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  1. Olympic Airways Flight 411: How a 747 Skimmed Athens Rooftops

    Event: 1978Published: 23 Sep 2026

    An engine failed as a fully loaded Olympic Airways 747 left Athens for New York in August 1978, and the flight engineer then switched off the water injection that boosted the other three engines.

    View event: Olympic Airways Flight 411 (1978)
    Aircraft
    Boeing 747
    Location
    Athens
    Phase of flight
    Takeoff

  2. United Airlines Flight 232: KCCI’s Archive Report From Sioux City

    Event: 1989Published: 19 Jul 2024

    This KCCI Des Moines news report brings together archive footage of the United Airlines Flight 232 crash at Sioux City on 19 July 1989.

    View event: United Airlines Flight 232 (1989)
    Location
    Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, Iowa, United States
    Phase of flight
    Landing

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

    Event: 2001Published: 8 Apr 2021

    This Mayday episode reconstructs Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330 with 306 people on board that ran out of fuel over the Atlantic on 24 August 2001.

    View event: Air Transat Flight 236 (2001)
    Aircraft
    Airbus A330
    Location
    Lajes Air Base, Terceira, Azores, Portugal
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  4. United Airlines Flight 232: Steering a DC-10 With the Throttles

    Event: 1989Published: 12 Sep 2020

    Mentour Pilot explains how the crew of United Airlines Flight 232 flew a DC-10 for 44 minutes with no hydraulics after its tail engine failed on 19 July 1989.

    View event: United Airlines Flight 232 (1989)
    Location
    Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, Iowa, United States
    Phase of flight
    Cruise