Air Disasters

1. Kathmandu Descent

A Pakistani airliner crashes in the Himalayas. And when their most vital piec...

2. Rookie Errors

While commercial pilots undergo hundreds of hours of training and testing, ev...

3. Collision Course

Authorities scramble for answers when a passenger plane collides with a milit...

4. Taxiway Turmoil

Blanketed by confusion and heavy fog, a DC-9 ends up at the wrong end of an a...

5. Fuel Trouble

Three mysterious accidents send investigators hunting for clues. In the end, ...

6. Perilous Payload

Three planes fatally out of balance force investigators to question every cal...

7. Atlantic Ditching

A helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashes into the ocean off the coa...

8. Deadly Confusion

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

9. Radio Silence

Radio silence between pilots and air traffic controllers can mean many differ...

10. Design Flaws

When former race car driver Niki Lauda's planes nosedives into a Thai jungle,...

11. Heat of the Moment

Dashcam footage aids in the investigation of a fatal TransAsia crash, experts...

12. Instrument Confusion

A Boeing 737 vanishes off the radar, a South Korean jet slams into the Englis...

13. VIP on Board

Airplane crashes involving high-profile passengers—including a top diplomat a...

14. Lapse in Security

Traced to a breakdown of vital safety measures, three horrific disasters prov...

15. Mountain Impact

Dramatized reconstruction of real-life air disasters, along with interviews w...

16. Survivors

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

17. Death from Above

Mid-air tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a communit...

18. Courage in the Cockpit

Devastating failures in the air put pilots to the test, and shine a light on ...