On June 18, 1972, British European Airways Flight 548 stalled and crashed in a field near Staines-upon-Thames shortly after departing London Heathrow Airport. All 118 people aboard perished in the accident. The cause was determined to be th…

On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 departed from a snow-covered runway in Washington D.C. It stalled at an altitude of 300 feet, impacting a road bridge before plunging into the Potomac River, resulting in the deaths of all 78 peopl…

On June 6, 1971, Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a United States Marine Corps jet fighter over the San Gabriel Mountains. The accident resulted in the loss of fifty lives from both aircraft; the crew member seated in the rear of the…

The day was November 12, 2001 – a mere two months after the September 11th attacks. American Airlines Flight 587, moments after its departure from John F. Kennedy Airport, began a catastrophic descent. The aircraft plunged into the borough …

On January 10, 2000, Crossair Flight 498 plummeted to the ground just two minutes after departing Zurich, Switzerland, en route to Dresden, Germany, claiming the lives of all ten people aboard. The subsequent investigation determined that t…

On June 27, 1980, Air Italy Flight 870 plunged into the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Ustica, Italy. All eighty-one people aboard perished in the disaster. Decades later, on January 23, 2013, Italy’s highest criminal court determined that…

On August 9, 2007, Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashed shortly after departing from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia. Every one of its nineteen passengers, along with the pilot, perished in the accident. The disaster stemmed from a severely wo…

On November 27, 2008, an aircraft conducting a post-maintenance test flight as XL Airways Germany Flight 888T crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of France, resulting in the loss of all seven people aboard. Subsequent investiga…

On September 15, 1989, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft, en route to intercept Hurricane Hugo over the Caribbean, was struck by fierce winds. The turbulence caused one of its engines to ignite and fail. Despite the…

On the morning of November 4, 2010, Qantas Flight 32, bound for Sydney, Australia, experienced a catastrophic engine failure in its second engine and significant damage to its left wing shortly after departing Singapore. The flight crew suc…