Mayday — Season 12
On the morning of June 8, 1983, a propeller detached from Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 as it traversed the skies over Cold Bay, Alaska. The sudden separation triggered a rapid decompression, resulting in the pilots losing control of the …
On May 11, 1996, ten minutes after ascending from the runway, ValuJet Flight 592 plunged into the Florida Everglades, resulting in the loss of all 110 souls aboard. The disaster stemmed from an in-flight fire ignited by the unintended activ…
On the evening of October 31, 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 struck ground support equipment at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taipei during takeoff. The incident occurred as the aircraft was attempting to use the incorrect r…
On December 19, 1997, SilkAir Flight 185, bound for Singapore, plunged into the Musi River in Indonesia after a sudden, steep descent from its cruising altitude. All 104 passengers and crew perished in the accident. The precise cause of the…
On August 23, 2005, TANS Perú Flight 204 attempted to land at Pucallpa Airport in Peru amidst a violent thunderstorm, but instead crashed into a muddy swamp four miles from the runway. The accident occurred because the pilots failed to adhe…
On June 30, 1956, United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collided over the Grand Canyon in Arizona. All 128 people aboard both aircraft perished in the disaster. The accident, which occurred during a period of unpreced…
On the morning of April 10, 2010, a Polish Air Force aircraft, configured as a VIP transport and carrying President Lech Kaczyński, his wife Maria Kaczyńska, and other prominent officials, crashed in a wooded area just before reaching the r…
On the morning of May 25, 1979, moments after departing Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, the left engine of American Airlines Flight 191 detached and plummeted from the aircraft. The plane subsequently crashed into an open field, res…
On September 7, 2011, a passenger plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team crashed near Yaroslavl, Russia, moments after liftoff. Of the forty-five people aboard, only one survived. The subsequent investigation determined that the…
On the afternoon of December 28, 1978, the crew of United Airlines Flight 173 wrestled with a malfunctioning landing gear as the aircraft circled above Portland, Oregon, awaiting clearance to land. With dwindling fuel reserves, the plane c…
On January 25th, 2010, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 disappeared into the Mediterranean Sea a short time after departing Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport. The aircraft, traveling to Addis Ababa, crashed during a thunderstorm, resul…
On February 21, 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518, traveling from Mérida, Venezuela, to Caracas, deviated from its planned course and impacted a mountainside shortly after departure. The flight resulted in the loss of all 46 passenger…
On June 1st, 2009, Air France Flight 447, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, experienced a catastrophic stall and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean during a severe thunderstorm. All 216 passengers and 12 crew members perished in the accid…
