A Fed Ex cargo DC-10 is on its way from Memphis to San Jose when something causes the flight to do many strange flight maneuvers. Find out how a desperate man and a guitar case almost caused this cargo flight to come to an untimely demise.
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NM7100
A MetroLiner (Fairchild Metro III) is on its way to Cork, Ireland when it encounters foggy weather. Find out how weird company procedures, oversight, and bad crew training caused this plane to hit the ground and invert.
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The Comet Crashes BOAC781/ SA201
A de Havilland Comet 1 (BOAC flight 781) suddenly exploded in midair on its way to London from Rome. Then a few months later another Comet 1 (South African Airways 201), on its way to Cairo from Rome, exploded in a similar fashion to the BOAC flight. Find out how windows and push rivets caused the first jet airliner to explode in flight.
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QF32
A Qantas Airbus A380, the biggest jet airliner, has a catastrophe on its way to Sydney, Australia from Singapore. Find out how bad quality control caused this plane to almost fall out of the sky.
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US1493/ SKW5569 The LA Runway Disaster
A USAir Boeing 737-300 is on its descent into LAX when disaster strikes. Find out how overtaxed ATC and unfortunate circumstances causes this plane to crash on its landing.
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AMW5481
An Air Midwest Beechcraft 1900D crashes into a hangar at Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport right after take off. Find out how mechanical and company failures contributed to this accident.
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TWA2/UAL718 The Grand Canyon Disaster
Two flights, a DC-7 and a Lockheed Super Constellation, depart out of LAX and are on their way to Chicago and Kansas City. Find out how weather, ATC, and timing caused these two airplanes to collide over the Grand Canyon.
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US1016
A USAir DC-9 is on its way to Charlotte, North Carolina when it crashes miles from the airport. Find out how this flight crashes due to weather in the final part in our weather phenomena series.
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Delta 191
A Lockheed L-1011 Tristar is on its way to Los Angeles when disaster hits in Dallas. Find out how Delta Airlines flight 191 crashed just short of the runway at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
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PA759
A Pan American Boeing 727 is on its first leg of a three leg flight from Miami to San Diego. Find out how weather caused this flight to crash into a neighborhood in New Orleans.
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