
Mayday: Accident Files
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.

El Al Flight 1862 slices into a 10-storey building in suburban Amsterdam.

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

Investigators look into the crash of Delta Airlines flight 1141.

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

Eight Manchester United football players are killed in a notorious Munich plane crash.

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

Blanketed by confusion and heavy fog, a DC-9 ends up directly in the path of an oncoming 727.

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

TWA Flight 800 explodes over Long Island.

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

With personality clashes in the cockpit, three flights end in tragedy.

PSA Flight #182 collides with a Cessna and both planes crash into a quiet residential neighborhood below.

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

Researchers investigate the destruction of an aircraft designed for suborbital flight.

Distracted and in a rush, three flight crews make deadly decisions.

Gunshots are heard in the cabin of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight #1771.

Aviation experts are confronted with a shocking theory for the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Airline owner and Formula One driver Niki Lauda uncovers a shocking design flaw affecting passenger planes.

Adam Air Flight 574 flies into a storm and crashes into the sea.