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

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

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

In 1996, Saudi Airways Flight 763 was involved in a deadly midair collision over India.

The consequences are disastrous when ice forms on an airplane's wings.

Struck by lightning, a high-tech turboprop narrowly averts disaster over the North Sea.

Three last-resort maneuvers where open water is the only available runway.

Germanwings Flight 9525.

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

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

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

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

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

Three horrifying flights gone wrong rain terror from the sky.

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

Investigators look into the crash of Delta Airlines flight 1141.

Reeve Aleutian Airlines Flight #8 is 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean when the propeller flies off.

In catastrophic runway collisions, investigators must retrace every step.

In catastrophic runway collisions, investigators must retrace every step.

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

United Airlines Flight #232 is crippled when one of its three engines explodes.