Air Disasters

Windshear forces force Flydubai Flight 981 into a holding pattern, beginning a series of physical and mental errors that cause a fatal nosedive.

When a DC-10 crashes at Portugal's Faro Airport, severe weather appears to be the culprit, but new evidence raises troubling questions.

When a USAF stealth bomber crashes after takeoff, investigators search for a reason behind history's most expensive aviation disaster.

An explosion over the French Alps rips both right wing engines off a cargo plane, forcing its pilots to attempt a miraculous emergency landing.

When an MD-83 nosedives into the Pacific, investigators uncover a critical maintenance issue that had been ignored for years.

After a Boeing 727's near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine what caused the aircraft to lose control.

After a passenger jet miraculously survives a collision with trees while landing, investigators attempt to uncover why the plane was flying so low.

When an Illinois turboprop crashes after losing battery power, investigators uncover a series of errors made by the pilots.

When a turboprop stalls and crashes into a North Carolina forest, investigators resort to a risky test flight-and uncover an industry-wide safety problem.

When basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, investigators examine the data, the wreckage, and the pilot's actions for clues.