Mayday: Air Disaster
Researchers investigate the destruction of an aircraft designed for suborbital flight.
Researchers investigate the destruction of an aircraft designed for suborbital flight.
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Blanketed by confusion and heavy fog, a DC-9 ends up directly in the path of an oncoming 727.
The plane carrying Mexico’s interior minister slams into Mexico City’s financial district during rushour.
Air Illinois Flight 710 crashes into an open pasture area in poor weather.
Tuninter Flight 1153 is flying to the Tunisian resort island of Djerba. Suddenly, its right engine fails.
The turboprop plane begins its descent in thick fog, but things go awry; Luxair Flight 9642 crashes.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski is killed after his plane crashes in heavy fog.
The simplest mistakes are at the heart of some of the worst airline accidents.
A Northwest Airlines flight above the Bering Sea must make an emergency landing in Anchorage.
On September 11, 2001, hijackers fly American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon.
The plane needs to get airborne before the typhoon hits. But, it spins around violently and breaks apart.
A Russian-made super jet slams into an infamous mountain in Indonesia.
SilkAir Flight 185 is 35,000 feet above the jungles when the plane banks sharply to the right and crashes.
Three flights ending in tragedy, prove that minor missteps during takeoff can be deadly.
Three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.
An African airliner mysteriously disappears from radar and crashes in Namibia.
West Caribbean Airways Flight #708 is flying through a moderate hurricane when the aircraft drops.
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedives into the Pacific.
Nigeria Airways Flight #2120 erupts into a fireball, killing all 261 people on board.
An Adam Air Flight 574 crashes into the Java Sea after leaving Indonesia on New Year's Day 2007.
Landing on a Caribbean island in a tropical storm, a 737 crashes just short of the runway.
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