
Fanning the Flames
To find the cause of the crash of South African Airlines Flight 295, they had to dig deep.

To find the cause of the crash of South African Airlines Flight 295, they had to dig deep.

Deadly Shortcuts revisits some of the most troubling aviation disasters.

Flash Airlines 604 crashes into the Red Sea minutes after take off. Was it terrorism or a mechanical failure?

In 1996, Saudi Airways Flight 763 was involved in a deadly midair collision over India.

PSA Flight #182 collides with a Cessna and both planes crash into a quiet residential neighborhood below.

West Caribbean Airways Flight #708 is flying through a moderate hurricane when the aircraft drops.

Air France Flight 358 bursts into flames when it skids off the runway during a raging thunderstorm.

Express Samina is on its normal route when it smashes into a huge rock.

Partnair Flight 394, en route from Oslo to Hamburg, suddenly dives from 22,000 feet toward the sea.

Immediately after take off, the pilots begin to experience a confusing set of alarms.

Minutes after take off from Tokyo en route to Osaka, the tailfin blows off the huge Boeing 747.

The pilots are bound for Phoenix Arizona, but first they have to find their runway.

In Algiers on Christmas Eve in 1994, an Air France Airbus carrying 180 people was hijacked.

TAM Airlines Flight #3054 hurtles down the runway at top speed and crashes into a building.

United Airlines Flight #1549 collides with a flock of birds. Both engines suddenly lose all thrust.

As the aircraft is accelerating, a loud ‘thud' emanates from the fuselage, and the pilots abandon takeoff.

A hi-jacked Ethiopian Airlines 767 runs out of fuel near the Comoros Islands.

United Airlines Flight 811 opens at an altitude of 33,000 feet, ripping a huge hole.

A small mechanical problem at the back of Air Canada Flight 797 quickly turns into an all-out emergency.

Gunshots are heard in the cabin of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight #1771.