The exact cause of the fire is undetermined. As a result of pressure exerted by the French government, the plane took off for Marseilles. Five minutes later, he requests permission to climb to 34,000 feet. The TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) could have saved them - what went wrong?American Airlines Flight 965 from Miami, USA to Cali, Colombia is one of the many delayed flights during the peak holiday season.
But it will take clever detective work to figure out what really happened.Just as LAPA Flight 3142 lifts off from a single runway airport in Buenos Aires, the 737 starts shaking violently, and moments later it crashes back to the ground. Yet so...On December 11, 1994, an international terrorist sneaks bomb ingredients past airport security and assembles them inside the bathroom of PAL flight 434. And when both engines flame out, they narrowly manage one of the most remarkable emergency landings of all time.
With 144 people dead including 7 victims on the ground, it is the biggest airline disaster in American history and investigators must determine what happened and who is is at fault.July 11th, 1991 Preparing to take a group of African-Muslim pilgrims home to Sokoto, Nigeria, Nigerian Airways Flight #2120 takes off from Jeddah's sprawling airport in Saudi Arabia in the blistering desert heat. Flown by two experienced pilots, the passenger jet is equipped with every computerized navigation aid. They finally get clearance just moments before landing, but within seconds of touching down, the aircraft erupts in flames and crashes into an abandoned building. Both engines suddenly lose all thrust, and the Airbus A-320 begins falling from the sky. LONG or PAGE DESCRIPTION ALSO APPROVED July 3, 1988 - Captain Will Rogers III of the USS Vincennes is stationed in the Persian Gulf. As the plane flies closer and closer to the ground, warning sirens fill the cockpit. Three survivors emerge from the inferno, but the disaster claims the lives of the three crewmembers and the other two passengers on board. The aging propeller plane crashes into the water. But in 1991, something happened onboard a 737 that sent shudders through the world of aviation. An airliner is crippled after takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport, and the courageous captain pulls off an amphibious landing in the Hudson River. Mertens radios Air Traffic Control to report he has a minor air-conditioning problem. As the smoke grows thicker, the crew has no choice but attempt to land the plane. As the crew tries to restart the engine, the Boeing 747SP enters a dive. And, a devastating crash shatters a Scottish village becoming the largest crime scene in the world.Safety in the sky depends on the outcome of air crash investigations. After declaring an emergency, they turn around in the hopes of reaching Anchorage, 1300 kilometers away. And as the evidence piles up, investigators are faced with a sinister explanation so dark it's almost beyond belief.Cruising high above the islands of Indonesia during the unpredictable rainy season, Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 flies straight into the eye of a massive storm. This special looked at how pilots' aggressive or unprofessional behaviour can cause deadly accidents. The two wreckage fields are five miles apart. After controllers clear the turboprop commuter plane for landing, the pilots reduce their speed and descend, but the aircraft suddenly goes into a severe roll and crashes into the runway. Precious hydraulic fuel essential for landing is lost. It is a horrible tragedy, and a public relations nightmare for Airbus. But somewhere over the Java Sea, the plane hits turbulence, and air traffic controllers notice the jet is hundreds of miles off course…and headed for a major storm. 39 hours have passed. Tragically, it is called off by Japanese authorities who believe that no one survived the...On April 7, 1994, FedEx flight 705 is just finishing its climb out of Memphis, U.S. when an off-duty FedEx flight engineer suddenly storms the cockpit. Air traffic controllers are unable to reach the crew, and as the plane continues its unplanned trajectory across the Midwest, it's obvious that something has gone terribly wrong. The DC-9 has been de-iced twice to ensure it's safe for take-off. A catastrophic failure strikes high above the Canadian Prairies turning a Boeing 767 into a very large and very heavy glider. It's 9:00am and low cost airline Helios Airways Flight 522 is scheduled to fly to the Greek capital, Athens, before continuing its route to Prague, in the Czech Republic. The crash helps scientists overcome a notorious danger to airplanes, the microburst.Its a calm summer evening, when an inexplicable failure strikes, causing the loss of two engines on a brand new passenger jet midway between Montreal and Edmonton. The wings buckle, the doors to the landing gear are ripped off, and parts of the tail break away. But can investigators...December 27th, 1991 -- Scandinavian Airlines Flight #751 is negotiating snow and slush on the tarmac at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. But instead of lifting off, the plane runs off the end of the tarmac, strikes a tower and crashes into the Volga River. It hurtles down the runway at top speed, crosses a highway and slams into a building and adjacent gas...West Caribbean Airways Flight #708 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) August 16th, 2005 - Hours behind schedule, West Caribbean Airways Flight #708 finally takes off from Panama City en route to Martinique.