TV Air Disasters - Season 1 Episode 5 : Dead Weight Air Disasters - Season 1 Episode 5 : Dead Weight 8.2/10 by 16 users Just after take-off, Air Midwest Flight 5481 plummets to the ground, killing all on board. Details Casts Posters Images Title Air Disasters - Season 1 Episode 5 : Dead Weight Alternative Titles Mayday: Catástrofes Aéreas First Air Date 2011-05-15 Last Air Date 2026-03-29 Number of Episodes 281 Number of Seasons 25 Genres Documentary, Networks Smithsonian Channel, Casts Stephen Bogaert Plot Keywords , Narrator Stephen Bogaert Episodes List Air Disasters Season 1 :Episode 1 Invisible Killer Invisible Killer 2011-05-15 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 1 :Episode 2 Gimli Glider Gimli Glider 2011-05-22 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 1 :Episode 3 Behind Closed Doors Behind Closed Doors 2011-05-29 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 1 :Episode 4 Fanning the Flames Fanning the Flames 2011-06-05 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 1 :Episode 5 Dead Weight Dead Weight 2011-06-12 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 1 :Episode 6 Southern Storm Southern Storm 2011-06-26 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 1 :Episode 7 Explosive Evidence Explosive Evidence 2011-07-10 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 1 :Episode 8 Mixed Signals Mixed Signals 2011-07-17 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 1 :Episode 9 Fatal Distraction Fatal Distraction 2011-07-24 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 1 :Episode 10 Phantom Strike Phantom Strike 2011-07-31 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters...