
Mayday: Air Disaster
United Express Flight 6291 crashes during its final approach only a mile from the runway.

United Express Flight 6291 crashes during its final approach only a mile from the runway.

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

A two-billion-dollar Stealth Bomber crashes in Guam.

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

Korean Air Cargo Flight #8509 slams into a field northeast of London.

Three horrifying flights gone wrong rain terror from the sky.

Investigators face a major challenge when looters make off with the Flight Data Recorder.

An alarm warns the pilots of Flight 518 that they are dangerously close to the ground.

Three flights suffer catastrophic computer errors.

Pilots face hostile fire and deadly risks in war zones around the world.

The simplest mistakes are at the heart of some of the worst airline accidents.

Investigators search for a flaw when Qantas Airways Flight 72 nearly falls out of the sky.

An African airliner mysteriously disappears from radar and crashes in Namibia.

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

Radio silence between pilots and air traffic controllers can mean many different things.

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

In catastrophic runway collisions, investigators must retrace every step.

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

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

The plane needs to get airborne before the typhoon hits. But, it spins around violently and breaks apart.