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14 August 2005

Helios Airways Flight 522
- Boeing 737
- 121 people who died
Helios Airways Flight 522, a Boeing 737-300 flying from Larnaca to Athens and Prague on 14 August 2005, never pressurised because a selector had been left in manual after overnight maintenance, and the pilots were overcome by hypoxia as the aircraft climbed on autopilot. It flew on unresponsive for almost three hours, circling near Athens until its fuel ran out, and crashed into hills near Grammatiko, killing all 121 people on board.
3 videos
- Mayday: Air Disaster
- Mentour Pilot
- No Survivors Found
24 August 2001

Air Transat Flight 236
- Airbus A330
- 306 people on board
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
16 February 2000

Emery Worldwide Flight 17
- ATR 72, Douglas DC-8
- 3 people who died
Emery Worldwide Flight 17, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 cargo jet, pitched up uncontrollably as it took off from Sacramento Mather Airport on 16 February 2000 because a bolt had come out of the right elevator control tab.
1 video
- Mayday: Air Disaster
31 January 2000

Alaska Airlines Flight 261
- McDonnell Douglas MD-80
- 88 people who died
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was a scheduled flight from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to Seattle with a stop in San Francisco. It carried 83 passengers and 5 crew.
2 videos
- Mentour Pilot
- Green Dot Aviation
28 April 1988

Aloha Airlines Flight 243
- Boeing 737
- 1 people who died
Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737 flying from Hilo to Honolulu on 28 April 1988, lost about 18 feet of its upper fuselage at 24,000 feet when fatigue cracks along a lap joint linked up. Flight attendant C.B. Lansing was swept out of the aircraft.
3 videos
- Wonder
- Mayday: Air Disaster
- Mayday 247
12 August 1985

Japan Air Lines Flight 123
- Boeing 747
- 520 people who died
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 left Tokyo's Haneda Airport for Osaka on the evening of 12 August 1985, at the start of the Obon holiday, with 509 passengers and 15 crew.
3 videos
- Disaster Breakdown
- Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
- Fascinating Horror
23 July 1983

Air Canada Flight 143
- Boeing 767
- 69 people on board
Air Canada Flight 143 was a Boeing 767 flying from Montreal to Edmonton on 23 July 1983 when both engines stopped for lack of fuel over northern Ontario. Its fuel had been worked out in pounds instead of kilograms.
3 videos
- Mayday: Air Disaster
- Flight Files
5 May 1983

Eastern Air Lines Flight 855
- Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
- 172 people on board
Eastern Air Lines Flight 855, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar flying from Miami to Nassau on 5 May 1983, lost oil from all three engines because their chip detectors had been fitted without O-ring seals.
1 video
- Green Dot Aviation
25 May 1979

American Airlines Flight 191
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10
- 273 people who died
American Airlines Flight 191 was a scheduled flight from Chicago to Los Angeles on the Friday before the Memorial Day holiday, with 258 passengers and 13 crew. It remains the deadliest aviation accident in the United States.
3 videos
- Mentour Pilot
- Mayday: Air Disaster
- Fascinating Horror