Air Crash Investigation (2003)

Crime · Documentary · History

Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.

IMDb rating: 8.8 (6,910 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 -1.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 25
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Peacock
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 25 seasons indexed

Cast

Stephen Bogaert Self - Narrator (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (2003)

7.95 avg 6 episodes 7.6 → 8.0 56 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Racing the Storm	7.6	248
2	Unlocking Disaster	8.1	258
3	Flying Blind	7.9	231
4	Flying on Empty	8.1	227
5	Cutting Corners	8.0	230
6	Fire on Board	8.0	221

Season 2 (2005)

8.10 avg 6 episodes 8.6 → 7.9 59 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Blow Out	8.6	270
2	A Wounded Bird	7.8	182
3	Hijacked	8.0	214
4	Deadly Crossroads	8.5	248
5	Crash On The Mountain	7.8	192
6	Deadly Delay	7.9	183

Season 3 (2005)

7.97 avg 12 episodes 8.1 → 7.7 48 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Kid in the Cockpit	8.1	229
2	Attack Over Baghdad	7.9	191
3	Out of Control	8.2	230
4	Suicide Attack	8.2	227
5	Bomb on Board	7.8	169
6	Mistaken Identity	7.8	178
7	Hanging by a Thread	8.2	208
8	Death and Denial	7.9	181
9	Ocean Landing	8.1	181
10	Helicopter Down	7.6	123
11	Runaway Train	8.1	17
12	Collision Course	7.7	19

Season 4 (2007)

7.92 avg 10 episodes 7.6 → 8.4 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Miracle Escape	7.6	181
2	Falling from the Sky	8.5	233
3	Fire Fight	8.0	160
4	Missed Approach	7.5	174
5	Hidden Danger	8.3	180
6	Panic Over the Pacific	8.2	177
7	Out of Sight	8.0	172
8	Fog of War	7.4	165
9	Vertigo	7.3	160
10	Ghost Plane	8.4	228

Season 5 (2008)

7.99 avg 10 episodes 7.8 → 7.9 47 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Invisible Killer	7.8	193
2	Behind Closed Doors	8.2	188
3	Gimli Glider	8.9	298
4	Dead Weight	7.8	169
5	Fanning the Flames	7.6	163
6	Southern Storm	7.8	174
7	Explosive Evidence	7.9	174
8	Mixed Signals	7.9	177
9	Fatal Distraction	8.1	191
10	Phantom Strike	7.9	171

Season 6 (2005)

7.70 avg 5 episodes 7.5 → 7.8 57 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ripped Apart	7.5	108
2	Fatal Flaw	7.1	91
3	Who's Flying the Plane?	7.5	93
4	Fight for Your Life	8.6	56
11	Head on Collision	7.8	91

Season 7 (2009)

7.84 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 7.9 51 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Scratching the Surface	7.9	160
2	Lockerbie Disaster	8.2	186
3	Blown Apart	7.9	143
4	Sight Unseen	7.8	150
5	Operation Babylift	7.7	147
6	Falling Fast	7.7	144
7	Flight 574: Lost	7.6	146
8	Frozen in Flight	7.9	154

Season 9 (2010)

7.73 avg 8 episodes 7.8 → 7.6 47 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Panic on the Runway	7.8	159
2	Alarming Silence	7.5	168
3	Pilot vs. Plane	7.9	173
4	Cleared for Disaster	7.9	170
5	Target Is Destroyed	7.9	181
6	Cold Case	7.6	146
7	The Final Blow	7.6	155
8	Cracks in the System	7.6	154

Season 10 (2011)

7.80 avg 6 episodes 7.5 → 7.5 50 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cockpit Failure	7.5	155
2	The Heathrow Enigma	7.8	176
3	Pilot Betrayed	7.8	170
4	Dead Tired	7.6	159
5	Hudson River Runway	8.6	209
6	Who's in Control?	7.5	154

Season 11 (2012)

7.88 avg 13 episodes 7.6 → 8.6 46 min avg

Big finale

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Deadly Reputation	7.6	167
2	The Plane That Flew Too High	7.3	164
3	Split Decision	7.4	156
4	Break Up Over Texas	8.0	165
5	Munich Air Disaster	7.7	159
6	The Turning Point	8.2	161
7	Bad Attitude	7.7	159
8	Blind Spot	7.7	160
9	Under Pressure	8.0	155
10	I'm the Problem	8.0	172
11	Nowhere to Land	8.5	202
12	The Invisible Plane	7.8	160
13	Impossible Landing	8.6	199

