Improper maintenance allowed a section of the On 6 February 1958, British European Airways Flight 609, carrying members of the famed On 9 October 2002, the lower rudder segment of Northwest Airlines Flight 85 suddenly deflects to the left. The Boeing 747 combined passenger/cargo aircraft (Combi) crashes with no survivors. They believe a tire has blown, but passengers on the left side of the plane see the real problem one of the engines is on fire. After controllers clear the turboprop commuter plane for landing, the pilots reduce their speed and descend, but the aircraft suddenly goes into a severe roll and crashes into the runway. And, after a UPS cargo plane crashes in Dubai, investigators discover a tiny battery with outsize implications.We use first and third party cookies to improve our service, personalize your advertising and remember your website preference. With 144 people dead including 7 victims on the ground, it is the biggest airline disaster in American history and investigators must determine what happened and who is is at fault.July 11th, 1991 Preparing to take a group of African-Muslim pilgrims home to Sokoto, Nigeria, Nigerian Airways Flight #2120 takes off from Jeddah's sprawling airport in Saudi Arabia in the blistering desert heat. And, Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 vanishes over the South China Sea, and remains one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time.Three horrifying accidents capture the world's attention, and in order to solve these deadly mysteries, hero investigators are pushed to the limit to uncover the hidden clues. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. Air Crash Investigation (TGL) Air Crash Investigation Unsolved History Flight KAL-007 (new 2017) After 12 minutes in the air, the captain radios controllers to tell them they've reached their cruising altitude of 25,000 feet. The tower...In 1985, an Air India flight vanishes off the coast of Ireland. But as they descend through the clouds, the aircraft suddenly rips through the treetops below and slams into the side of a mountain. An Aeromexico DC-9 is preparing to land at Los Angeles International Airport one of the busiest in the world when it collides with a much smaller private plane, a Piper Cherokee. The crew makes an emergency landing at On 28 November 1987, a fire breaks out on South African Airways Flight 295 in the rear main cargo area as it is flying high above the Indian Ocean. But somewhere over the Java Sea, the plane hits turbulence, and air traffic controllers notice the jet is hundreds of miles off course…and headed for a major storm.
Meanwhile, a passenger jet carrying 154 people takes off from Manaus in northern Brazil. But sometimes investigators disagree, and the pressure intensifies when the victims are famous. But after getting into position over the tiny airfield the exhibition turns to disaster. This special looked at terrorist acts, including bombings and shootdowns. How is this collection of clues connected?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.

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With their aircraft losing hydraulics the pilots struggle to turn back towards Jeddah.
The pilots are bound for Phoenix, Arizona, but first they have to find their runway. Incredibly, all 152 people on board survive. Investigators soon come up with a theory to explain the crash.Flight: TAM Airlines Flight 402; Fokker 100; October 31st, 1996. The Cessna erupts in flames. When BEA Flight 548 crashes just moments after takeoff, investigators unravel a tragic combination of human factors centered around the captain. The flight crew witness a bizarre shower of brilliant sparks striking the windshield of the aircraft. As air traffic controllers at JFK manage numerous planes in the face of a coming storm, Avianca Flight 052 with 158 crew and passengers has been circling the sky for over 77 minutes running down to the last few dregs of fuel. Dropping thousands of feet in mere seconds, there is a massive explosion as the aircraft crashes into a farmer's field.

Nearly two hours later, the terrifying ordeal ends when the plane touches down safely. Tragically, the crash of Flight 611 began with a problem that began twenty-two years earlier.December 21, 1988. But just as the pilots are preparing for descent, the plane falls out of the sky. Remarkably one man survives and within hours, a major recovery effort has begun to retrieve the victims, the flight recorder, and the mangled wreckage from the ocean floor.

Armed with an axe and a fire extinguisher, they beat the copilot, and then demand that the pilot chart a course for Australia.