Emery Worldwide Flight 17, a 30yearold DC8 cargo plane transporting cargo from California to Dayton, Ohio, faces a perilous takeoff from Sacramento Mather Airport, pitching up steeply and banking left unexpectedly. The crew battles desperately for survival, resulting in a tragic crash near the runway's end.

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00:00:00 Season 18 Episode 1 "Nuts & Bolts"
Moments after taking off from a California airport, an American cargo plane needs to make an emergency landing. The pilots manage to bring their DC8 to within sight of the runway, but the crippled plane crashes into an automobile salvage yard one mile east of the airport.

00:42:12 Season 18 Episode 2 "Blown Away"
TransAsia Flight 222 is forced to circle above the Taiwan Strait due to a cyclone, but tragedy strikes when the plane crashes on Penghu Island.

01:24:27 Season 18 Episode 3 "Deadly Distraction"
En route to Salt Lake City, Delta Airlines Flight 1141 crashes just moments after lifting off from DallasFort Worth airport and erupts into flames. Of the 108 people on board, 94 make it off the plane alive while 14 die trying to escape the smoke and flames. It’s clear that neither the runway nor the weather is to blame, so investigators know there’s a problem with either the plane itself or its configuration.

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