''Survival in the Sky'', known as ''Black Box'' in the United Kingdom, is a British documentary series of six one-hour episodes produced by

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for

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and

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. The series was narrated by

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in the United States and Sean Barrett in the United Kingdom. The series primarily concentrated on commercial aviation accidents and the investigations related to them. They were first aired as a series of only four episodes in late 1996, with two additional episodes produced and aired in 1998. The series was produced with the cooperation of the

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(NTSB) and the

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(AAIB), and interviews many of the investigators and survivors of air crashes. A book also titled ''Black Box'' () was published in 1996 as a companion to the series.

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