
Mayday: Air Disaster
Three last-resort maneuvers where open water is the only available runway.

Three last-resort maneuvers where open water is the only available runway.

Three last-resort maneuvers where open water is the only available runway.

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.

From delusional hijackers to suicidal pilots, three flights fall victim to astonishing acts of sabotage.

From delusional hijackers to suicidal pilots, three flights fall victim to astonishing acts of sabotage.

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

If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.

If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.

Martinair Flight 495 is on final approach to Portugal's Faro Airport when the DC-10 crashes

Three horrifying flights gone wrong rain terror from the sky.

Three horrifying flights gone wrong rain terror from the sky.

A C-5 Galaxy evacuating orphaned Vietnamese babies from Saigon faces disaster at 23,000 feet.

Varig Flight 254 disappears without a trace over the jungles of Brazil.

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

A massive military training exercise confronts a real-life catastrophe in Canada’s high Arctic.

Colgan Air 9446 nosedives into the waters off Cape Cod following a four-day maintenance stop.

Failures in pilot training lead to catastrophe in the cockpit.

Failures in pilot training lead to catastrophe in the cockpit.

A missing pilot played a role in a 1996 collision between United Express 5925 and a private plane.