Air Crash Investigation

A Chinese aircraft lands at a top-secret US Air Force base, and the search is on for the cause of a deadly rollercoaster ride in the sky.

The case of Sriwijaya Air Flight 182, which crashed into the Java Sea after a hard left bank, revealing deadly defects in the investigation that followed.

A C-130 firebomber crashes while battling an epic Australian wildfire. ATSB investigators must determine the cause-within an active fire zone.

Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea.

The case of Luxair Flight 50, which fell out of the sky just a few miles short of Luxembourg airport while making a rushed approach through heavy fog.

The case of a commuter plane that crashed mere seconds after take-off in 1985 - a year infamous for having the highest ever numbers of deaths in civilian aviation.

The pilots of a crashed cargo jet believe they lost both engines. But when the wreckage emerges from the Pacific, the evidence tells another story.

German investigators are stumped when two planes collide while flying in the skies over southern Germany.

When a cargo plane test flight ends in disaster, investigators uncover a series of failures that doomed the DC-8 before it got off the ground.

An Air Tahoma cargo plane is within sight of a Cincinnati runway when both engines flame out and the turboprop crashes into a golf course.

Friday, February 1, 1991: as US Air 1493 lands at LAX, it collides with another plane and bursts into flames. Passengers struggle to escape the inferno, but encounter a line at one of the few usable exits. Twenty-one passengers never made it out - investigators must find out why. Interviews with survivors paint a harrowing picture of the obstacles, misunderstandings and confrontations.