Air Crash Investigations On December 21, 1988, the residents of the small town of Lockerbie, Scotland, were preparing for the Christmas holiday, but danger was fast approaching. A packed passenger plane flying over the village exploded mid-air, shooting massive fireballs of debris onto the residents below. Ultimately, this tragic disaster killed 270 people from 21 different countries. Seven days later, investigators found 2026-05-01 September 8, 1989. High above the North Sea, an aging propeller plane tumbles from the sky. Investigators consider a string of possibilities; it takes two years to find the cause. It's something that's never been seen in previous investigations. It would lead to arrests half a world away and call into question the safety of one of the world's most important planes, Air Force One. 2026-05-01 August 22nd, 1985. With 137 people on board, the crew of British Air tours Flight 28 is preparing to leave Manchester Airport for the Greek island of Corfu. Just as the aircraft is accelerating, a loud 'thud' emanates from outside the plane. Investigators from the AAIB need to figure out how an emergency on an aeroplane that never even left the ground turned into one of the worst disasters in Brit 2026-05-01 When Flight 007, carrying 269 people onboard reaches its new altitude, it is rocked by rapid decompression, spirals out of control and crashes into the sea. An international controversy erupts and within days, Soviet officials admit to shooting down the passenger plane. Can the investigators determine what went wrong while preventing an armed conflict? 2026-05-02 March 10th, 1989 - Flight 1363 prepares for take-off. The jet struggles to get airborne, starts shaking violently and less than a minute later, crashes into the woods. Emergency crews rush to the site in an attempt to save passengers from the wreckage. Investigators must now uncover what led the plane to crash, but will they determine who was to blame? 2026-05-02 A continental flight is approaching airport, but as the pilots lower their landing gear and extend the flaps to slow the plane, the control column suddenly starts to shake. The captain struggles to keep the plane flying but the out-of-control aircraft suddenly plummets towards the ground and crashes into a suburban home. Investigators work to try and determine what caused this aviation disaster. 2026-05-02