Flights Gone Wrong

Real stories. Deeper understanding.

Ines Marchetti

History, timelines and the long view

Ines Marchetti writes the history and timeline pieces: how an aircraft type's record built up, how one decade's accidents differed from the next, and how a disputed case was eventually settled. Her guides are built on dates, with a timeline at the centre, and they keep what people believed at the time apart from what investigators later found. She also looks after the reference pages, such as the glossary and the guide to documentary channels, and closes each piece with a dated note on where things stand now.

Writes about

  • Timelines
  • Aircraft type histories
  • Accidents by decade
  • Safety statistics
  • Disputed causes
  • Glossary and reference

Ines Marchetti is a house byline of the Flights Gone Wrong editorial team. Drafts are prepared with software help, and every fact is checked against the sources cited on the page. How we check facts

By Ines

5 guides

  • Where to Watch Air Crash Documentaries: Channels We Trust

    Reference

    The best air crash documentaries on YouTube come from three kinds of channel: official series such as Mayday: Air Disaster, working pilots who explain accidents, and careful independent explainers. This guide describes the channels whose videos we feature, what each does well, and how to find the right video for an accident.

    5 min read

  • Aviation Glossary A–Z: Terms You Hear in Crash Documentaries

    Reference

    This glossary explains, in plain English, the aviation terms you hear in air crash documentaries and read in accident reports. Each entry says what the word means, where you hear it on this site and where to read more.

    21 min read

  • Is Flying Safe? Air Crash Statistics Explained in Plain English

    Investigations

    Yes: commercial flying is one of the safest ways to travel, with one fatal accident for every 5.6 million flights worldwide over 2021 to 2025, according to IATA. This guide explains the latest figures, how they compare with driving and why a bad year can still happen.

    6 min read

  • Boeing 747 Crashes: What Each Accident Found and What Changed

    Aircraft

    The Boeing 747 flew for more than half a century, and a handful of its accidents changed how every airliner is built, flown and protected. This guide covers the 747 events on this site and other landmark cases, with what each investigation found and the safety rules that followed.

    7 min read

  • Deadliest Plane Crashes by Decade, From the 1950s to Today

    Aircraft

    Each decade of jet-age flying has had an accident that stands above the rest for the number of lives lost, and most of them changed the way airliners are flown or controlled. This guide lists them decade by decade, with the official figures, the findings, and the lessons that followed.

    8 min read