Mayday: Air Disaster
In 1996, Saudi Airways Flight 763 was involved in a deadly midair collision over India.
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Pilot Betrayed
The aircraft's engines begin emitting a series of rapid-fire booming noises.
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Who's Flying The Plane?
Who's Flying the Plane? revisits some of the most troubling aviation disasters.
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Miracle Escape
Air France Flight 358 bursts into flames when it skids off the runway during a raging thunderstorm.
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Kid in the Cockpit
Express Samina is on its normal route when it smashes into a huge rock.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
Partnair Flight 394, en route from Oslo to Hamburg, suddenly dives from 22,000 feet toward the sea.
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Flying Blind
Immediately after take off, the pilots begin to experience a confusing set of alarms.
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Out of Control
Minutes after take off from Tokyo en route to Osaka, the tailfin blows off the huge Boeing 747.
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Breakup Over Texas
Investigators first suspect there was a bomb on board Continental Express Flight #2574.
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Hidden Danger
United Airlines 585 and US Air 585 crash within several years of each other.
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Disaster Runway
TAM Airlines Flight #3054 hurtles down the runway at top speed and crashes into a building.
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Hudson River Runway
United Airlines Flight #1549 collides with a flock of birds. Both engines suddenly lose all thrust.
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Panic on the Runway
As the aircraft is accelerating, a loud ‘thud' emanates from the fuselage, and the pilots abandon takeoff.
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Ocean Landing
A hi-jacked Ethiopian Airlines 767 runs out of fuel near the Comoros Islands.
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Unlocking Disaster
United Airlines Flight 811 opens at an altitude of 33,000 feet, ripping a huge hole.
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Nowhere to Land
The pilots of TACA Flight #110 manage one of the most remarkable landings in the history.
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Dead Weight
A small commuter plane, Air Midwest Flight 5481, is on a short flight when disaster strikes.
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Invisible Killer
As Delta Airlines Flight 191 reached Dallas Fort Worth Airport, it had diverted around two separate storms.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland, shortly after departing Heathrow Airport.
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Falling From the Sky
During British Airways Flight 009's flight to Australia, smoke starts filling the cabin of a passenger jet.
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