Fire on Board
The pilot of Swissair Flight 111 smells smoke in the cockpit less than an hour after take-off.
2026-07-04 23:02:52 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 00:04:52 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
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Panic over the Pacific
A series of small mistakes causes China Airlines Flight 006 to fall 30,000 feet (10 kms) in just two minutes.
2026-07-05 00:59:52 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 01:59:52 +0000 UTC(1h)
Dead Tired
The captain struggles to keep the plane flying but the aircraft suddenly plummets towards the ground.
2026-07-05 00:04:52 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 00:59:52 +0000 UTC(55m)
Fire on Board
The pilot of Swissair Flight 111 smells smoke in the cockpit less than an hour after take-off.
2026-07-04 23:02:52 +0000 UTC→2026-07-05 00:04:52 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Behind Closed Doors
It's one of the most alarming disasters in the history of aviation, and not just because of the crash.
2026-07-04 22:02:52 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 23:02:52 +0000 UTC(1h)
Blind Spot
PSA Flight #182 collides with a Cessna and both planes crash into a quiet residential neighborhood below.
2026-07-04 21:07:52 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 22:02:52 +0000 UTC(55m)
Miracle Escape
Air France Flight 358 bursts into flames when it skids off the runway during a raging thunderstorm.
2026-07-04 20:07:52 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 21:07:52 +0000 UTC(1h)
Phantom Strike
A business jet is shaken by a massive hit over the Amazon rainforest.
2026-07-04 19:07:49 +0000 UTC→2026-07-04 20:07:52 +0000 UTC(1h)
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)
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