On June 8, 1983, a Reeve Aleutian Airways Lockheed Electra nearly plunged 19,000 feet into the Pacific Ocean after one of its propellers tore from the aircraft.

Fire in the Hold

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The worst aviation disaster in Florida's history occurred on May 11, 1996. ValuJet Flight 592 crashed, killing all 10 aboard.

Caution to the Wind

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As a typhoon bears down on Taiwan, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 hurtles down the runway through high winds and rain.

Pushed to the Limit

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It's a clear and calm December day in 1997 when a Boeing 737 suddenly plummets from the sky into an Indonesian jungle.

Blind Landing

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Join the investigation as examiners use all of their creativity to determine why TANS Peru Flight 204 fell from the sky.

Grand Canyon

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Two commercial airliners go missing over the Arizona desert, and are later found in pieces, scattered along the Grand Canyon floor.

Catastrophe at O'Hare

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It was the deadliest aviation disaster in U.S. history of its time, the 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191.

Focused on Failure

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Just minutes before touching down in Portland International Airport, all four engines of a DC-8 mysteriously flame out.

Hockey Team Tragedy

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A Russian passenger jet crashes into the Volga River, killing almost everyone on board.

Death of the President

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Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M: It was an air disaster that crippled a country, heightened tensions between two nations, and ignited conspiracy theories worldwide.

Subtle Incapacitation

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Five minutes into Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, something goes wrong.

Seconds to Survive

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Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518 embarks on a from Merida, Venezuela to Caracas and crashes minutes later.

Vanished

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On June 1, 2009, a modern Airbus A330, traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, vanished somewhere over the Atlantic.