Into The Abyss

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20121022

Episode 1:

When Carol Shaben was starting out as a young journalist in Jerusalem, she opened the paper one day and saw a tiny report on an inside page. It briefly described a small plane crash back in Canada, only four of the ten people on board had survived. One of them was her father.

Carol Shaben reads a report about a plane crash back in Canada with only four survivors.

20121023

Episode 2:

Erik Vogel was the 24 year old pilot of the Piper Navajo plane and he was not at all comfortable with the idea of flying north on the evening of 19th October 1984. The small airline had been repeatedly cited for safety violations and visibility on that snowy night was dangerously poor.

Pilot Erik Vogel was not happy about flying north on the evening of 19 October 1984.

20121024

Episode Three:

Paul Archambault was a convicted criminal, but he was also a personable young man and his police escort had felt comfortable removing his handcuffs once the plane was airborne. Relatively unscathed, it was Paul who chose to go back to the wrecked plane to see who was alive. He found Erik, Scott the police officer and Larry Shaben - the author's father. Now all they had to do is stay alive until help arrived.

Relatively unscathed, convicted criminal Paul Archambault checks the plane for survivors.

20121025

Episode Four:

In the aftermath of the accident and the rescue, the nation decides that Paul is a hero - but can he rise to fill the role that he finds himself unexpectedly cast in? Meantime, Scott is recovering from life-threatening injuries and trying to work out just what he had witnessed that night on the mountain.

Paul is acclaimed a hero, but can he rise to fill the role that he finds himself cast in?

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20121026

Episode Five:

Erik becomes a campaigner for aviation safety and warns of the dangers of pilot fatigue. He takes to the air once again. Larry organises a reunion.

Erik becomes a campaigner for aviation safety. He flies again. Larry organises a reunion.

Episodes

Episode	First Broadcast	Comments
01	20121022	Episode 1: When Carol Shaben was starting out as a young journalist in Jerusalem, she opened the paper one day and saw a tiny report on an inside page. It briefly described a small plane crash back in Canada, only four of the ten people on board had survived. One of them was her father. Carol Shaben reads a report about a plane crash back in Canada with only four survivors.
02	20121023	Episode 2: Erik Vogel was the 24 year old pilot of the Piper Navajo plane and he was not at all comfortable with the idea of flying north on the evening of 19th October 1984. The small airline had been repeatedly cited for safety violations and visibility on that snowy night was dangerously poor. Pilot Erik Vogel was not happy about flying north on the evening of 19 October 1984.
03	20121024	Episode Three: Paul Archambault was a convicted criminal, but he was also a personable young man and his police escort had felt comfortable removing his handcuffs once the plane was airborne. Relatively unscathed, it was Paul who chose to go back to the wrecked plane to see who was alive. He found Erik, Scott the police officer and Larry Shaben - the author's father. Now all they had to do is stay alive until help arrived. Relatively unscathed, convicted criminal Paul Archambault checks the plane for survivors.
04	20121025	Episode Four: In the aftermath of the accident and the rescue, the nation decides that Paul is a hero - but can he rise to fill the role that he finds himself unexpectedly cast in? Meantime, Scott is recovering from life-threatening injuries and trying to work out just what he had witnessed that night on the mountain. Paul is acclaimed a hero, but can he rise to fill the role that he finds himself cast in?
05 LAST	20121026	Episode Five: Erik becomes a campaigner for aviation safety and warns of the dangers of pilot fatigue. He takes to the air once again. Larry organises a reunion. Erik becomes a campaigner for aviation safety. He flies again. Larry organises a reunion.