Mayday: Accident Files
When an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
Investigators face a major challenge when looters make off with the Flight Data Recorder.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
In 1985, a DC-9 airliner crashes seconds after takeoff from Milwaukee.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
The pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight #85 barely get their crippled 747 to Alaska for an emergency landing.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
A missing pilot played a role in a 1996 collision between United Express 5925 and a private plane.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
Flydubai Flight 981 enters a rapid descent and crashes nose-first at Rostov-on-Don Airport.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
Continental Express Flight 2286 crashes into the frozen wilderness.
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Mayday: Accident Files
Three horrifying flights gone wrong rain terror from the sky.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
A commuter turboprop crashes at a fog-bound Irish airport.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
A plane carrying Russian tourists crashes in the Sinai Desert; terrorists claim responsibility.
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Mayday: Accident Files
Radio silence between pilots and air traffic controllers can mean many different things.
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Mayday: Accident Files
When decisions are made in the heat of the moment, even minor issues can turn deadly.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
A C-5 Galaxy evacuating orphaned Vietnamese babies from Saigon faces disaster at 23,000 feet.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
An African airliner mysteriously disappears from radar and crashes in Namibia.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
Varig Flight 254 disappears without a trace over the jungles of Brazil.
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Mayday: Accident Files
Three flights suffer catastrophic computer errors.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
Asiana Flight 214 slams into a seawall just short of the runway in San Francisco.
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Mayday: Accident Files
In catastrophic runway collisions, investigators must retrace every step.
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Mayday: Accident Files
Three last-resort maneuvers where open water is the only available runway.
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Mayday: Air Disaster
The investigation into a doomed cargo plane reveals a troubling list of maintenance failures.
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