deadly Discussions Jan 13, 2019
11 - 10

The Lost Plane Jan 20, 2019

10 Season 10 Jan 07, 2018

10 - 1

Deadly Silence Jan 07, 2018
10 - 2

The Pentagon Attack Jan 07, 2018
10 - 3

Disaster at Tenerife Jan 21, 2018
10 - 4

Deadly Detail Jan 28, 2018
10 - 5

Deadly Detour Feb 11, 2018
10 - 6

Dangerous Approach Feb 18, 2018
10 - 7

Murder in the Skies Feb 25, 2018
10 - 8

River Runway Mar 04, 2018
10 - 9

Deadly Solution Mar 11, 2018
10 - 10

Afghan Nightmare Mar 18, 2018

9 Season 9 Mar 05, 2017

9 - 1

Fatal Transmission Mar 05, 2017
9 - 2

Terror in San Francisco Mar 12, 2017
9 - 3

High Rise Catastrophe Oct 15, 2017
9 - 4

Fatal Focus Oct 22, 2017
9 - 5

Fatal Delivery Oct 29, 2017
9 - 6

Carnage in Sao Paolo Nov 05, 2017
9 - 7

Deadly Delay Nov 12, 2017
9 - 8

Steep Impact Nov 19, 2017
9 - 9

Edge of Disaster Nov 26, 2017
9 - 10

Deadly Mission Dec 03, 2017

8 Season 8 Oct 16, 2016

8 - 1

Choosing Sides Oct 16, 2016
8 - 2

Testing the Limits Oct 23, 2016
8 - 3

Vanishing Act Oct 30, 2016
8 - 4

Sideswiped Jan 08, 2017
8 - 5

The Final Push Jan 15, 2017
8 - 6

The Death of JFK Jr. Jan 22, 2017
8 - 7

Concorde - Up in Flames Jan 29, 2017
8 - 8

Accident or Assassination Feb 12, 2017
8 - 9

No Clear Options Feb 19, 2017
8 - 10

Death in the Arctic Feb 26, 2017

7 Season 7 Mar 13, 2016

7 - 1

Miracle Escape Mar 13, 2016
7 - 2

Falling from the Sky Mar 20, 2016
7 - 3

Fire Fight Mar 27, 2016
7 - 4

Missed Approach Apr 03, 2016
7 - 5

Hidden Danger Apr 10, 2016
7 - 6

Panic Over the Pacific Apr 17, 2016
7 - 7

Out of Sight Sep 18, 2016
7 - 8

Fog of War Sep 25, 2016
7 - 9

Vertigo Oct 02, 2016
7 - 10

Ghost Plane Oct 09, 2016

6 Season 6 Sep 13, 2015

6 - 1

Hanging by a Thread Sep 13, 2015
6 - 2

Attack Over Baghdad Sep 06, 2015
6 - 3

Out of Control Aug 30, 2015
6 - 4

Fight for Your Life Aug 23, 2015
6 - 5

Bomb on Board Aug 16, 2015
6 - 6

Mistaken Identity Aug 09, 2015
6 - 7

Helicopter Down Feb 14, 2016
6 - 8

Death and Denial Feb 21, 2016
6 - 9

Kid in the Cockpit Feb 28, 2016
6 - 10

Ocean Landing Mar 06, 2016

5 Season 5 Feb 08, 2015

5 - 1

Fight to the Death Feb 08, 2015
5 - 2

Speed Trap Feb 15, 2015
5 - 3

Lost in Translation Feb 22, 2015
5 - 4

Tragedy on the Potomac Mar 01, 2015
5 - 5

Queens Catastrophe Mar 08, 2015
5 - 6

Into the Eye of the Storm Mar 15, 2015
5 - 7

Massacre Over the Mediterranean Mar 22, 2015
5 - 8

Imperfect Pitch Mar 29, 2015
5 - 9

Getting Out Alive Apr 05, 2015
5 - 10

Terror in Paradise Apr 12, 2015
5 - 11

Titanic in the Sky Apr 19, 2015

4 Season 4 Apr 27, 2014

4 - 1

Fight for Control Apr 27, 2014
4 - 2

Fire in the Hold May 04, 2014
4 - 3

Caution to the Wind May 11, 2014
4 - 4

Pushed to the Limit May 18, 2014
4 - 5

Blind Landing May 25, 2014
4 - 6

Grand Canyon Jun 08, 2014
4 - 7

Catastrophe at O'Hare Jul 20, 2014
4 - 8

Focused on Failure Jul 27, 2014
4 - 9

Hockey Team Tragedy Aug 03, 2014
4 - 10

Death of the President Aug 10, 2014
4 - 11

Subtle Incapacitation Aug 17, 2014
4 - 12

Seconds to Survive Aug 24, 2014
4 - 13

Vanished Aug 31, 2014

3 Season 3 Mar 03, 2013

3 - 1

Blind Spot Mar 03, 2013
3 - 2

Mayday Munich Mar 10, 2013
3 - 3

I'm the Problem Mar 17, 2013
3 - 4

Impossible Landing Mar 24, 2013
3 - 5

Turning Point Mar 31, 2013
3 - 6

Breakup Over Texas Apr 07, 2013
3 - 7

Under Pressure Apr 14, 2013
3 - 8

The Invisible Plane Apr 21, 2013
3 - 9

Bad Attitude Apr 28, 2013
3 - 10

Split Decision May 05, 2013
3 - 11

Nowhere to Land May 12, 2013

2 Season 2 Jun 17, 2012

2 - 1

Cracks in the System Jun 17, 2012
2 - 2

Target is Destroyed Jun 24, 2012
2 - 3

Cruel Skies Jul 01, 2012
2 - 4

Panic on the Runway Jul 08, 2012
2 - 5

Alarming Silence Jul 15, 2012
2 - 6

Cold Case Jul 22, 2012
2 - 7

Pilot vs. Plane Jul 29, 2012
2 - 8

System Breakdown Aug 05, 2012
2 - 9

The Final Blow Aug 12, 2012
2 - 10

Cleared for Disaster Aug 19, 2012
2 - 11

The Plane That Flew Too High Aug 26, 2012
2 - 12

Deadly Reputation Sep 02, 2012

1 Season 1 May 15, 2011

1 - 1

Invisible Killer May 15, 2011
1 - 2

Gimli Glider May 22, 2011
1 - 3

Behind Closed Doors May 29, 2011
1 - 4

Fanning the Flames Jun 05, 2011
1 - 5

Dead Weight Jun 12, 2011
1 - 6

Southern Storm Jun 26, 2011
1 - 7

Explosive Evidence Jul 10, 2011
1 - 8

Mixed Signals Jul 17, 2011
1 - 9

Fatal Distraction Jul 24, 2011
1 - 10

Phantom Strike Jul 31, 2011

Overview

A United States Air Force transport aircraft conducting the inaugural flight of Operation Babylift suffers an explosive decompression when the rear cargo door fails and crashes into a paddy field while attempting an emergency landing in South Vietnam.

Year 2026

Studio Smithsonian Channel

Director André Barro, Bernard Vaillot

Crew

Popularity 8.5739

Language English