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Mayday: Air Disaster
On 12 November 2001, just two months after the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 spirals out of control shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport and crashes into Queens.
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The Accident Files
A look at stories from survivors of accidents.
Mayday: Air Disaster
JFK Jr. disappears on the way to Martha's Vineyard; a captain loses his bearings and crashes over the Red Sea; pilots crash a plane over Indonesia.
Mayday: Air Disaster
Atlantic Airways Flight 670 mysteriously careens off the runway and down an embankment on the tiny Norwegian island of Stord.
Mayday: Air Disaster
After losing two engines near enemy territory, U.S. Air Force pilots abort their refueling mission and attempt to land their damaged plane.
Mayday: Air Disaster
Experts make an astonishing find as they investigate the fate of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, which crashed in 2007, killing 21 of the 140 people on board.
Mayday: Air Disaster
In 1983, Air Illinois Flight 710 crashes into an open pasture area in poor weather while en route to Southern Illinois Airport, killing all 10 people on board; the cause of the crash was the pilots' mismanagement of an electrical problem.
Mayday: Air Disaster
After touching down, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion, but investigators find no evidence of a bomb on board.
Mayday: Air Disaster
From delusional hijackers to suicidal pilots, three flights fall victim to astonishing acts of sabotage.
Mayday: Air Disaster
Investigation into the 2011 air disaster that killed an entire top-flight Russian ice hockey team.
Mayday: Air Disaster
A turboprop crashes into an Indonesian mountain; while three systems could have prevented it, investigators must figure out why none of them did.
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
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.
The Accident Files
A look at how spatially disoriented pilots cause crashes.
Mayday: Air Disaster
After a routine landing, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion, but investigators find no evidence of a bomb on board.
Mayday: Air Disaster
Investigators face a baffling mystery when Varig Flight 254 crashes in a remote jungle nearly 700 miles off course.
Mayday: Air Disaster
A brand-new 737 falls from the sky over West Africa during a major storm, but investigators eventually discover weather had nothing to do with it.
Mayday: Air Disaster
An Adam Air Boeing 737 crashes into the Makassar Strait killing 102 people on board; the pilots inadvertently disengaged the autopilot while trying to fix the inertial reference system, causing the plane to plunge to the water.
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In the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky.
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A FedEx flight out of Memphis descended into chaos when a surprise attack by a disgruntled employee threatened the lives of all on board.
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The celebrity son of JFK disappeared along with his plane in 1999; investigators soon found the wreckage, but are unsure what brought the aircraft down.
The Accident Files
A look at accidents caused by either a loss of pressurization or structural failure.
Mayday: Air Disaster
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 loses part of its roof of the front fuselage before landing safely at Kahului, Maui.
Mayday: Air Disaster
Spanair Flight 5022 attempts to take off from Barajas Airport, but stalls immediately, banks to the right and crashes, killing 154 of the 172 people on board.
Mayday: Air Disaster
On July 11, 1991, the crew of Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 unsuccessfully tries to return to the airport after a burst tire creates an in-flight fire which causes 247 Nigerian pilgrims and 14 crew to perish.
Mayday: Air Disaster
On May 25, 1979, Flight 191 crashes into a trailer park moments after takeoff; 271 people aboard were killed.
Mayday: Air Disaster
SAS Flight 686 takes off from Milan's Linate Airport and moments later collides with a Cessna on the runway.