Air Crash Investigations

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

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