Hanging by a Thread
A short island hop from Maui to Honolulu quickly turns into a nightmare for the crew and passengers.
A short island hop from Maui to Honolulu quickly turns into a nightmare for the crew and passengers.
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Arrow Air Flight #1285 refuels in Newfoundland but just seconds after taking off, the plane crashes.
A plane carrying a group of school children heading to Spain is on a collision course with DHL cargo plane.
SAS Flight #686 lifts off in heavy fog at Milan's Linate Airport but moments later collides with a Cessna.
The three man crew of FedEx 705 are just finishing their climb out from Memphis when the attack starts.
Partnair Flight 394, en route from Oslo to Hamburg, suddenly dives from 22,000 feet toward the sea.
A small commuter plane, Air Midwest Flight 5481, is on a short flight when disaster strikes.
During extreme weather conditions, a helicopter makes a routine journey to a North Sea oil platform.
The pilots, wanting to make up for lost time, are pushing the Boeing 757 to its limit.
A freight train rumbling through the suburb derails and crashes, destroying homes and taking lives.
A C-5 Galaxy evacuating orphaned Vietnamese babies from Saigon faces disaster at 23,000 feet.
United Airlines Flight #1549 collides with a flock of birds. Both engines suddenly lose all thrust.
RIA Flight 593 was routine in every respect. Then, in less than five minutes, it fell from the sky.
Chalk Ocean Airways Flight 101 is preparing for takeoff in the waters off Miami Beach, Florida.
Nigeria Airways Flight #2120 erupts into a fireball, killing all 261 people on board.
The pilots are bound for Phoenix Arizona, but first they have to find their runway.
Ripped Apart revisits some of the most spectacular aviation disasters of the last fifty years.
British Airways Flight #38 is preparing to land. Then, the aircraft is inexplicably crippled.
Torrential rain. Baseball-sized hail. Why did Southern Airways Flight 242 enter this severe storm?
It's one of the most alarming disasters in the history of aviation, and not just because of the crash.
Minutes after take off from Tokyo en route to Osaka, the tailfin blows off the huge Boeing 747.
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