On the morning of February 25, 2009, Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, descending toward Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, experienced a catastrophic stall and crashed approximately 1.5 kilometers from the runway. The accident resulted in the loss…

On January 17, 2008, British Airways Flight 38 was in its final approach when the automated engine controls commanded an increase in power. The engines, however, failed to respond to the pilot’s adjustments and remained at idle. The captain…

On the twenty-fourth of November, two thousand and one, Crossair Flight 3597 struck a hillside while making its final approach to Zurich, resulting in the loss of twenty-four of the thirty-three passengers and crew aboard. The accident was …

On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 encountered a flock of Canada geese shortly after departing LaGuardia Airport in New York City, approximately one minute and thirty seconds into its flight. The impact disabled both engines, and w…

On February 12, 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 experienced a stall at low altitude and crashed into a residential area near Buffalo, New York. The disaster resulted in the deaths of all passengers and crew, as well as one person on the ground…

On the morning of December 27, 1991, Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 descended into a crash landing in Gottröra moments after liftoff. The cause was a complete engine failure on both sides. Clear ice, accumulated on the wings, had been dra…