Air Disasters

Enter the cockpit of a high-tech turboprop as its pilots battle to keep their plane from slamming into the North Sea.

Witness the final moments of ExecuFlight Flight 1526 and discover why it crashed into a residential neighborhood.

Discover how out-of-date taxi charts and a casual conversation conspired to doom the takeoff of Comair Flight 5191.

Follow investigators as they race to find out why a best-selling, new plane crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff.

Relive the 2018 disaster of Southwest Airlines 1380, in which a passenger was nearly sucked from the plane mid-flight.

Witness the Kathmandu crash of US-Bangla 211 and follow detectives as they investigate both the plane and the pilots.

A plane loses control during a Gulf War refueling mission and investigators must determine if enemy fire was the cause.

A commuter flight in New Zealand turns horrific for plane crash survivors, who may freeze to death before help arrives.

Just 12 minutes after takeoff, a twin turboprop loses hydraulics, an engine, and then catches fire. Find out why.

A last-minute repair may have played a key role in the crash of a plane leaving Madrid International Airport.