Season 12 (2012)

7.77 avg 13 episodes 8.4 → 8.2 45 min avg

U-shaped

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fight for Control	8.4	192
2	Fire in the Hold	7.8	171
3	Typhoon Takeoff	7.7	150
4	Pushed to the Limit	7.9	166
5	Blind Landing	7.3	144
6	Grand Canyon Disaster	7.9	175
7	Catastrophe at O'Hare	7.9	170
8	Focused on Failure	7.8	152
9	Locomotiv Hockey Team Disaster	7.9	158
10	Death of the President	7.6	166
11	Heading to Disaster	7.2	137
12	28 Seconds to Survive	7.4	136
13	Air France 447: Vanished	8.2	198

Season 13 (2013)

7.63 avg 11 episodes 7.5 → 7.1 45 min avg

Bad finale

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fight to the Death	7.5	152
2	Speed Trap	7.5	156
3	Lost in Translation	7.5	151
4	Disaster on the Potomac	7.9	166
5	Queens Catastrophe	7.7	171
6	Into the Eye of the Storm	7.7	154
7	Massacre Over the Mediterranean	7.7	155
8	Deadly Test	7.6	147
9	Terror in Paradise	7.5	137
10	Titanic in the Sky	8.2	190
11	Getting Out Alive	7.1	75

Season 14 (2015)

7.61 avg 11 episodes 7.6 → 7.4 45 min avg

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sideswiped	7.6	135
2	Niki Lauda - Testing the Limits	7.9	169
3	Vanishing Act	7.7	147
4	Choosing Sides	7.7	150
5	The Final Push	7.6	130
6	The Death of JFK Jr.	7.2	153
7	Concorde - Up in Flames	8.1	169
8	Accident or Assassination	7.5	140
9	No Clear Options	7.5	137
10	Death in the Arctic	7.5	139
11	What Happened to Malaysian Flight 370?	7.4	151

Season 15 (2016)

7.79 avg 10 episodes 7.9 → 7.8 44 min avg

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fatal Transmission	7.9	137
2	Terror in San Francisco	7.7	152
3	High Rise Catastrophe	8.1	159
4	Fatal Delivery	8.4	166
5	Deadly Mission	7.4	132
6	Edge of Disaster	7.7	129
7	Deadly Delay	7.5	124
8	Fatal Focus	7.6	129
9	Steep Impact	7.8	125
10	Carnage in Sao Paulo	7.8	133

Season 16 (2016)

7.90 avg 10 episodes 7.9 → 7.9 46 min avg

Season 16 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Deadly Silence	7.9	153
2	9/11: The Pentagon Attack	7.6	155
3	Disaster at Tenerife	8.4	214
4	Deadly Detail	8.1	152
5	Deadly Detour	7.7	142
6	Dangerous Approach	7.6	140
7	Murder in the Skies	8.0	177
8	River Runway	8.2	156
9	Deadly Solution	7.6	135
10	Afghan Nightmare	7.9	146

Season 17 (2017)

7.60 avg 10 episodes 7.5 → 7.6 44 min avg

Season 17 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Killer Attitude	7.5	160
2	Deadly Myth	7.5	156
3	Turning Point	7.5	148
4	Explosive Proof	8.0	171
5	Lethal Turn	7.8	157
6	Storming Out	7.3	135
7	Caught on Tape	7.6	147
8	Terror Over Egypt	7.6	155
9	Deadly Discussions	7.6	142
10	The Lost Plane	7.6	151

Season 18 (2018)

7.35 avg 20 episodes 7.6 → 7.1 50 min avg

Season 18 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Nuts and Bolts	7.6	157
2	Blown Away	7.1	136
3	Deadly Distraction	7.3	141
4	Deadly Airspace	7.8	151
5	Deadly Display	7.6	148
6	Deadly Mission	7.4	139
7	Free Fall	7.7	149
8	Deadly Inclination	7.5	132
9	Deadly Go Round	7.6	131
10	Dead of Winter (Continental Airlines Flight 1713)	7.7	132
11	Communication Breakdown	7.2	70
12	Bad Attitude	7.0	61
13	Hero Pilots	7.7	66
14	Plane vs. Pilot	7.1	50
15	Explosive Evidence	7.4	55
16	Killer in the Cockpit?	7.5	56
17	Missing Pieces	6.9	53
18	Controversial Crashes	6.9	57
19	Deadly Distractions	6.8	50
20	Fire on Board	7.1	55

