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After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight and uncover an industry-wide safety problem.
Mayday: Air Disaster
The crew of DHL Flight OO-LL must land the plane using only the engines to control the craft when a left wing explodes causing the plane to lose hydraulic pressure.
Mayday: Air Disaster
Internal US flight loses a propeller 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean.
Mayday: Air Disaster
A plane with members of the Manchester United football team crashes while heading home from Yugoslavia, killing 23 aboard.
Mayday: Air Disaster
Ninety-five people die when TAM Airlines flight 402 crashes seconds after take-off; experts investigate what went wrong.
Mayday: Air Disaster
When basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, investigators look for clues amid a global deluge of grief.
Mayday: Air Disaster
Mayday: Air Disaster
Near the end of its flight, Continental Express Flight 2574 suffers wing damage and goes into a dive falling out of the sky.
The Accident Files
A look at how poor aircraft designs cause disasters.
Mayday: Air Disaster
A fire breaks out on UPS Flight six; as smoke fills the cockpit, getting the plane to safety is a race against time.
Mayday: Air Disaster
Asiana Flight 214 slams into a seawall just short of the runway in San Francisco.
Mayday: Accident Files
Three flight crews face different consequences for an engine separating in midair.
Mayday: Air Disaster
The Accident Files
A look at some of the most challenging landings of all time.
Mayday: Air Disaster
Mayday: Air Disaster
Moments before Pacific Southwest Flight 1771 crashes on a cattle ranch in California, gunshots are heard in the cabin.
Mayday: Air Disaster
An early-morning flight from Lexington, Ky. ends in disaster when a twin-engine jet careens off the tarmac.
Mayday: Air Disaster
Leading aviation experts are confronted with a shocking theory as they investigate one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time.
Mayday: Air Disaster
When former race car driver Niki Lauda's planes nosedives into a Thai jungle, a one-in-a-million failure reveals a weak spot in every Boeing 767; radio silence between pilots and air traffic controllers send investigators hunting for answers.
Mayday: Air Disaster
In 1992, Flight 1862 from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv suffered a catastrophic crash; investigators subsequently discover a lethal problem threatening every 747.
Mayday: Air Disaster
A turboprop narrowly averts disaster after a lightning strike over the North Sea; investigators uncover an unusual feature in the plane that plays a key role in this calamity.
Mayday: Air Disaster