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  1. Japan Air Lines Flight 123: The Faulty Repair Behind 520 Deaths

    Event: 1985Published: 16 Apr 2024

    Fascinating Horror's short documentary on Japan Air Lines Flight 123 starts with the aircraft's tail strike at Osaka in 1978 and ends at the memorial on the mountain.

    View event: Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (1985)
    Aircraft
    Boeing 747
    Location
    Ridge about 2.5 km north-northwest of Mount Mikuni, Ueno Village, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  2. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Radar, Satellite Data and WSPR

    Event: 2014Published: 16 Mar 2024

    Mentour Pilot sets out what is known about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared on 8 March 2014, from the crew and the cockpit preparations to the turn back and the satellite handshakes.

    View event: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (2014)
    Aircraft
    Boeing 777
    Location
    Not found. Believed to be in the southern Indian Ocean, along the final satellite arc
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  3. Air Transat Flight 236: How a Fuel Leak Stopped Both Engines

    Event: 2001Published: 9 Mar 2024

    On 24 August 2001 Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330 flying from Toronto to Lisbon, lost both engines over the Atlantic after a fuel leak caused by an improper engine installation.

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

  4. Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Two Hours With a Jammed Stabiliser

    Event: 2000Published: 15 Dec 2023

    Green Dot Aviation's animated documentary follows Alaska Airlines Flight 261 on 31 January 2000, from the climb out of Puerto Vallarta, when the stabiliser jammed, to the final inverted dive off…

    View event: Alaska Airlines Flight 261 (2000)
    Location
    Pacific Ocean, about 2.7 miles north of Anacapa Island, California, United States
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  5. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Green Dot’s Deliberate-Act Scenario

    Event: 2014Published: 8 Dec 2023

    Green Dot Aviation's feature-length video on MH370 dramatises one possible version of the flight: a deliberate act by the captain.

    View event: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (2014)
    Aircraft
    Boeing 777
    Location
    Not found. Believed to be in the southern Indian Ocean, along the final satellite arc
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  6. Air France Flight 447: Mayday and the Search for the Recorders

    Event: 2009Published: 23 Aug 2023

    This Mayday episode follows the BEA's investigation into Air France Flight 447, which disappeared over the Atlantic on 1 June 2009.

    View event: Air France Flight 447 (2009)
    Aircraft
    Airbus A330
    Location
    Atlantic Ocean near waypoint ORARO, between Brazil and Senegal
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  7. Germanwings Flight 9525: Mayday on the Cockpit Recorder Evidence

    Event: 2015Published: 21 Jun 2023

    This Mayday episode follows the BEA's investigation into Germanwings Flight 9525, the Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps on 24 March 2015.

    View event: Germanwings Flight 9525 (2015)
    Aircraft
    Airbus A320
    Location
    Prads-Haute-Bléone, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  8. Alaska Airlines Flight 261: How a Worn Jackscrew Caused the Dive

    Event: 2000Published: 3 Jun 2023

    Mentour Pilot explains the loss of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 on 31 January 2000, beginning with how the MD-80's horizontal stabiliser and jackscrew work and how their maintenance was stretched over…

    View event: Alaska Airlines Flight 261 (2000)
    Location
    Pacific Ocean, about 2.7 miles north of Anacapa Island, California, United States
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  9. United Airlines Flight 232: The Crash Landing at Sioux City, 1989

    Event: 1989Published: 16 May 2023

    Fascinating Horror's short documentary on United Airlines Flight 232 covers the flight from Denver on 19 July 1989, the tail engine failure that took out all three hydraulic systems, and the crew's…

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

  10. American Airlines Flight 191: Mayday on the O’Hare DC-10 Inquiry

    Event: 1979Published: 14 Apr 2023

    This Mayday episode follows the NTSB investigation into American Airlines Flight 191, the DC-10 that crashed after takeoff from Chicago O'Hare on 25 May 1979, killing 273 people.

    View event: American Airlines Flight 191 (1979)
    Location
    Open field and trailer park beside Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Des Plaines, Illinois, United States
    Phase of flight
    Takeoff

  11. Air France Flight 447: Pitot Icing, Alternate Law and the Stall

    Event: 2009Published: 11 Dec 2022

    Airline captain Petter of Mentour Pilot explains the loss of Air France Flight 447 on 1 June 2009 in detail.

    View event: Air France Flight 447 (2009)
    Aircraft
    Airbus A330
    Location
    Atlantic Ocean near waypoint ORARO, between Brazil and Senegal
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  12. Air France Flight 447: The Night the A330 Vanished From Contact

    Event: 2009Published: 5 Dec 2022

    This four-minute Smithsonian Channel clip covers the first hours after Air France Flight 447 disappeared over the Atlantic on 1 June 2009.

