Mayday: Air Disaster

A loud vibration and the smell of smoke warn the pilots of British Midland Flight 92 that they have an engine fire on board.

Airline owner Niki Lauda joins forces with investigators to discover why Lauda Air Flight 004 fell into a steep dive and crashed during a flight from Vienna to Bangkok.

Investigators face a baffling mystery when Varig Flight 254 crash lands in a remote jungle more than 600 miles off course.

Copa Airlines Flight 201 takes off from Panama City for the one-hour flight to Cali, Colombia. But, moments later, the plane disappears from radar.

A crash landing at Tokyo’s Narita Airport is nearly identical to an accident at Newark Airport. Investigators must determine whether the MD-11 has a design flaw.

A Concorde erupts in flames seconds after lifting off the runway at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris.

A Learjet 45 carrying Mexico’s interior minister slams into Mexico City’s financial district killing all nine people on board, as well as seven people on the ground.

The pilots of Manx2 Flight 7100 are circling the airport waiting for the weather to clear. The pilots descend, but the aircraft goes into a roll and crashes into the runway.

Air crash investigators face an enormous challenge when a massive military training exercise confronts a real-life catastrophe in Canada’s high Arctic.

In this special episode, Mayday examines one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time—the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.