Air Crash Investigation

Discover the surprising reason why a Boeing 737 took a deadly nosedive after circling the runway for two hours.

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.

All signs point to bad weather causing the crash of Martinair Flight 495... until investigators make an intriguing discovery.

Discover the cause of history's most expensive aviation accident: the 2008 crash of the B-2 bomber Spirit of Kansas.

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

An emergency over the French Alps leads to a miraculous landing, followed by the discovery of a small but deadly flaw.

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

Heroic flying isn't enough to overcome neglectful maintenance in the tragic accident of Alaska Airlines Flight 261.

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

Investigators must pull off a risky test flight to see if the pilots of a heroic emergency landing are hiding a secret.

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

When a tree-strike takes out both engines of an MD-83, the crew must find a way to land a 60-ton plane with no power.

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.

Watch the crew of Air Illinois Flight 710 fly in the dark in a desperate move to save battery power... and their plane.

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.

See how an aborted landing turned into a fatal crash due to a series of catastrophic decisions in the cockpit.

Follow investigators as they piece together clues about the crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven others.

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.