The Most Baffling Causes Of 2 North American Air Disasters _ The New Detectives

A plane plunges toward the ground. Upon impact, little remains. The only possible witness is the flight data recorder, a black box that holds the answers to the final terrifying minutes [citation:1]. This is the story of two North American air disasters that baffled investigators until forensic science revealed the truth.In this episode of The New Detectives, the groundbreaking Discovery Channel series that aired from 1996 to 2004 and inspired CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, forensic experts examine the wreckage of two commercial airliners that fell from the sky without warning. The investigators' best hope for an answer comes from the flight data recorder, virtually indestructible, which could be the only witness to the final horrifying moments of a doomed flight [citation:1]. Mike Poole, Recorder Analysis and Performance Chief for Canada's Transportation Safety Board, helps uncover evidence that may reveal the cause of each plane's fatal descent [citation:2]. The episode, titled Witness To Terror, originally aired as Season 2, Episode 11 [citation:1]. What the black boxes revealed was more disturbing than anyone expected. Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the last voices on the recorder were not screaming. They were confused.