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  • Air Crash Investigation System Breakdown (Season 8, Episode 1)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 47 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Air Crash Investigation

System Breakdown (Season 8, Episode 1)
TV-14
TV Episode | 47 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Plane crashes caused by communication breakdowns expose the changes that need to be made to our overburdened air traffic control system.
Director
Writers
Andre Barro (created by) | Bernard Vaillot (created by) | Christopher Blow (story editor)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Jun 10, 2009

Release date
Jun 10, 2009 (United States)
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43 cast members
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Jonathan Aris
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Tony De Santis
Aeromexico 489 - Captain Valdez-Prom (archive footage) Aeromexico 489 - Captain Valdez-Prom (archive footage)   See fewer
Marco Grazzini
Aeromexico 489 - First Officer Valencia (archive footage) Aeromexico 489 - First Officer Valencia (archive footage)   See fewer
Todd Campbell
Aeromexico 489 - ATC White (archive footage) Aeromexico 489 - ATC White (archive footage)   See fewer
Chris Lightfoot
Aeromexico 489 - Grumman Pilot (archive footage) Aeromexico 489 - Grumman Pilot (archive footage)   See fewer
Larry Mannell
Aeromexico 489 - Piper Pilot (archive footage) Aeromexico 489 - Piper Pilot (archive footage)   See fewer
Phillip MacKenzie
Aeromexico 489 - Richard Wentworth (archive footage) Aeromexico 489 - Richard Wentworth (archive footage)   See fewer
Jarrod MacLean
Avianca 52 - NY Controller #1 (archive footage) Avianca 52 - NY Controller #1 (archive footage)   See fewer
Peter Nelson
Avianca 52 - Captain Caviedes (archive footage) Avianca 52 - Captain Caviedes (archive footage)   See fewer
Andy Velasquez
Avianca 52 - First Officer Klotz (archive footage) Avianca 52 - First Officer Klotz (archive footage)   See fewer
Patrick Garrow
Avianca 52 - DC Controller (archive footage) Avianca 52 - DC Controller (archive footage)   See fewer
Jon Jordan
Avianca 52 - Flight Engineer Moyano (archive footage) Avianca 52 - Flight Engineer Moyano (archive footage)   See fewer
Scott McCulloch
Avianca 52 - NY Controller #2 (archive footage) Avianca 52 - NY Controller #2 (archive footage)   See fewer
Jason Faulkner
Avianca 52 - NY Controller #3 (archive footage) Avianca 52 - NY Controller #3 (archive footage)   See fewer
Gord Rand
Legacy Jet - First Officer Paladino (archive footage) Legacy Jet - First Officer Paladino (archive footage)   See fewer
Simon Reynolds
Legacy Jet - Captain Lepore (archive footage) Legacy Jet - Captain Lepore (archive footage)   See fewer
Joe Lopes
ATC Lucivando Alencar (archive footage) ATC Lucivando Alencar (archive footage)   See fewer
Donald Lamoreux
Joe Sharkey (archive footage) (as Don Lamoreaux) Joe Sharkey (archive footage) (as Don Lamoreaux)   See fewer
Doug MacLeod
Col. Ferreira (archive footage) Col. Ferreira (archive footage)   See fewer
Clinton Lee Pontes
ATC Jomarcelo dos Santos (archive footage) ATC Jomarcelo dos Santos (archive footage)   See fewer
Raul Tome
Gol Captain (archive footage) Gol Captain (archive footage)   See fewer
Paul James Saunders
Bashkirian 2937 - Captain Gross (archive footage) (as Paul Saunders) Bashkirian 2937 - Captain Gross (archive footage) (as Paul Saunders)   See fewer
Bob Desrosiers
Bashkirian 2937 - First Officer Grigoriev (archive footage) Bashkirian 2937 - First Officer Grigoriev (archive footage)   See fewer
Sergei Nikolich
Bashkirian 2937 - Murat Itkulov (archive footage) Bashkirian 2937 - Murat Itkulov (archive footage)   See fewer
John Andrews
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jason Barbeck
First Officer Brant Campioni - DHL (archive footage) First Officer Brant Campioni - DHL (archive footage)   See fewer
Stephen Bogaert
Narrator Narrator   See fewer
Rufino Ferreira
Self (archive footage) (as Col. Rufino Ferreira) Self (archive footage) (as Col. Rufino Ferreira)   See fewer
Hans-Peter Graf
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Marinus Heijl
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Ed Herlihy
Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage)   See fewer
Philip D. Kerr
Captain Paul Phillips - DHL (archive footage) Captain Paul Phillips - DHL (archive footage)   See fewer
Wellington Rodrigues
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Firdaus Sarvartdinov
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jörg Schöneberg
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Joe Sharkey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Stephen Sparks
Peter Nielsen - Controller (archive footage) Peter Nielsen - Controller (archive footage)   See fewer
Barry Trotter
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Vladimir Veigum
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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