Mayday — Season 16
On October 25, 1999, a Sunjet Aviation-chartered Learjet 35, carrying professional golfer Payne Stewart and his representatives, lost fuel and crashed into a field in South Dakota. The aircraft had deviated from its planned route, resulting…
On the morning of September 11, 2001, during the terrorist attacks that would forever be known as 9/11, American Airlines Flight 77 deviated from its planned course and crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, after being hi…
The most devastating aviation accident in history took place on March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos Airport in the Canary Islands, now Tenerife-North Airport. In dense fog, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 collided on the runway as the KLM …
On August 20, 2007, China Airlines Flight 120 caught fire and exploded moments after landing and beginning its taxi to the gate at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. All 165 passengers and crew aboard survived the incident.
On July 30, 1998, Proteus Airlines Flight 706 collided with a light aircraft while executing a detour over an ocean cruise liner, ultimately crashing into Quiberon Bay off the coast of Lorient, France. The combined loss of life for all fift…
On January 19, 1988, Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286, operating as Continental Express, crashed near Bayfield, Colorado, during its final approach to Durango. The accident resulted in the deaths of both crew members and seven of the fif…
On March 24, 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 plummeted into the French Alps while en route from Barcelona, Spain, to Düsseldorf, Germany. The catastrophic crash claimed the lives of all 150 individuals aboard.
On January 16, 2002, Garuda Indonesia Flight 421, en route from Ampenan to Yogyakarta on a standard domestic flight, experienced a double engine failure while navigating a severe thunderstorm. The aircraft subsequently crashed into the Beng…
On December 28th, 2014, Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 lost control and plunged into the Java Sea during a thunderstorm, resulting in the deaths of all 155 passengers and seven crew members aboard. Investigations later determined that the cr…
The morning of April 29th, 2013, moments after departing Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, National Airlines Flight 102 experienced a stall and plunged to the ground, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members aboard.
