
Mayday: Accident Files
Three flight crews face different consequences after an engine separates in mid-air.

Three flight crews face different consequences after an engine separates in mid-air.

The 1979 near-fatal incident of the TWA Flight 841 still puzzles experts.

Three devastating crashes make front page news around the globe.

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

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

Three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

After a routine landing, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion.

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

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

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

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

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

Three crews fall into the same deadly trap after getting lost in the dark.

When an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world.

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

Three separate crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.

A plane carrying Russian tourists crashes in the Sinai Desert; terrorists claim responsibility.

When the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe in the air.

A commercial airliner goes down in the Ukraine, and the evidence indicates that it was shot down.

FedEx Flight 80 bounces off the runway at Tokyo’s Narita Airport and bursts into flames.