Mayday - Air Disasters

A commuter flight crashes mysteriously just a mile from a Missouri runway.

Captain Leon Daugherty and co-pilot Sammy Adcock depart from Italy with 137 passengers bound for the Dominican Republic.

Japan Airlines 123 becomes the deadliest single aircraft disaster ever.

On a flight between two of Papua New Guinea's largest cities, two pilots are forced to fly the plane manually.

For more than a month, an Air Astana aircraft underwent regular maintenance and several complex modifications in Lisbon.

There are 128 people on board this early morning flight to Lhasa in Tibet. The plane is piloted by Captain Liu Chuanjian.

Flight 661 is a domestic flight between the cities of Chitral and Islamabad. There are 42 passengers and 5 crew members on board.

A bold plan to save a hijacked airliner hinges on hiding its destination.

At Houston airport, an air traffic controller advises the crew of a Boeing 767 to turn left to avoid a thunderstorm.

A Boeing MAX-8 with 157 passengers and crew embarks on a two-hour flight to Nairobi, Kenya.