Pilot error

Events

28 September 2018

Air Niugini Flight 73
- Boeing 737-800
- 1 people who died
Air Niugini Flight 73, a Boeing 737-800 from Pohnpei, struck Chuuk Lagoon about 460 metres short of the runway on 28 September 2018. The crew had continued the approach into heavy rain below the minimum descent altitude without seeing the runway.
1 video
- Mentour Pilot
17 August 2015

Jet Airways Flight 555
- Boeing 737-800
- 150 people on board
Jet Airways Flight 555, a Boeing 737-800 from Doha to Cochin, failed to land in fog at Cochin three times on 18 August 2015 and diverted to Trivandrum, where visibility was just as poor.
1 video
- Green Dot Aviation
24 March 2015

Germanwings Flight 9525
- Airbus A320
- 150 people who died
Germanwings Flight 9525 carried 144 passengers and 6 crew from Barcelona towards Düsseldorf.
3 videos
- Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
- Fascinating Horror
- Mayday: Air Disaster
1 June 2009

Air France Flight 447
- Airbus A330
- 228 people who died
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
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
12 November 2001

American Airlines Flight 587
- Airbus A300
- 260 people who died
American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 bound for Santo Domingo, lost its vertical stabilizer less than two minutes after taking off from New York's JFK on 12 November 2001.
2 videos
- Final Report
- Declaring Emergency
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
2 August 1985

Delta Air Lines Flight 191
- Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
- 135 people who died
Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar from Fort Lauderdale, flew into a microburst beneath a thunderstorm on final approach to Dallas/Fort Worth on 2 August 1985.
2 videos
- Disaster Breakdown
- Final Approach
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
9 August 1978

Olympic Airways Flight 411
- Boeing 747
- 418 people on board
An engine failed as Olympic Airways Flight 411, a fully loaded Boeing 747 bound for New York, lifted off from Athens on 9 August 1978, and the jet barely climbed as it crossed the city at rooftop height.
1 video
- Green Dot Aviation
27 March 1977

Tenerife airport disaster
- Boeing 747
- 583 people who died
Two Boeing 747s, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, collided in fog on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport on Tenerife on 27 March 1977, after both had been diverted there by a bomb at Las Palmas.
2 videos
- Pilot Pulse
- Mayday: Air Disaster