Mayday: Air Disaster

By the time Delta Airlines Flight 191 reached the threshold of Dallas Fort Worth Airport, it had already diverted around 2 separate storms.

Relive the incredible story of a pilot forced to glide an engineless 767 to safety, from over 26,000 feet in the air.

It's one of the most alarming disasters in the history of aviation, not just because of the crash, but why it happened.

To find the cause of the crash of South African Airlines Flight 295, they had to dig deep... 3 miles deep to the floor of the Indian Ocean.

A small commuter plane, Air Midwest Flight 5481, is on a short flight when disaster strikes.

Torrential rain. Baseball-sized hail. Why did Southern Airways Flight 242 enter this severe storm, and what caused its engines to fail?

Air India Flight 182 suddenly disappears from radar. Within hours, pieces of the aircraft and bodies are found in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Moments after takeoff, the pilots of Birgenair Flight 301 are bombarded by confusing alarms.

Eastern Airlines Flight 401 is about to land. The crew have three green lights confirming that their landing gear is locked, but they only have two.

A business jet is shaken by a massive hit over the Amazon rainforest. They soon find out that they had a mid-air collision with a passenger jet.