Structural failure
Events
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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
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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
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17 July 1996
TWA Flight 800
- Boeing 747
- 230 people who died
TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747-131 bound from New York to Paris, broke apart off Long Island on 17 July 1996, about 12 minutes after takeoff, when fuel vapour in its nearly empty centre wing tank exploded.
2 videos- Final Descent
- Mentour Pilot
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19 July 1989
United Airlines Flight 232
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10
- 112 people who died
United Airlines Flight 232 carried 285 passengers and 11 crew. When the tail engine failed, debris cut the lines of all three hydraulic systems that moved the DC-10's flight controls.
3 videos- Mentour Pilot
- Fascinating Horror
- KCCI
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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
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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
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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
Videos
Japan Air Lines Flight 123: The Faulty Repair Behind 520 Deaths
Event: Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (1985)
Japan Air Lines Flight 123: How the Bulkhead Burst Took the Tail
Event: Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (1985)
Japan Air Lines Flight 123: The Obon Flight and the 1978 Repair
Event: Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (1985)
Alaska Airlines Flight 261: How a Worn Jackscrew Caused the Dive
Event: Alaska Airlines Flight 261 (2000)
Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Two Hours With a Jammed Stabiliser
Event: Alaska Airlines Flight 261 (2000)
United Airlines Flight 232: The Crash Landing at Sioux City, 1989
Event: United Airlines Flight 232 (1989)
American Airlines Flight 191: Mayday on the O’Hare DC-10 Inquiry
Event: American Airlines Flight 191 (1979)
American Airlines Flight 587: The ATC Audio and the Tail Failure
Event: American Airlines Flight 587 (2001)
TWA Flight 800: How a Wiring Fault Ignited an Empty Fuel Tank
Event: TWA Flight 800 (1996)
American Airlines Flight 587: Rudder Inputs, Design and Training
Event: American Airlines Flight 587 (2001)
Aloha Airlines Flight 243: Fatigue Cracks and the NTSB Inquiry
Event: Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (1988)
Aloha Airlines Flight 243: 13 Minutes From Decompression to Maui
Event: Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (1988)
Aloha Airlines Flight 243: Landing a 737 With Its Roof Torn Away
Event: Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (1988)
