
Mayday: Air Disaster
Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents.

Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents.

Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents.

Investigators dig into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.

Investigators dig into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.

After a routine landing, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion.

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedives into the Pacific.

Researchers investigate the destruction of an aircraft designed for suborbital flight.

With flames burning through the cabin floor, the crew attempts a return to the airport.

Three fatal design flaws put air crash investigators in a storm of controversy.

Three fatal design flaws put air crash investigators in a storm of controversy.

Devastating failures in the air shine a light on three astonishing feats of flying.

Devastating failures in the air shine a light on three astonishing feats of flying.

SilkAir Flight 185 is 35,000 feet above the jungles when the plane banks sharply to the right and crashes.

When a fire breaks out on UPS Flight six, getting the plane to safety becomes a race against time.

Garuda Indonesia Flight 421.

In 1956, a mid-air collision sends two planes crashing into the Grand Canyon.

Two jets hit each other at 14,000 feet sending both planes spiraling to the ground.

A deadly disaster in Brazil leaves a Sao Paolo neighborhood in flames.

From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales.

A look at the frightening crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 in 2010.