Air Disasters

A Navy cruiser in the Persian Gulf must determine if an incoming plane is friend or foe.

A mid-flight bombing aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 forces its pilots to attempt a daring landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.

FedEx employees fend off an attack by a coworker.

Recalling the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 in Japan, the worst single-plane crash in history.

A 2003 surface-to-air missile attack in Iraq on a DHL Airbus A300, which was carrying letters home from U.S. soldiers, is recalled. The plane was hit moments after departing Baghdad International Airport.

The 1988 flight of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, which saw the top of its fuselage torn off due to an explosive decompression, is recalled.

The story of Qantas Flight 32, a 2010 passenger flight from London to Sydney, Australia. After taking off from Singapore's Changi Airport for the second leg of its flight, an engine exploded, forcing the crew to return to Changi Airport and attempt an emergency landing

The 1995 crash of a Super Puma helicopter in the North Sea while ferrying workers to an oil platform is recounted.

The worst plane crash in Egypt's history becomes one the most controversial when the investigation focuses on one pilot's intentions.

A pilot allows his teen son to fly the plane; tragedy results.

The story of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, which was hijacked while on a routine trip to the Ivory Coast. The hijackers demanded to be taken to Australia, but there was one problem: the plane didn't have enough fuel to make the trip.