Incompetent pilots have caused countless horrific crashes, but in their desperate attempt to eliminate human error, have airlines actually made flying more risky?
Planes hold lives in the balance but sometimes there are fatal errors in their design. Find out why a Jumbo Jet exploded mid-flight and DC10s fell from the sky.
Planes are an ideal terrorist target, carrying hundreds of potential victims and assuring worldwide publicity. How can new technologies stop hijackers getting on board?
When 47 children died in a plane crash, one grieving dad tracked down the air traffic controller on duty and murdered him. Why do these fatal collisions still occur?
Why does bad weather crash planes? And how did Juliane Koepcke survive when lightning struck her flight, and she plunged into a rainforest, still strapped in her seat?
When fire breaks out on a flight passengers only have two minutes to escape. Experts explore why some don't make it, and how larger planes pose a greater threat.
Disasters atribbuted to "auto-pilot error". Disasters included: Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, Birgenair Flight 301 and a Qantas Boeing 737 Incident.
Disasters included: United Airlines Flight 585 and USAir Flight 427.
Disasters included: Air India Express Flight 812, Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 and Colgan Air Flight 3407.
Disasters included: Qantas Flight 32, United Airlines Flight 232 and XL Airways Germany Flight 888T
Disasters included: Southwest Airlines Flight 812, Japan Air Lines Flight 123 and British Airways Flight 5390
Disasters included: Spanair Flight 5022, Emirates Flight 407 and 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster.
Not all air crashes are accidents. Was the tragedy of Arrow Air Flight 1285, where 250 American soldiers lost their lives in the frozen Canadian wilderness.
Not all air crashes are accidents... Was the tragedy of Arrow Air Flight 1285, where 250 American soldiers lost their lives in the frozen Canadian wilderness, an act of god, or an act of terror?
When disaster strikes and causes total engine failure on US Airways Flight 1549, it's Captain Sully's worst nightmare. With no option of turning back, landing this commercial jet without power is the ultimate test of skill and nerve.
