
Mayday: Accident Files
When critical instruments in the cockpit can't be trusted, the consequences can be fatal.

When critical instruments in the cockpit can't be trusted, the consequences can be fatal.

The investigation into a doomed cargo plane reveals a troubling list of maintenance failures.

The plane carrying Mexico’s interior minister slams into Mexico City’s financial district during rushour.

Three crashes reveal fatal flaws in operations designed to prevent planes from flying into mountains.

Three flights ending in tragedy, prove that minor missteps during takeoff can be deadly.

Flight China Airlines 611 suddenly disappears from radar.

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

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.

While landing at an Alaskan island airport, the pilots of a twin turboprop can't stop their plane.

When decisions are made in the heat of the moment, even minor issues can turn deadly.

When decisions are made in the heat of the moment, even minor issues can turn deadly.

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

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

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

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

A turboprop slams into an Argentine desert and a microscopic filament provides the clue.

Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom over California.

Continental Express Flight 2286 crashes into the frozen wilderness.

TWA Flight 800 explodes over Long Island.