Air Crash Investigations January 20th, 1992 - Flight 148 starts its descent towards Strasbourg airport. An Airbus A-320 is the world's first fully computerised passenger plane, and while its autopilot is programmed to land on a specific runway, high winds mean the pilots must take over the controls. But things get out of control and the aircraft suddenly slams into the side of a mountain, killing eighty-seven people. Inve 2026-06-13 December 19th, 2005 - Flight 101 is preparing for take-off in the waters off Miami Beach, Florida. Part plane, part speedboat, the twin turbo-prop taxis through one of the world's busiest ports, and after a smooth take-off, is suddenly rocked by an explosion. From the beach, a tourist films its catastrophic plunge into the ocean. Lifeguards immediately race to the crash site and within hours, salv 2026-06-13 On 22 December 1999, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 left London Stansted Airport for Milan, Italy. But the aircraft never made it to its destination, and the plane crashed about 55 seconds after taking off. All four crew members died in the disaster. Investigators worked to determine the cause of this disaster as they questioned whether the crash could have been prevented. Was the aircraft or crew e 2026-06-13 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. 2026-06-14 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 2026-06-14 August 16th, 1987, Flight 255 is on the tarmac and bound for Phoenix, Arizona. The pilots have trouble locating the runway, but once they do, the airplane roars down the runway and barely manages to leave the ground before hitting a pole and slamming into a building, quickly disintegrating. This is the second deadliest airplane disaster in US history, but can investigators determine what went wron 2026-06-14