Mayday - Air Disasters

In August 2005, Air France Flight 358 skidded off the runway in Toronto, trapping more than 300 passengers on the plane.

British Airways Flight 9 falls toward the ocean when all four engines mysteriously fail, and then restart.

When fire erupted aboard Air Canada Flight 797, the pilot made an emergency landing; flames engulfed the plane when the doors opened, killing half of the passengers.

Korean Airlines Flight 801 overshoots a runway during the final approach for a night landing and crashes into a hillside on Aug. 6, 1997.

Mystery surrounds two 737 crashes until USAir Flight 427's near miss gives investigators the information to solve the case.

A stalled engine causes China Airlines Flight 006 to go into a deadly spin before crew members were able to regain control.

A 1986 midair crash between Aeroméxico Flight 498 and Piper Archer N4891F near Los Angeles results in the creation of a collision-avoidance system.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 others are killed in 1996 when their Air Force 737 crashes on a mountain in Croatia.

Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea shortly after take-off, killing all 148 people on board.

The worst crash in Greek aviation history occurs in 2005 when all 121 people on board Helios Airways Flight 522 lose consciousness.