Air Disasters

Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 crashes just after take-off from Watson Island in Miami.

Korean Airlines Flight 007 is shot down by a fighter jet when it enters Soviet airspace.

The importance of weather forecasting to the aviation industry.

In August, 1985, an airplane's engine catches fire as it accelerates.

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit.

A design flaw on the Fokker F28 causes two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York.

Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a flyby during an air show.

Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.

An Air Inter flight crashes into the Vosges Mountains while attempting to land.

An air traffic controller's mistake causes two planes to collide on the runway.

The West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crash ultimately leads to bankruptcy of the troubled airline.

AM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off a runway and crashes into a warehouse next to a petrol station.