

Coast Guard aviators test themselves in a dangerous exercise to rescue casualties from a mountain; Scientists struggle to land on icy tundra; a bush pilot battles America's tallest peak and cargo crews fight to fit an entire bank on a single plane.

A pilot's decision to let his 15-year-old son fly has disastrous consequences on a commercial flight.

JFK Jr. disappears on the way to Martha's Vineyard; a captain loses his bearings and crashes over the Red Sea; pilots crash a plane over Indonesia.

A complex recovery operation is launched to find out if a 747 which disappeared into the Indian Ocean was carrying illegal weapons.

A Boeing 737 leaving Panama City crashes into one of the most remote and treacherous jungles on the planet.

Investigating the 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407; the plane stalls at low altitude and dives into a residential area near Buffalo, N.Y.

When Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes shortly after takeoff, the catastrophe leads to the grounding of the entire Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet.

Three flight crews face impossible odds: a Boeing 707 loses engines over the Alps as fire spreads, Air Astana 1388 goes out of control over Portugal, and a bomb on PA 434 severs control cables and blasts a hole in the fuselage.