Mayday: Air Disaster

Flight 358 bursts into flames when it skids off the runway in Toronto during a raging thunderstorm. More than 300 passengers and crew have only seconds to escape the burning plane.

Smoke fills the cabin of a passenger jet. At the same time, the crew see a shower of white sparks hitting their windshield. Within moments, the four engines of the 747 shut down.

A mechanical problem on an Air Canada DC-9, 10 km in the air, gives the pilot no choice but to make an emergency landing. The plane goes up in flames 90 seconds after it lands.

On August 6, 1997, Korean Air Flight 801 crashes five kilometres short of its destination, the airport in Guam. More than 200 people on board are killed.

Two 737 planes crash within years of each other. The similarities are striking but investigators are stumped. It takes a third near miss, for investigators to crack the case.

A series of small mistakes cause a 747 passenger jet to fall 30,000 ft (10 kms) in just two minutes. Could a lack of sleep be behind the near disaster of China Airlines flight 006?

Two planes collide in mid-air and crash into a quiet Los Angeles suburb. There are more than 80 victims. Findings reveal a series of disturbing facts about congested airports.

A plane crashes into the Red Sea minutes after take off. Was it terrorism? A mechanical failure? Or did the experienced pilot make a mistake that cost all on board their lives?

A plane mysteriously circles the Athens airport. It doesn’t answer air traffic controllers. The captain and co-pilot are missing but someone else is in the cockpit.