
Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously re-enacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters could have been prevented; accounts from survivors combine with cockpit recordings and computer images to weave the gripping tales and expert testimony reveals the hows and whys behind the events, some of which have resulted in important changes to aviation safety and regulations.

Two minutes after Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 leaves Stockholm in 1991, smoke filters through the cabin and both engines fail, one erupting into flames.

In the worst U.S. crash in more than seven years, a Buffalo-bound flight stalls and plummets into a suburban home in 2009.

Shortly after take-off, US Airways Flight 1549 encounters a bird strike and lands on the Hudson River.

Investigation into the 2009 crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 195; just before landing in Amsterdam, the plane mysteriously fell from the sky, killing nine people.