Air Crash

Air Crash is the seventh level and is the second level of the second warp room in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. Like Hang Eight in the previous warp room, it is a stream based level in which Crash gets to ride his jet board. Breaking all the crates and obtaining the clear gem for doing so is only possible by discovering the secret entrance for this level from the secret warp in Bear Down, as not only does it contain several normal crates but also the only nitro switch crate in the level. The other clear gem is found on a death route, the first of the game. This level also contains a secret exit of its own - skip the first jet board and, instead, have Crash jump across the floating crates until he reaches a stone platform. This platform will warp him to the secret warp room, where the portal to the secret area of Snow Go will be unlocked.

Stage parameters

 * Aku Aku Crates: 2
 * TNT Crates: 13 (8 in red gem route, 2 in bonus)
 * Nitro Crates: 10 (15 in death route, 7 in secret route)
 * Other Crates: 109 (8 in bonus, 13 in secret route)

Trivia

 * This level's name may be a reference to Nike's popular line of Air Jordan shoes. Named after and originally endorsed by popular basketball athlete Michael Jordan, the Air Jordan shoes purported to help one be good at the sport of basketball, even though in reality they were exactly like normal shoes, but expensive.
 * This is the only level that must be played three times to complete this game 100% (without taking advantage of glitches). It must be played once to access the warp to Snow Go in the secret warp room.  It must be played another time to get the crystal and death route gem. It must be played a third time, using its entrance from the secret warp room, to get the box gem.
 * Because of this it holds the distinction for having the most secrets/different routes (death route, secret entrance and secret platform to Snow Go).
 * Originally, this level was only going to contain one gem.
 * This level and Road to Ruin both have two death routes.