Mayday: Accident Files
Radio silence between pilots and air traffic controllers can mean many different things.
Radio silence between pilots and air traffic controllers can mean many different things.
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Three mysterious accidents send investigators hunting for clues.
After a routine landing, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion.
A commuter turboprop crashes at a fog-bound Irish airport.
A missing pilot played a role in a 1996 collision between United Express 5925 and a private plane.
Asiana Flight 214 slams into a seawall just short of the runway in San Francisco.
Three crews fall into the same deadly trap after getting lost in the dark.
When the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe in the air.
TWA Flight 800 explodes over Long Island.
Air Illinois Flight 710 crashes into an open pasture area in poor weather.
A turboprop slams into an Argentine desert and a microscopic filament provides the clue.
In Buenos Aires, LAPA Flight 3142 staggers until it collapses and explodes in flames.
Facing deadly tragedies that could have been avoided
Investigators dig into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.
A massive military training exercise confronts a real-life catastrophe in Canada’s high Arctic.
Three flights ending in tragedy, prove that minor missteps during takeoff can be deadly.
An African airliner mysteriously disappears from radar and crashes in Namibia.
Experts make an astonishing find as they investigate the fate of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200.
Spanair Flight 5022 attempts to takeoff from Barajas Airport, but stalls immediately and crashes.
Airplane crashes involving high-profile passengers put added pressure on investigators.
Researchers investigate the destruction of an aircraft designed for suborbital flight.
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