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

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

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

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

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

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

Three flights ending in tragedy, prove that minor missteps during takeoff can be deadly.

Three flights ending in tragedy, prove that minor missteps during takeoff can be deadly.

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

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

El Al Flight 1862 slices into a 10-storey building in suburban Amsterdam.

Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents.

Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents.

Investigators dig into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.

Investigators dig into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.

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

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedives into the Pacific.

Researchers investigate the destruction of an aircraft designed for suborbital flight.

With flames burning through the cabin floor, the crew attempts a return to the airport.

Three fatal design flaws put air crash investigators in a storm of controversy.

Three fatal design flaws put air crash investigators in a storm of controversy.