Air Crash Investigations

On August 12 1985, just minutes after take off from Tokyo en route to Osaka, the tail fin suddenly blows off Japan Airlines Flight 123. The plane is now out of control. The experienced pilots manage to keep the plane in the air for thirty excruciating minutes before slamming into a remote mountain. All but four of the 509 passengers on board are killed. It's the worst single-plane air disaster in

On August 2 2005, Air France Flight 358 left Paris with 297 passengers and 12 crew onboard and was confronted by a raging thunderstorm as it prepared to land at Toronto International Airport, Canada. The plane lost control skidding past the runway coming to rest in a small ravine 300 metres away. As it crashed, the left engine caught fire and passengers and crew had only seconds to escape. Follow

June 24, 1982 - During a calm flight to Australia, smoke starts filling the cabin of a passenger jet. Within moments, the four engines of the 747 shut down. Just seconds before crashing into the Indian ocean, the engines roar back to life. The terrifying flight changes the way pilots are trained and alters forever the understanding of how volcanoes can affect passenger jets.