Some projects are completed ones, like the new Hong Kong airport. The pilots divert the aircraft to a successful emergency landing at On 22 December 1999, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, on a flight from On 25 September 1978, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 collides with a On 11 July 1991, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 is taking off from On 7 December 1987, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes at the speed of sound on a mountainside in rural On 24 May 1988, TACA Flight 110 flies through a thunderstorm and both engines flame out. 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.
This special looked at pilots' carefully planned strategies in deliberately crashing aircraft. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts. On 9 June 1996, Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 also rolls unexpectedly in similar circumstances, but the crew successfully regains control of the aircraft and lands safely. The crew successfully abandons the takeoff and stops the aircraft on the runway, but the fire spreads to the cabin. The imbalance of the rotating propeller causes the engine to partly tear itself from its mounting, creating excessive On 1 July 2002, Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 collides with DHL Flight 611 in German On 20 December 1995, American Airlines Flight 965 is en route to On 25 January 1990, Avianca Flight 52 is delayed numerous times by bad weather en route and is dangerously low on fuel as it attempts a landing at On 7 April 1994, Auburn Calloway, a disgruntled employee, attempts to hijack Federal Express Flight 705 armed with hammers and a On 31 October 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying from On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is forced to On 27 March 1977, the deadliest-ever aviation accident occurs at Los Rodeos Airport (now known as On 2 August 2005, Air France Flight 358 overruns the runway, travels through the airport perimeter fence and plunges down a small ravine while attempting to land in a storm. The Boeing 747 combined passenger/cargo aircraft (Combi) crashes with no survivors. The cause of both crashes was ice on the wings, which significantly reduced lift. Survivors share their stories and experience of survival abroad. Accounts of famous technological disasters and their subsequent investigations. Follows the Metropolitan Crash Investigation Unit, who investigate the causes behind car crashes. On 8 September 1994, USAir Flight 427 also rolls and crashes within thirty seconds, killing all 132 people on board. All 14 people on board are killed.
This special looked at how pilots' deviation from cockpit duties lead to crashes. (The pilot outside, Air France hostages, Hawaiian airlines losing their top, the mid-air collision etc.) The captain manages to make a On 8 October 2001, Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686 is taking off at Milan's On 19 July 1989, the tail-mounted number-two engine of United Airlines Flight 232 explodes, damaging all of the aircraft's hydraulic systems and leaving the flight controls unusable. By varying engine thrust, the pilots manage to crash-land the aircraft at the On 8 June 1983, Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8's number-four propeller separates, tearing a gash on the aircraft's underside, jamming the flight controls and causing a rapid decompression. This special looked at disasters caused by fires, either on the ground or in the air. Relive the incredible story of a pilot forced to glide an engineless 767 to safety, from over 26,000 feet in the air.A DHL cargo plane collides with a Russian passenger jet over southern Germany in 2002.While en route from Malaysia to Australia, all four engines off a British Airways 747 fail.
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.
Flying at night, the crew fail to notice their descent until only seconds before crashing into the Everglades. This special looked at some of the most infamous air disasters of all time. Created by Bernard Vaillot, Andre Barro, Greg Gransden. You can't put a price on these people yet we do it every day. Now the crew must divert to Indonesia. 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. This special looked at accidents caused by seemingly minor defects or errors. Several critical errors made by the flight crew might have been the result of their fatigue. This is one of those shows that has stories that are absolutely astounding that cannot be made up, otherwise you wouldn't believe it. 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. Three years later, on 22 March 1992, USAir Flight 405 also crashes just after takeoff in similar conditions to Flight 1363.