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After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight—and uncover an industry-wide safety...

An Illinois turboprop crashes in bad weather, and investigators eventually uncover a fatal assumption and deadly decision.

After a Boeing 727’s near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine why TWA Flight 841...

Taking off during a major storm, a brand-new 737 falls from the sky over West Africa, and an international group of...

When United Express Flight 6291 crashed on final approach just a mile from the runway investigators were left with just...

After Continental Airlines Flight 1404 careens off the runway and crashes in flames, investigators are left to determine what...

A Pakistani airliner crashes in the Himalayas. And when their most vital piece of evidence fails to deliver, investigators...

Landing at one of the world's most challenging airports, a passenger plane comes in like a fighter jet, skids off the runway,...

After a routine landing, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by a massive explosion. The resulting inferno destroys the...

En route to Boise, Idaho, Continental Airlines Flight 1713 barely lifts off the ground before its banks sharply and crashes.

En route to Comodora, on the Patagonian coast, SOL Airlines Flight 5428 nosedives into a remote desert, instantly killing...

A turboprop commuter plane is approaching a remote airport in Papua, Indonesia, when it mysteriously disappears. Billowing...

En route from Bogota to the tiny Caribbean island of San Andres, Aires Flight 8250 is rocked by a major tropical storm. And...

Amid thick smoke from a forest fire, Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 approached the airport on the island of Sumatra. But just...

A mid-air explosion rocks Southwest Airlines 1380. While pilots struggle to regain control, flight attendants make a...