Mayday: Air Disaster

Mayday: Air Disaster

A turboprop narrowly averts disaster after a lightning strike over the North Sea; investigators uncover an unusual feature in the plane that plays a key role in this calamity.

Mayday: Air Disaster

Shortly after take-off, US Airways Flight 1549 encounters a bird strike and lands on the Hudson River.

Mayday: Air Disaster

Pilots of TACA Flight 110 make a remarkable landing on a narrow levee, but investigators must find out why the engines in a brand-new plane failed.

Mayday: Air Disaster

A shocking look at the fate of United Airlines Flight 232 which crashed into Sioux City's runway in 1989 causing a subsequent explosion that left 111 people dead.

Mayday: Air Disaster

Near the end of its flight, Continental Express Flight 2574 suffers wing damage and goes into a dive falling out of the sky.

Mayday: Air Disaster

A look at the frightening crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 in 2010; after ruling out terrorists, investigators came to a highly controversial conclusion.

Mayday: Air Disaster

After an explosion rips both engines off the right wing, the pilots of Transair 671 manage a landing at a French military airfield.

Mayday: Air Disaster

Pilots of TACA Flight 110 make a remarkable landing on a narrow levee, but investigators must find out why the engines in a brand-new plane failed.

Mayday: Air Disaster

Near the end of its flight, Continental Express Flight 2574 suffers wing damage and goes into a dive falling out of the sky.

The Accident Files

A look at disasters over enemy territory.

Mayday: Air Disaster

A look at three commercial planes that became targets over the Sinai Desert, the Sea of Japan and Ukraine.

Mayday: Air Disaster

On July 17, 2007, TAM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off runway 35L at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, and crashes at high speed into a warehouse adjacent to a petrol station killing nearly 200 people.

Mayday: Air Disaster

When a $2 billion stealth bomber crashes in Guam, the U.S. Air Force investigates the most expensive aviation accident in history.

Mayday: Air Disaster

After Flydubai Flight 981 nosedives into the runway at Russia's Rostov airport, investigators uncover one of the most lethal traps in aviation.

Mayday: Air Disaster

After a private jet slams into an Ohio apartment building, the National Transportation Safety Board uncovers an erratic descent, a puzzling delay, and a tragic perfect storm.

Mayday: Air Disaster

A design flaw sends American Eagle Flight 41-84 smashing into a cornfield outside of Chicago, killing all 68 people on board.

Mayday: Air Disaster

A Russian passenger jet crashes into the Volga River, killing almost everyone on board; the incident turns into a national tragedy when rescuers discover the plane carried some of the country's famous athletes.

Mayday: Air Disaster

A plane with members of the Manchester United football team crashes while heading home from Yugoslavia, killing 23 aboard.

Mayday: Air Disaster

United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide midair over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing all 128 people on both aircraft in 1956.

Mayday: Air Disaster

A turboprop aflame is just seconds from the tarmac in Montreal when it flips over and crashes to the ground.

Mayday: Air Disaster

In November 1995, American Airlines flight 1572 clips the tops of trees along Peak Mountain Ridge and strikes an instrument landing system antenna at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, Conn.

Mayday: Air Disaster

Arrow Air Flight 1285 with 248 American soldiers on board crashes seconds after refueling in Newfoundland.

Mayday: Air Disaster

Mayday: Air Disaster