Mayday: Accident Files
Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents.
Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents.
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Devastating failures in the air shine a light on three astonishing feats of flying.
While landing at an Alaskan island airport, the pilots of a twin turboprop can't stop their plane.
When decisions are made in the heat of the moment, even minor issues can turn deadly.
Three planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every calculation.
From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales.
A turboprop slams into an Argentine desert and a microscopic filament provides the clue.
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom over California.
Continental Express Flight 2286 crashes into the frozen wilderness.
TWA Flight 800 explodes over Long Island.
The captain struggles to keep the plane flying but the aircraft suddenly plummets towards the ground.
In catastrophic runway collisions, investigators must retrace every step.
Korean Air Cargo Flight #8509 slams into a field northeast of London.
SAS Flight #686 lifts off in heavy fog at Milan's Linate Airport but moments later collides with a Cessna.
Thai Airways Flight 311 crashes into the Himalayas, far from its projected flight path.
The United Nations DC-6 mysteriously crashes 10 miles from the runway while on a secret mission.
Three crews fall into the same deadly trap after getting lost in the dark.
Three crews fall into the same deadly trap after getting lost in the dark.
A commuter turboprop crashes at a fog-bound Irish airport.
Crossair Flight #3597 is on its final approach to Zurich. But the pilots cannot find the runway.
Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents.
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