Mayday — Season 14
On January 8, 1989, British Midland Flight 92 crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway near Kegworth, Leicestershire, England. The aircraft had been attempting an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport. Of the 126 people on board,…
On May 26, 1991, during a flight from Bangkok, the thrust reverser on the first engine of Lauda Air Flight 004 deployed unexpectedly mid-air. The sudden action sent the aircraft spiraling out of control, and it disintegrated approximately 1…
On July 25, 2000, Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde bound for New York City, experienced a catastrophic failure shortly after departing Charles de Gaulle Airport. The aircraft collided with debris from a Continental Airlines DC-10, ignitin…
The light aircraft, a Piper Saratoga, piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr., crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on July 16, 1999, amidst hazy conditions. Kennedy, along with his wife Carolyn Bessette…
On September 3, 1989, the crew of Varig Flight 254 inputted an erroneous heading into the aircraft's navigation system. Consequently, the plane veered westward, traversing a vast expanse until it hovered over a remote region of the Amazon r…
On the morning of November 4, 2008, a Mexican Interior Ministry Learjet 45 plummeted from the sky and crashed in central Mexico City. Among the eight fatalities were Juan Camilo Mouriño, the Mexican Secretary of the Interior, and seven othe…
On February 10, 2011, Manx2 Flight 7100 crashed at Cork Airport in Ireland. The accident occurred when the pilots lost control of the aircraft during a go-around maneuver in conditions of low visibility. Tragically, six of the twelve people…
On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, carrying 239 passengers and crew. By February 2015, the Boeing 777-200ER had not been located, and theories suggested a crash in the southern…
As Copa Airlines Flight 201 approached Cali, Colombia, the aircraft suffered a sudden and catastrophic disintegration in flight.
FedEx Express Flight 14 made an emergency landing in Newark, the pilots escaping unharmed. Years later, however, FedEx Express Flight 80 suffered a similar accident, with tragic consequences.
On August 20, 2011, a charter flight, First Air Flight 6560, crashed near Resolute Bay Airport in Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, amidst inclement weather. Of the fifteen passengers and crew aboard, only three survived the accident.
