Mayday: Accident Files
Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents.
Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents.
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Asiana Flight 214 slams into a seawall just short of the runway in San Francisco.
Airplane crashes involving high-profile passengers put added pressure on investigators.
Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents.
Continental Flight 1713 crashes on take-off in Denver amid heavy snow.
Facing deadly tragedies that could have been avoided
Arrow Air Flight #1285 refuels in Newfoundland but just seconds after taking off, the plane crashes.
Researchers investigate the destruction of an aircraft designed for suborbital flight.
Aviation experts determine what went wrong when a Concorde exploded into flames.
A turboprop slams into an Argentine desert and a microscopic filament provides the clue.
After a routine landing, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion.
A chartered business jet operated by Avjet crashes, killing all 18 people on board.
Three devastating crashes make front page news around the globe.
When the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe in the air.
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.
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