Flights Gone Wrong

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Airbus A330

Events

  • 1 June 2009

    Air France Flight 447

    Air France Flight 447 left Rio de Janeiro for Paris on the evening of 31 May 2009 with 216 passengers and 12 crew.

    3 videos
    • Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
    • Mentour Pilot
    • Mayday: Air Disaster
  • 24 August 2001

    Air Transat Flight 236

    Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330 flying from Toronto to Lisbon with 306 people on board, ran out of fuel over the Atlantic on 24 August 2001 after a fuel line in its right engine split.

    2 videos
    • Wonder
    • Air Crash Investigation

Videos

  1. Air France Flight 447: Pitot Icing, Alternate Law and the Stall

    DocumentaryMentour Pilot · 56:26

    Event: Air France Flight 447 (2009)

  2. Air France Flight 447: Mayday and the Search for the Recorders

    DocumentaryMayday: Air Disaster · 45:20

    Event: Air France Flight 447 (2009)

  3. Air France Flight 447: The Night the A330 Vanished From Contact

    DocumentarySmithsonian Channel Aviation Nation · 4:00

    Event: Air France Flight 447 (2009)

  4. Air Transat Flight 236: Fuel Leak, Glide and Lajes Landing

    DocumentaryWonder · 51:46

    Event: Air Transat Flight 236 (2001)

  5. Air Transat Flight 236: How a Fuel Leak Stopped Both Engines

    DocumentaryAir Crash Investigation · 21:53

    Event: Air Transat Flight 236 (2001)