Mayday: Accident Files
Three last-resort maneuvers where open water is the only available runway.
Three last-resort maneuvers where open water is the only available runway.
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Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 crashes just after take-off from Watson Island in Miami.
All 121 people on board Helios Airways Flight 522 lose consciousness.
A helicopter crashes into the ocean off Newfoundland and an investigation reveals a fatal flaw.
Crossair Flight #3597 is on its final approach to Zurich. But the pilots cannot find the runway.
A car's dash cam captures footage of the final moments of TransAsia Airways Flight 235.
SAS Flight #686 lifts off in heavy fog at Milan's Linate Airport but moments later collides with a Cessna.
Thai Airways Flight 311 crashes into the Himalayas, far from its projected flight path.
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom over California.
Critical mistakes in the cockpit cause three planes to fall out of the sky.
Facing deadly tragedies that could have been avoided
The United Nations DC-6 mysteriously crashes 10 miles from the runway while on a secret mission.
Asiana Flight 214 slams into a seawall just short of the runway in San Francisco.
Experts investigate the crashing of American Airlines Flight 587.
In New Zealand, a commuter turboprop slams into hilly terrain.
Investigators face a major challenge when looters make off with the Flight Data Recorder.
A turboprop slams into an Argentine desert and a microscopic filament provides the clue.
A chartered business jet operated by Avjet crashes, killing all 18 people on board.
A C-5 Galaxy evacuating orphaned Vietnamese babies from Saigon faces disaster at 23,000 feet.
The crew loses control of the aircraft and it crashes moments later. 273 people are killed.
Researchers investigate the destruction of an aircraft designed for suborbital flight.
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