Air Crash Investigations

On 23 November, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked by three Ethiopians seeking political asylum. The pilot attempted to trick the hijackers by secretly changing the flight route demanded. But after a struggle and despite the pilots heroic efforts, the plane crashes in the Indian Ocean near Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125 of the 175 passengers and crew on board.

December 7, 1987: En route to San Francisco from LAX, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight #1771 is cruising high above the Californian countryside. Apart from some mild turbulence, the routine regional flight is uneventful. That is, until the pilots hear gunshots in the cabin. They report the gunfire to the tower and moments later, the aircraft falls into a steep dive and crashes into a remote field

May 24, 1988: Flying through a violent tropical thunderstorm, TACA Flight #110 begins its final descent towards New Orleans when both engines fail and the plane begins dropping from the sky. The pilots restart both engines but almost immediately they overheat forcing the pilots to shut them down. Without power for the second time and falling fast, they consider ditching the plane in a canal but ai