It's called a microburst, but the havoc it wreaked on Delta Airlines Flight 191 was anything but minuscule.
Our worst nightmares in the sky, triggered by mechanical failure or human error, faced with heroism and ingenuity, and ended in triumph or tragedy.
Out of fuel. Out of options. And running out of time.
It's called a microburst, but the havoc it wreaked on Delta Airlines Flight 191 was anything but minuscule.
Discover the explosive truth behind a design flaw that caused not one but two midair disasters, one with deadly results.
It's one of the most alarming disasters in the history of aviation, not just because of the crash, but because of why it happened.
In 1956, air traffic control wasn't what it is today. Pilots operated on the "See and Be Seen" rule; they'd simply watch out for the other planes in the sky.
The sudden and dramatic demise of South African Airways Flight 295 encourages theories suggest that something sinister brought the plane crashing down to Earth.
The only way to save its passengers from the toxic smoke was to open the plane doors, 15,000 feet above the earth.
See how a monster storm plus a series of miscues and coincidences combined to bring down Southern Airways Flight 242.
Torrential rain. Baseball-sized hail. Why did Flight 242 enter this severe storm, and what caused its engines to fail?