This special looked at disasters caused by improperly secured or miscalculated cargo. By varying engine thrust, the pilots manage to crash-land the aircraft at the On 8 June 1983, Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8's number-four propeller separates, tearing a gash on the aircraft's underside, jamming the flight controls and causing a rapid decompression. Investigators traced the engine failure to a manufacturing fault in an oil pipe. On 8 January 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes into an aircraft hangar at On 4 April 1977, Southern Airways Flight 242, a flight from On 23 June 1985, Air India Flight 182 explodes in mid-air over the coast of On 6 February 1996, Birgenair Flight 301 is scheduled to fly from On 29 December 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 is on a flight to Miami International Airport. As the crew tries to restart the engine, the Boeing 747SP enters a dive. Flying at night, the crew fail to notice their descent until only seconds before crashing into the Everglades. The aircraft was meant to land with the On 5 April 1991, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 nose-dives into the ground while on landing approach to On 31 October 1996, TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes into a heavily populated residential area seconds after takeoff from On 25 October 1999, a chartered Learjet 35 operated by Sunjet Aviation, carrying golfer On 27 March 1977, the deadliest-ever aviation accident occurs at Los Rodeos Airport (now known as On 20 August 2007, China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes after landing and taxiing to the gate area at On 30 July 1998, Proteus Airlines Flight 706 collides with a On 19 January 1988, Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286, operating for On 24 March 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 enters a high-speed descent and crashes into the On 16 January 2002, on final approach to Yogyakarta at the end of a routine domestic flight from Ampenan, Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 suffers a double engine flameout while flying through a severe thunderstorm and ditches in the On 28 December 2014, Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 stalls and crashes into the On 29 April 2013, National Airlines Flight 102 stalls and crashes into the ground just seconds after taking off from On 1 December 1993, Northwest Airlink Flight 5719 crashes into a hillside while on final approach to On 9 January 1997, Comair Flight 3272 spirals out of control and crashes nose-first while on final approach to On 15 April 2002, Air China Flight 129 crashes into the side of a mountain while circling to land at On 17 July 1996, Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 800 explodes in mid-air, breaks up during flight and crashes into the On 26 September 1997, Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashes into mountainous woodlands while trying to land at On 2 July 1994, USAir Flight 1016 stalls and crashes into a residential area while attempting to land at On 4 February 2015, TransAsia Airways Flight 235 strikes a viaduct and crashes into the On 31 October 2015, Metrojet Flight 9268 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the On 31 August 1999, LAPA Flight 3142 overruns the runway and crashes while taking off from On 31 July 1992, Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain while on final approach to On 16 February 2000, Emery Worldwide Flight 17 crashes into an automobile salvage yard shortly after taking off from On 23 July 2014, TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes into buildings while attempting to land at On 31 August 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from On 17 July 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes while en route from On 9 May 2012, an aircraft on a demonstration tour crashes into On 31 October 2014, an experimental spaceflight test vehicle named On 7 October 2008, Qantas Flight 72 suffers a pair of sudden uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres during a flight from On 14 November 1990, Alitalia Flight 404 descends too low and crashes into the woodlands of the Stalderberg Mountain near On 26 April 1994, China Airlines Flight 140 pitches upwards, enters an aerodynamic On 15 November 1987, Continental Airlines Flight 1713 stalls and crashes off the right side of the runway shortly after taking off in a snowstorm from On 13 April 2010, Cathay Pacific Flight 780 suffers a dual engine failure while nearing On 16 September 2011, a vintage fighter aircraft named On 4 April 1994, KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 crashes into a field while attempting an emergency landing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, killing 3 of the 24 people on board. It ran out of fuel because an incorrect type of fuel gauge had been installed, misleading the crew about how much fuel was on board. The cause of all three incidents was a On 19 February 1985, China Airlines Flight 006's number four (right-side outer) engine flames out. All 49 people on board the aircraft and one person on the ground are killed. On 29 November 2013, the Embraer E190 twinjet operating the service crashed into the Bwabwata National Park, Namibia, halfway through its flight, killing all 27 passengers and 6 crew on board. The pilots manage to land the aircraft safely at On 11 May 1996, 10 minutes after takeoff, ValuJet Flight 592 starts filling with smoke after a fire breaks out in the main cargo bay as it is flying over On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in On 23 August 2005, TANS Perú Flight 204 crashes into a muddy swamp while attempting to land at On 30 June 1956, United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide in mid-air over the On 25 May 1979, the number-one engine on American Airlines Flight 191 detaches moments after taking off from On 28 December 1978, the crew of United Airlines Flight 173 are preoccupied with a landing gear problem as the aircraft circles in a holding pattern in the vicinity of On 7 September 2011, Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the On 10 April 2010, a Polish Air Force VIP aircraft carrying the President of Poland On 21 February 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 strays off course and flies into the side of a mountain shortly after takeoff, killing all 46 people on board.
An air traffic controller mistakenly assigned Flight 1493 to land on a runway where the SkyWest Airlines aircraft was waiting to take off.