Mayday: The Accident Files

Three crews fall into the same deadly trap after getting lost in the dark.

Three flight crews face different consequences after an engine separates in mid-air.

Confronting a crisis, unwitting pilots create far more serious problems.

Three separate crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.

Three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

The consequences are disastrous when ice forms on an airplane's wings.

In catastrophic runway collisions, investigators must retrace every step.

With personality clashes in the cockpit, three flights end in tragedy.

Three last-resort maneuvers where open water is the only available runway.

In the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky.