A landing goes wrong when Delta Airlines Flight 191 is hit by an invisible force.

A pilot heads for a decommissioned air force base when the 767 he is flying runs out of fuel.

A flaw on the infamous DC-10 airline causing two midair crashes in the early 70's.

A recovery operation is launched to find out if a 747 was carrying illegal weapons.

Just after take-off, Air Midwest Flight 5481 plummets to the ground, killing all on board.

In 1977, Southern Airways Flight 242 finds itself in a violent storm. When both engines fail, the pilots must land their plane on a rural Georgia highway.

Air India Flight 182 crashes into the sea after an explosion. Was it a tragic accident or an act of terrorism?

Conflicting alarms confuse pilots of Birgenair Flight 301 before it crashes into the ocean.

Pilots try to determine why both landing-gear lights do not function on an L-1011.

A Legacy business jet collides with a Boeing 737 in mid-air over the Amazon Rain Forest.

Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 crashes just after take-off from Watson Island in Miami.

Korean Airlines Flight 007 is shot down by a fighter jet when it enters Soviet airspace.

The importance of weather forecasting to the aviation industry.

In August, 1985, an airplane's engine catches fire as it accelerates.

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes shortly after take-off in Detroit.

A design flaw on the Fokker F28 causes two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York.

Air France Flight 296 fails to regain altitude after performing a flyby during an air show.

Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.

An Air Inter flight crashes into the Vosges Mountains while attempting to land.

An air traffic controller's mistake causes two planes to collide on the runway.

The West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crash ultimately leads to bankruptcy of the troubled airline.

AM Airlines Flight 3054 slides off a runway and crashes into a warehouse next to a petrol station.

In 1978, passengers and seven people on the ground die when a PSA flight crashed into a Cessna.

Manchester United football team's plane crashes while returning from Yugoslavia, killing 23 aboard.

Moments before a Pacific Southwest flight crashes in California, gunshots are heard in the cabin.