    View event: Air France Flight 447 (2009)
    Aircraft
    Airbus A330
    Location
    Atlantic Ocean near waypoint ORARO, between Brazil and Senegal
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  13. Air Canada Flight 143: Gimli Glider Landing and the Inquiry

    Event: 1983Published: 5 May 2022

    This full Mayday episode follows Air Canada Flight 143 from the first fuel pump warning to the landing at Gimli, Manitoba, on 23 July 1983, and then into the investigation.

    View event: Air Canada Flight 143 (1983)
    Aircraft
    Boeing 767
    Location
    Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  14. Japan Air Lines Flight 123: How the Bulkhead Burst Took the Tail

    Event: 1985Published: 13 Apr 2022

    This four-minute Smithsonian Channel clip explains the mechanism of the Japan Air Lines Flight 123 accident in 1985.

    View event: Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (1985)
    Aircraft
    Boeing 747
    Location
    Ridge about 2.5 km north-northwest of Mount Mikuni, Ueno Village, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  15. American Airlines Flight 191: The Forklift Shortcut and the Slats

    Event: 1979Published: 20 Nov 2021

    Mentour Pilot explains American Airlines Flight 191, the DC-10 that lost its left engine on takeoff from Chicago O'Hare on 25 May 1979.

    View event: American Airlines Flight 191 (1979)
    Location
    Open field and trailer park beside Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Des Plaines, Illinois, United States
    Phase of flight
    Takeoff

  16. Pan Am Flight 103: How Investigators Proved a Bomb Over Lockerbie

    Event: 1988Published: 26 Oct 2021

    This Mayday episode follows British air accident investigators and the FBI after Pan Am Flight 103 broke apart over Lockerbie in December 1988, killing 270 people.

    View event: Pan Am Flight 103 (1988)
    Aircraft
    Boeing 747
    Location
    Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  17. Aloha Airlines Flight 243: Fatigue Cracks and the NTSB Inquiry

    Event: 1988Published: 7 Jul 2021

    This shorter Mayday cut covers what happened after Aloha Airlines Flight 243 landed on Maui on 28 April 1988 with part of its roof missing.

    View event: Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (1988)
    Location
    Near Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, United States
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  18. Delta Flight 191: The Microburst That Downed an L-1011 at DFW

    Event: 1985Published: 5 Jun 2021

    Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, flew into a microburst on final approach to Dallas/Fort Worth on 2 August 1985 and landed short of the runway.

    View event: Delta Air Lines Flight 191 (1985)
    Location
    Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, United States
    Phase of flight
    Approach

  19. Aloha Airlines Flight 243: Landing a 737 With Its Roof Torn Away

    Event: 1988Published: 27 May 2021

    This full Mayday episode reconstructs Aloha Airlines Flight 243 on 28 April 1988, when an explosive decompression tore away part of the 737's upper fuselage at 24,000 feet over Hawaii.

    View event: Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (1988)
    Aircraft
    Boeing 737
    Location
    Near Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, United States
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  20. Helios Airways Flight 522: Inside the Ghost Plane Inquiry

    Event: 2005Published: 14 May 2021

    This Mayday episode follows Greek investigators as they work out why a Helios Airways 737 flew silently for almost three hours before crashing near Athens in August 2005, killing all 121 on board.

    View event: Helios Airways Flight 522 (2005)
    Aircraft
    Boeing 737
    Location
    Grammatiko, about 33 km north-west of Athens International Airport, Attica, Greece
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  21. Air Canada Flight 143: Pearson’s Sideslip Landing at Gimli

    Event: 1983Published: 3 May 2021

    This Mayday episode reconstructs the flight of Air Canada 143 on 23 July 1983, from the first fuel pump warning to the evacuation at Gimli.

    View event: Air Canada Flight 143 (1983)
    Aircraft
    Boeing 767
    Location
    Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
    Phase of flight
    Cruise

  22. 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

  23. US Airways Flight 1549: A Pilot Explains the Hudson Ditching

    Event: 2009Published: 15 Jan 2021

    Mentour Pilot goes through the flight of US Airways 1549 on 15 January 2009 from a working airline pilot's point of view, from the bird strike over the Bronx to the ditching on the Hudson.

    View event: US Airways Flight 1549 (2009)
    Aircraft
    Airbus A320
    Location
    Hudson River off Weehawken, New Jersey, opposite Midtown Manhattan, New York, United States
    Phase of flight
    Takeoff

  24. Tenerife 1977: How a KLM and a Pan Am 747 Collided in the Fog

    Event: 1977Published: 3 Jan 2021

    On 27 March 1977, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, both diverted to Los Rodeos by a bomb at Las Palmas, collided in fog on the Tenerife runway.

    View event: Tenerife airport disaster (1977)
    Aircraft
    Boeing 747
    Location
    Los Rodeos Airport
    Phase of flight
    Takeoff