
Mayday: Air Disaster
Continental Flight 1713 crashes on take-off in Denver amid heavy snow.

Continental Flight 1713 crashes on take-off in Denver amid heavy snow.

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

In New Zealand, a commuter turboprop slams into hilly terrain.

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

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

The crash of Air France Flight 447 launched one of the toughest disaster investigations of all time.

Continental Airlines Flight 1404 careens off the runway and crashes in flames.

Pilots decide to try to outrun a storm in order to stick to their strict schedule.

Tuninter Flight 1153 is flying to the Tunisian resort island of Djerba. Suddenly, its right engine fails.

Spanair Flight 5022 attempts to takeoff from Barajas Airport, but stalls immediately and crashes.

Reeve Aleutian Airlines Flight #8 is 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean when the propeller flies off.

Flying around an intense storm, a brand-new 737 falls from the sky over West Africa.

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

United Express Flight 6291 crashes during its final approach only a mile from the runway.

Air Illinois Flight 710 crashes into an open pasture area in poor weather.

Three planes fall prey to deadly winds.

Three planes fall prey to deadly winds.

Critical mistakes in the cockpit cause three planes to fall out of the sky.

Critical mistakes in the cockpit cause three planes to fall out of the sky.

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