72 people are killed when a Southern Airways DC9 falls from the sky.
(01:15)What an international recovery effort discovers at the bottom of the Atlantic sends shock waves around the world.
(00:53)When flight ASA529 crashed after one of its propellers failed. The investigation found the cause of the failure was corrosion.
(02:35)A modern passenger jet catches fire at 33,000 feet and plunges into the sea, off Canada’s east coast.
(01:57)What seemed like a small problem at first becomes a life or death struggle for everyone on board.
(00:54)A state-of-the-art passenger jet careers out of control for 30 minutes then crashes into the Pacific Ocean.
(02:11)Fighter jets track a 737 high above Athens, more than 100 people are on board but who is flying the plane?
(01:01)In 1991 something happened on board a 737 that sent shudders through the world of aviation.
(01:20)The radar of USS Vincennes picks up the track of an incoming aircraft but the sophisticated weapons system cannot decide if...
(02:43)One of the most significant terrorist attacks in history shatters a village in Scotland and captures the attention of the world.
(01:13)What caused Sweden's worst crash in aviation history?
(01:07)Shocked survivors emerge from the wreckage of the sophisticated DC-9.
(01:20)Investigators search for clues to find out why the state-of-the-art DC-9 fell out of the sky.
(01:01)In the blink of an eye, the plane plummets to the ground.
(03:01)What caused the deadly take-off in New Finland?
(02:59)Ice didn’t cause the stall, but what did?
(02:50)Half the world's population lives in striking distance of a major fault line. Ultimate Disaster examines key earthquakes of...
(00:54)Experts look at the history and power of volcanoes and ask if modern cities face annihilation in a mega-eruption.
(00:54)The Rolex Awards For Enterprise 2008
(00:59)Elsa Zaldívar - Rolex Awards For Enterprise 2008
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