Season 19 (2019)

7.63 avg 10 episodes 8.2 → 7.3 49 min avg

Season 19 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Deadly Descent	8.2	170
2	Death Race	7.4	140
3	Fatal Approach	7.5	141
4	Borderline Tactics	7.7	135
5	Deadly Pitch	7.7	134
6	Fatal Climb	7.5	138
7	Runway Runoff	7.6	120
8	Lethal Limits	7.5	125
9	Football Tragedy	7.9	146
10	Slam Dunk	7.3	128

Season 20 (2020)

7.60 avg 10 episodes 7.5 → 7.6 52 min avg

Season 20 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Kathmandu Descent	7.5	138
2	Impossible Pitch	7.7	124
3	Explosive Touchdown	7.7	132
4	Taxiway Turmoil	8.0	138
5	Runway Breakup	7.4	111
6	Icy Descent	7.3	111
7	Atlantic Ditching	7.7	115
8	No Warning	7.3	109
9	Cockpit Killer	7.8	122
10	Stormy Cockpit	7.6	115

Season 21 (2021)

7.63 avg 10 episodes 7.5 → 7.2 60 min avg

Season 21 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	North Sea Nightmare	7.5	139
2	Playing Catch Up	7.4	126
3	Tragic Takeoff	7.3	125
4	Grounded: Boeing MAX 8	8.1	142
5	Cabin Catastrophe	8.0	137
6	Meltdown over Kathmandu	7.6	131
7	Mission Disaster	7.9	122
8	Caught in a Jam	7.4	112
9	Seconds From Touchdown	7.9	108
10	Deadly Delivery	7.2	112

Season 22 (2022)

7.71 avg 10 episodes 7.5 → 7.8 60 min avg

Season 22 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Holding Pattern	7.5	114
2	Peril over Portugal	7.6	114
3	Stealth Bomber Down	7.5	107
4	Double Trouble	8.0	113
5	Pacific Plunge	8.1	128
6	Terror over Michigan	8.0	110
7	Tree Strike Terror	7.5	98
8	Pitch Black	7.7	108
9	Turboprop Terror	7.4	96
10	Loss of a Legend	7.8	114

Season 23 (2023)

7.57 avg 10 episodes 7.1 → 7.4 60 min avg

Season 23 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Deadly Exchange	7.1	102
2	Mixed Signals	7.8	110
3	Pressure Point	7.6	112
4	Power Play	7.3	96
5	Control Catastrophe	8.1	107
6	Cockpit Catastrophe	8.1	117
7	Dream Flight Disaster	7.4	90
8	Deadly Deception	7.7	99
9	Delivery to Disaster	7.2	92
10	Mystery Over the Mediterranean	7.4	106

Season 24 (2024)

7.51 avg 10 episodes 7.2 → 8.1 60 min avg

Rebound

Season 24 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Terror Over The Pacific	7.2	82
2	Disaster At Dutch Harbor	7.2	73
3	Deadly Departure	7.4	67
4	Without Warning	7.5	69
5	Eleven Deadly Seconds	7.6	80
6	Fight For Survival	8.2	74
7	Pitch Battle	7.6	67
8	Under Fire	7.7	77
9	Lost Star Footballer	6.6	87
10	Deadly Directive	8.1	81

Season 25 (2025)

7.47 avg 11 episodes 7.0 → 8.0 60 min avg

Big finale

Season 25 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pacific Ditching	7.0	62
2	Running on Empty	7.2	55
3	Power Struggle	7.4	62
4	Second Thoughts	7.5	65
5	Powerless Plunge	7.6	57
6	Cabin Chaos	7.5	64
7	Deadly Climb	7.2	53
8	Firebomber Down	7.7	57
9	Collision Catastrophe	7.8	59
10	Fatal Test Flight	7.3	53
11	Surviving Disaster: No Exit	8.0	39

Season 26 (2026)

7.33 avg 10 episodes 7.3 → 7.2 60 min avg

Season 26 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Deadly Charter	7.3	46
2	Norwegian Nightmare	7.6	46
3	A Perfect Storm	7.2	44
4	Crash Landing	7.8	42
5	Peril Over Pakistan	7.3	39
6	Deadly Cover Up	7.2	38
7	Divided in Crisis	7.4	37
8	Moments from Touchdown	7.2	37
9	Monsoon Approach	7.1	32
10	Mixed Measures	7.2	33