Fire on Board
The pilot of Swissair Flight 111 smells smoke in the cockpit less than an hour after take-off.
2026-07-19 00:15:59 +0000 UTC→2026-07-19 01:17:59 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Schedule for Mayday: Air Disaster
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Hudson River Runway
United Airlines Flight #1549 collides with a flock of birds. Both engines suddenly lose all thrust.
2026-07-19 12:51:15 +0000 UTC→2026-07-19 13:46:15 +0000 UTC(55m)
Killing Machine
In Algiers on Christmas Eve in 1994, an Air France Airbus carrying 180 people was hijacked.
2026-07-19 11:49:15 +0000 UTC→2026-07-19 12:51:15 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Blow Out
The crew and passengers aboard British Airways Flight 111 know something is terribly wrong.
2026-07-19 10:47:15 +0000 UTC→2026-07-19 11:49:15 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
The Final Blow
Air Inter Flight #148 starts its descent towards Strasbourg airport.
2026-07-19 09:50:13 +0000 UTC→2026-07-19 10:47:15 +0000 UTC(57m)
The Heathrow Enigma
British Airways Flight #38 is preparing to land. Then, the aircraft is inexplicably crippled.
2026-07-19 08:55:13 +0000 UTC→2026-07-19 09:50:13 +0000 UTC(55m)
Pilot vs. Plane
The plane plows into a forest and is consumed by flames.
2026-07-19 07:58:11 +0000 UTC→2026-07-19 08:55:13 +0000 UTC(57m)
Cockpit Failure
Crossair Flight #3597 is on its final approach to Zurich. But the pilots cannot find the runway.
2026-07-19 07:03:11 +0000 UTC→2026-07-19 07:58:11 +0000 UTC(55m)
Mistaken Identity
A military radar operator mistakenly identifies an approaching civilian aircraft as a hostile F-14.
2026-07-19 01:17:59 +0000 UTC→2026-07-19 02:18:13 +0000 UTC(1h)
Fire on Board
The pilot of Swissair Flight 111 smells smoke in the cockpit less than an hour after take-off.
2026-07-19 00:15:59 +0000 UTC→2026-07-19 01:17:59 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Fatal Flaw
Deadly Shortcuts revisits some of the most troubling aviation disasters.
2026-07-18 23:15:59 +0000 UTC→2026-07-19 00:15:59 +0000 UTC(1h)
Mayday: Air Disaster
The crash of American Eagle 4184 near Roselawn, IN, due to icing, and the investigation that followed.
2026-07-18 22:15:56 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 23:15:59 +0000 UTC(1h)
Racing the Storm
At the height of thunderstorm season, American Airlines 1420 ends in disaster.
2026-07-18 21:13:56 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 22:15:56 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Mayday: Air Disaster
China Airlines Flight 611 vanishes from radar a massive rescue follows, but all aboard are lost.
2026-07-18 20:13:56 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 21:13:56 +0000 UTC(1h)
Dead Weight
A small commuter plane, Air Midwest Flight 5481, is on a short flight when disaster strikes.
2026-07-18 19:13:56 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 20:13:56 +0000 UTC(1h)
Ripped Apart
Ripped Apart revisits some of the most spectacular aviation disasters of the last fifty years.
2026-07-18 12:21:53 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 13:21:53 +0000 UTC(1h)
Mayday: Air Disaster
Partnair Flight 394, en route from Oslo to Hamburg, suddenly dives from 22,000 feet toward the sea.
2026-07-18 11:21:53 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 12:21:53 +0000 UTC(1h)
A Wounded Bird
On August 21, 1995, Flight ASA 529 loses one of its four propellers on its way to Gulfport, Mississippi.
2026-07-18 10:19:53 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 11:21:53 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Collision Course
A freight train rumbling through the suburb derails and crashes, destroying homes and taking lives.
2026-07-18 09:19:38 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 10:19:53 +0000 UTC(1h)
Unlocking Disaster
United Airlines Flight 811 opens at an altitude of 33,000 feet, ripping a huge hole.
2026-07-18 08:17:38 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 09:19:38 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Munich Air Disaster
Eight Manchester United football players are killed in a notorious Munich plane crash.
2026-07-18 07:22:38 +0000 UTC→2026-07-18 08:17:38 +0000 UTC(55m)
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