Air Crash Investigations

On 25 September 1978, PSA Flight 182's Boeing 727 collided into a private Cessna 172 jet while approaching Lindbergh Field and crashed into a residential area in San Diego. It was was the biggest airline disaster at the time in American history, killing all 135 people on board both aircrafts, as well as another 7 people on the ground. Were there technical faults which led to this disaster, or was

On 11 July 1991, shortly after taking-off from Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 suffered an in-flight fire. The crew unsuccessfully tried to return to the airport, the plane breaking up within sight of the runway. The plane was carrying 247 Nigerian pilgrims and 14 crew who all perished in the accident. Aviation experts work to determine what caused the fi

On February 8, 1986 a calm trip through the Rocky Mountains ends in disaster, when a VIA Rail train slams head-on into an enormous freight train. How did the two trains wind up on the same piece of track? An inquiry makes shocking discoveries about the men who run the freight trains in Canada.