This special looked at some of the most infamous air disasters of all time.
On 15 January 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 suffers a On 25 February 2009, Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 stalls and crashes 1.5 kilometres from the runway while approaching On 17 July 2007, TAM Airlines Flight 3054 careens off runway 35L at Brazil's On 16 August 2005, West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 On 12 December 1985, Arrow Air Flight 1285, carrying troops of the US Army's On 11 September 1991, Continental Express Flight 2574 tips into a dive and falls out of the sky as the left wing tears apart.
The crew successfully abandons the takeoff and stops the aircraft on the runway, but the fire spreads to the cabin. The crew successfully regains control, restarts the engine and lands safely at On 31 August 1986, Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a On 3 January 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 banks to the right just after takeoff and crashes into the On 2 August 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crash-lands while on approach to On 23 July 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel at 41,000 feet (12,500m) altitude, about halfway through its flight from On 12 June 1972, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating as American Airlines Flight 96 suffers an explosive decompression after a cargo door in the lower rear fuselage bursts open. The investigation is being conducted by Pakistan's Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB).
The cause of all three incidents was a On 19 February 1985, China Airlines Flight 006's number four (right-side outer) engine flames out. The exact cause of the fire is undetermined. Several critical errors made by the flight crew might have been the result of their fatigue. This special looked at how inexperienced pilots' mistakes causes accidents. The cause of the crash was the pilots' inadequate use of the flight controls during an asymmetric go-around. The following table lists the alternative titles used by broadcasters for
The pilots manage to land the aircraft safely at On 11 May 1996, 10 minutes after takeoff, ValuJet Flight 592 starts filling with smoke after a fire breaks out in the main cargo bay as it is flying over On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in On 23 August 2005, TANS Perú Flight 204 crashes into a muddy swamp while attempting to land at On 30 June 1956, United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide in mid-air over the On 25 May 1979, the number-one engine on American Airlines Flight 191 detaches moments after taking off from On 28 December 1978, the crew of United Airlines Flight 173 are preoccupied with a landing gear problem as the aircraft circles in a holding pattern in the vicinity of On 7 September 2011, Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the On 10 April 2010, a Polish Air Force VIP aircraft carrying the President of Poland On 21 February 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 strays off course and flies into the side of a mountain shortly after takeoff, killing all 46 people on board.
This special looked at how people survive aviation accidents, in part with demonstrations at the On 8 January 1989, British Midland Flight 92 crashes onto the embankment of the On 3 September 1989, the pilots of Varig Flight 254 enter an incorrect On 6 June 1992, Copa Airlines Flight 201 enters a high-speed dive, breaks up in mid-air, and crashes into the On 31 July 1997, FedEx Express Flight 14 bounces, rolls to the right and crashes at On 25 July 2000, a Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 stalls and crashes into a hotel in On 20 August 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a charter flight, crashes near its destination of On 8 March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears en route from On 19 November 1996, United Express Flight 5925, operating for On 4 October 1992, the two engines on El Al Flight 1862's right wing detach from the aircraft after it departs from On 3 September 2010, the pilots of UPS Airlines Flight 6 report a fire and declare an emergency shortly after taking off from On 10 October 2006, Atlantic Airways Flight 670 lands at On 20 August 2008, Spanair Flight 5022 stalls, banks to the right and crashes after a delay, killing 154 of the 172 people on board. This special looked at pilots' carefully planned strategies in deliberately crashing aircraft.
Extracts from the cockpit voice recorder suggest the pilots were preoccupied in a non-operational conversation about the The aircraft was at an altitude of 9,800 at navigation-waypoint MAKLI, whereas it was expected to be at 3,000 ft. On 21 August 1995, a blade on the left-side propeller of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 breaks off. On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447 stalls and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all 228 people on board. Out of the 176 people on board, 101 are killed. This special looked at terrorist acts, including bombings and shootdowns.
Flying at night, the crew fail to notice their descent until only seconds before crashing into the Everglades. Subsequently, an 11-member Airbus team visited the crash site on 26 May. The cause of both crashes was ice on the wings, which significantly reduced lift. This special looked at accidents and incidents where problems with the interface between crew members and on-board On 25 May 2002, China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the On 21 December 1988, a bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the aircraft to disintergrate in mid-air and the wreckage of the aircraft to crash into the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground. Investigators traced the engine failure to a manufacturing fault in an oil pipe. The captain is found to be still alive after being outside the cockpit for 21 minutes. While making preparations to land, the crew are distracted by a faulty landing gear indicator light and accidentally disengage the autopilot while trying to resolve the problem.
It ran out of fuel because an incorrect type of fuel gauge had been installed, misleading the crew about how much fuel was on board.