Mayday - Air Disasters

A violent argument provides a critical clue to determining what brought down a British airliner just moments after taking off from London's Heathrow Airport.

When a Marine Corps jet fighter slams into a civilian DC-9, investigators uncover a dangerous flaw in the American air transportation system.

Investigators suspect cell phone interference when Crossair Flight 498 slams into the ground just after takeoff from Zurich.

Moments after taking off from Washington National Airport, Air Florida Flight 90 plunges into the frozen Potomac River and sinks below the ice.

Just two months after 9/11, a passenger jet slams into Queens, New York, igniting fears that America is once again under terrorist attack.

A team of hurricane hunters narrowly escapes disaster when their aircraft is crippled in the line of duty.

An Italian passenger plane is blown out of the sky and it will take 30 years and three investigations to determine what happened.

A disastrous in-flight test hints at a hidden flaw in one of the world's most popular passenger planes.

Two minutes after taking off for Tahiti, Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashes into the sea.

The pilots of Qantas Flight 32 must cope with a cascade of failures after an explosion rips apart the engine of the their A-380.