Mayday: Accident Files
If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.
If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.
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A turboprop slams into an Argentine desert and a microscopic filament provides the clue.
Investigators dig into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.
Continental Flight 1713 crashes on take-off in Denver amid heavy snow.
A deadly disaster in Brazil leaves a Sao Paolo neighborhood in flames.
Germanwings Flight 9525.
Distracted and in a rush, three flight crews make deadly decisions.
A commercial airliner goes down in the Ukraine, and the evidence indicates that it was shot down.
FedEx Flight 80 bounces off the runway at Tokyo’s Narita Airport and bursts into flames.
Three flights suffer catastrophic computer errors.
A car's dash cam captures footage of the final moments of TransAsia Airways Flight 235.
Reeve Aleutian Airlines Flight #8 is 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean when the propeller flies off.
When an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world.
Blanketed by confusion and heavy fog, a DC-9 ends up directly in the path of an oncoming 727.
Spanair Flight 5022 attempts to takeoff from Barajas Airport, but stalls immediately and crashes.
Critical mistakes in the cockpit cause three planes to fall out of the sky.
Researchers investigate the destruction of an aircraft designed for suborbital flight.
A look at the frightening crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 in 2010.
Thai Airways Flight 311 crashes into the Himalayas, far from its projected flight path.
LaMia Flight 2933 is on its final approach when the crew suddenly declares a fuel emergency.
United Express Flight 6291 crashes during its final approach only a mile from the runway.
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