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

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

John F. Kennedy Jr. is piloting his brand new Piper Saratoga when the aircraft mysteriously disappears.

An alarm warns the pilots of Flight 518 that they are dangerously close to the ground.

Investigators face a major challenge when looters make off with the Flight Data Recorder.

Manchester United football team's plane crashes while returning from Yugoslavia, killing 23 aboard.

Three planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation.

In Buenos Aires, LAPA Flight 3142 staggers until it collapses and explodes in flames.

A chartered business jet operated by Avjet crashes, killing all 18 people on board.

In catastrophic runway collisions, investigators must retrace every step.

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

SAS Flight #686 lifts off in heavy fog at Milan's Linate Airport but moments later collides with a Cessna.

Asiana Flight 214 slams into a seawall just short of the runway in San Francisco.

A popular hockey team is on its way to Minsk. But, the plane strikes a tower and crashes.

Investigators search for a flaw when Qantas Airways Flight 72 nearly falls out of the sky.

Flight 173 is troubleshooting a minor landing gear problem when the plane loses all four engines.

Thai Airways Flight 311 crashes into the Himalayas, far from its projected flight path.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski is killed after his plane crashes in heavy fog.

Korean Air Cargo Flight #8509 slams into a field northeast of London.

The turboprop plane begins its descent in thick fog, but things go awry; Luxair Flight 9642 crashes.

Pan Am Flight 1736 is on the runway at Tenerife Airport when KLM Flight 4805 careens towards it.