
Mayday: Air Disaster
In New Zealand, a commuter turboprop slams into hilly terrain.

In New Zealand, a commuter turboprop slams into hilly terrain.

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

Thai Airways Flight 311 crashes into the Himalayas, far from its projected flight path.

TWA Flight 800 explodes over Long Island.

Three doomed airlines are brought down by gradually deteriorating parts.

En route to Atlanta, a twin-engine jet careens off the tarmac in Kentucky.

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

Three flights suffer catastrophic computer errors.

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

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

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.

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

Air Illinois Flight 710 crashes into an open pasture area in poor weather.

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

Three mysterious accidents send investigators hunting for clues.

A look at the frightening crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 in 2010.

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

In the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky.

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