Air Disasters

Passengers and crew escape a jet that skids off the runway before catching fire.

A passenger jet over the Indian Ocean makes a desperate race back to land.

A DC-9 bursts into flames after it makes an emergency landing.

A plane crash-lands in Guam after losing sight of the airport in a storm.

The longest NTSB investigation in aviation history involved not one plane crash, but two.

A 747's plummet toward the Pacific Ocean led to a miraculous rescue effort.

A midair collision over Cerritos, CA leads to improvements in the way planes are monitored.

The 1996 crash of US Air Force Flight IFO-21 and how it forced the military to change the way it operates.

An examination of the crash over the Red Sea in January 2004.

When a passenger plane starts circling Athens after shutting down communication, fighter jets are sent to investigate.