Examining rookie errors that reveal the minor mistakes behind some of the worst-ever airline disasters and collision course follows the scramble to prevent midair impact.

Examining rookie errors that reveal the minor mistakes behind some of the worst-ever airline disasters, and collision course follows the scramble to prevent midair impact.

Experts explore the fatal effects of spatial disorientation through three tragic cases, including John F Kennedy Jr's crash.

Tragedy strikes when a plane lands short of San Francisco's runway. Plus, flight crew face a deadly storm just before touchdown in Dallas.

Experts discover a deadly oversight when a packed commuter flight slams into a hangar. Plus, a cargo plane crashes in Miami in a totally avoidable accident.

Three mysterious accidents are investigated and happen to have a similar cause: the fuel tank. A few minutes prior to landing, all four engines of a plane fall over a densely populated suburb.

When an Airbus breaks down on its way to Hong Kong, the crew is determined to avoid an ocean ditching.

Investigators comb through the wreckage of three midair collisions as they try to prevent another fatal impact.

The simplest of mistakes are the reasons for some of the worst air accidents: a botched take-off in Buenos Aires kills 60 people and the cause stuns investigators.

On September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 disappears from radar and slams into the Pentagon.