Air Crash Investigations United Airlines Flight #232 is 37,000 feet over Iowa when one of its three engines explodes. The pilots shut it down but soon discover they have a much more serious problem on their hands. The plane is in a steep right bank, and the pilots are unable to restore its flight path. The DC-10 has suffered a complete failure of all hydraulic systems, and the pilots have no way to maneuver the plane othe 2026-05-16 October 8th, 2001: A heavy fog blankets Milan's Linate Airport as SAS Flight #686 prepares for a routine flight to Copenhagen. Facing almost zero- visibility, the pilots rely entirely on ground controllers as they navigate into position for take-off. The plane accelerates down the runway, but moments after lifting off it collides with a Cessna in its path. The Cessna erupts in flames. The MD-87 sl 2026-05-16 In April 1998, a short island hop from Maui to Honolulu quickly turns into a nightmare for Aloha Airlines Flight 243. Just after take off, a loud bang is heard and a huge chunk of the plane's roof and walls go missing. They are flying in a convertible! Against all the odds, the plane gets down safely. But what caused it? A startling theory links it to the mysterious disappearance of one of the fli 2026-05-16 Sunday July 3, 1988 - toward the end of the Iran-Iraq War - the USS Vincennes, stationed in the Persian Gulf, tracks an incoming aircraft. The plane is destroyed, but the crew's elation turns to dismay as it becomes clear they have shot down an innocent airliner with 290 people on board. According to the US government, the crew mistakenly identified the Iranian Airbus A300 as an attacking F-14 Tom 2026-05-17 On August 6, 1997, Korean Air Flight 801 was flying to Guam International Airport from Seoul when it ran into bad weather. Fighting heavy rain and faulty navigational equipment, the plane crashed five kilometres short of the runway. More than 200 people on board were killed. The crash was the beginning of a crusade for one passenger determined to make air travel safer. 2026-05-17 Moments from landing, United Airlines 585 starts spinning out of control and falls out of the sky at 450 kilometres per hour killing everyone on board. A year later, the killer strikes again when another 737 - this time US Air 427 - crashes near Pittsburg killing everyone on board. It's only when a third 737 has a similar problem - but doesn't crash - that investigators crack the case open. 2026-05-17