Mayday - Air Disasters

The investigation into a commuter crash in northern Minnesota reveals a troubling pattern of abuse that led to a breakdown in human cooperation.

When a commuter flight to Detroit ends in a harrowing death spiral, investigators uncover a danger the industry has known about for years.

When Air China Flight 129 crashes miles from a South Korean runway, investigators uncover a troubling contradiction and deadly confusion in the cockpit.

When TWA Flight 800 explodes over Long Island, the search for the truth pits crash investigators against the nation's most respected crime detectives.

When an Indonesian airliner crashes in the jungle, investigators uncover a series of human errors that cost the lives of everyone on board.

A commuter flight slams into a North Carolina neighbourhood and while the pilots insist severe weather is to blame, that's only part of the story.

Climbing out over one of the most densely populated places on Earth, TransAsia Flight 235 banks steeply to the left, clips an elevated highway, and nosedives into Taipei's Keelung River.

A plane carrying Russian tourists crashes into the Sinai Desert, and though a terrorist group claims responsibility it will take clever detective work to figure out what really happened to Metrojet 9268.

The crash of LAPA Flight 3142 leaves an entire nation stunned, but nothing prepares Argentinians for the staggering blunder that caused it.

Bound for Kathmandu, Thai Airways Flight 311 is flying just above the peaks of the Himalayas when it slams into a remote rock face at 11,000 feet.