Mayday - Air Disasters

TAM Airlines Flight #3054 hurtles down the runway at top speed and crashes into a building.

West Caribbean Airways Flight #708 is flying through a moderate hurricane when the aircraft drops.

Arrow Air Flight #1285 refuels in Newfoundland but just seconds after taking off, the plane crashes.

Investigators first suspect there was a bomb on board Continental Express Flight #2574.

Eight Manchester United football players are killed in a notorious Munich plane crash.

The pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight #85 barely get their crippled 747 to Alaska for an emergency landing.

Korean Air Cargo Flight #8509 slams into a field northeast of London.

PSA Flight #182 collides with a Cessna and both planes crash into a quiet residential neighborhood below.

Nigeria Airways Flight #2120 erupts into a fireball, killing all 261 people on board.

Gunshots are heard in the cabin of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight #1771.

The pilots of TACA Flight #110 manage one of the most remarkable landings in the history.

SAS Flight #686 lifts off in heavy fog at Milan's Linate Airport but moments later collides with a Cessna.

United Airlines Flight #232 is crippled when one of its three engines explodes.