Air Crash Investigations

November 27, 1987. A 747 Combi is on a routine flight toward South Africa when the cabin begins filling with smoke. Passengers struggle to breathe as crew members attempt to fight a fire in the cargo hold. After the plane disappears in the Indian Ocean, an unprecedented recovery operation is launched to locate and raise the wreckage from the ocean floor. Rumours swirl. Did illegal weapons bring do

A small commuter plane begins a short flight when just moments after take-off, the nose of the aircraft pitches up dramatically causing the plane to plummet to the ground. It slams into a hangar, killing everyone onboard. Combing through the wreckage, investigators find a single clue.

April 4, 1977. The crew of Southern Airways Flight 242 find themselves in a violent storm with massive hail pelting the aircraft. When the cockpit windshield shatters and both engines fail, the pilot has no other option than to make an emergency landing on a nearby highway.