
Mayday — Season 25
The crew of the downed cargo plane assumed both engines failed. Yet, as the wreckage surfaced from the Pacific depths, the evidence suggested a different sequence of events.
As the Air Tahoma cargo plane neared a Cincinnati runway, both engines failed, plunging the aircraft into a catastrophic descent and a crash onto a nearby golf course.
Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 plunged into the Java Sea following a sharp left bank, an incident that subsequently exposed critical flaws within the investigation.
Lost in a thick fog and on a hurried descent, Luxair Flight 50 disappeared from the sky just a few miles from Luxembourg airport.
Barely aloft, a Loganair cargo plane departing from Edinburgh suffered the catastrophic loss of both engines, plunging it into the frigid North Sea.
A flurry of activity erupted at the US Air Force base following the arrival of a Chinese aircraft. Immediately, investigators began a frantic search for the source of a perilous and deadly aerial event.
The year was 1985, a year that would become infamous for its tragic toll in civilian air travel. A DC-9 commuter plane plummeted to the ground, crashing just moments after lifting off from Milwaukee.
A C-130 firebomber has crashed during a major Australian wildfire, and investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau must now determine the cause of the incident while operating within the hazardous fire zone.
Authorities in Germany are struggling to determine the cause of a mid-air collision between two aircraft over the southern region. Investigators are currently baffled by the incident.
The test flight concluded with a catastrophic failure, prompting investigators to reveal a cascade of malfunctions that had plagued the DC-8 even before its first flight.
Chaos erupted at Los Angeles International Airport when two aircraft collided on the runway. Passengers aboard USAir Flight 1493 fought for their lives, desperately attempting to evacuate the burning plane.


