
Mayday: Air Disaster
Continental Express Flight 2286 crashes into the frozen wilderness.

Continental Express Flight 2286 crashes into the frozen wilderness.

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

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

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.

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

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

TAM Airlines Flight #3054 hurtles down the runway at top speed and crashes into a building.

Flight 173 is troubleshooting a minor landing gear problem when the plane loses all four engines.

British Midland Flight 92 slams into Britain’s busy M1 motorway.

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

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

Failures in pilot training lead to catastrophe in the cockpit.

Failures in pilot training lead to catastrophe in the cockpit.

A missing pilot played a role in a 1996 collision between United Express 5925 and a private plane.

Confronting a crisis, unwitting pilots create far more serious problems.

Confronting a crisis, unwitting pilots create far more serious problems.

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

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

From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales.