Mixed Signals
Moments after takeoff, the pilots of Birgenair Flight 301 are bombarded by confusing alarms.
2026-07-04 08:20:06 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 09:20:06 +0000 UTC(1h)
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Helicopter Down
During extreme weather conditions, a helicopter makes a routine journey to a North Sea oil platform.
2026-07-04 13:12:05 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 14:12:20 +0000 UTC(1h)
Breakup Over Texas
Investigators first suspect there was a bomb on board Continental Express Flight #2574.
2026-07-04 12:17:06 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 13:12:05 +0000 UTC(54m)
Racing the Storm
At the height of thunderstorm season, American Airlines 1420 ends in disaster.
2026-07-04 11:15:06 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 12:17:06 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Falling From the Sky
During British Airways Flight 009's flight to Australia, smoke starts filling the cabin of a passenger jet.
2026-07-04 10:15:06 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 11:15:06 +0000 UTC(1h)
Hudson River Runway
United Airlines Flight #1549 collides with a flock of birds. Both engines suddenly lose all thrust.
2026-07-04 09:20:06 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 10:15:06 +0000 UTC(55m)
Mixed Signals
Moments after takeoff, the pilots of Birgenair Flight 301 are bombarded by confusing alarms.
2026-07-04 08:20:06 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 09:20:06 +0000 UTC(1h)
Target Is Destroyed
Korean Airlines Flight #007 is high above the Sea of Japan with 269 people on board.
2026-07-04 07:23:04 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 08:20:06 +0000 UTC(57m)
A Wounded Bird
On August 21, 1995, Flight ASA 529 loses one of its four propellers on its way to Gulfport, Mississippi.
2026-07-04 06:21:04 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 07:23:04 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
The Invisible Plane
SAS Flight #686 lifts off in heavy fog at Milan's Linate Airport but moments later collides with a Cessna.
2026-07-04 00:33:50 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 01:28:49 +0000 UTC(54m)
Ocean Landing
A hi-jacked Ethiopian Airlines 767 runs out of fuel near the Comoros Islands.
2026-07-03 23:33:35 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 00:33:50 +0000 UTC(1h)
Killing Machine
In Algiers on Christmas Eve in 1994, an Air France Airbus carrying 180 people was hijacked.
2026-07-03 22:31:35 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 23:33:35 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Cutting Corners
Shortly after Air Alaska Flight 261 takes off from Puerta Vallarta, the stabilizer malfunctions.
2026-07-03 21:29:35 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 22:31:35 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Pilot Betrayed
The aircraft's engines begin emitting a series of rapid-fire booming noises.
2026-07-03 20:34:35 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 21:29:35 +0000 UTC(55m)
Out of Sight
Two planes collide in mid-air and crash into a quiet Los Angeles suburb.
2026-07-03 19:34:35 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 20:34:35 +0000 UTC(1h)
I'm The Problem
Gunshots are heard in the cabin of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight #1771.
2026-07-03 18:39:35 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 19:34:35 +0000 UTC(55m)
Flying on Empty
An Air Transat Airbus runs out of fuel over the Atlantic and has to glide to a power-free landing.
2026-07-03 12:53:32 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 13:55:31 +0000 UTC(1h1m)
Alarming Silence
The pilots are bound for Phoenix Arizona, but first they have to find their runway.
2026-07-03 11:56:30 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 12:53:32 +0000 UTC(57m)
Missing Over New York
Avianca Airlines Flight 52 was flying in blue skies when it was put in its first holding pattern.
2026-07-03 10:54:30 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 11:56:30 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Fatal Flaw
Deadly Shortcuts revisits some of the most troubling aviation disasters.
2026-07-03 09:54:30 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 10:54:30 +0000 UTC(1h)
Turning Point
The pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight #85 barely get their crippled 747 to Alaska for an emergency landing.
2026-07-03 08:59:30 +0000 UTC→2026-07-03 09:54:30 +0000 UTC(55m)
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