
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.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 others are killed in 1996 when their Air Force 737 crashes on a mountain in Croatia.

Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea shortly after take-off, killing all 148 people on board.

The worst crash in Greek aviation history occurs in 2005 when all 121 people on board Helios Airways Flight 522 lose consciousness.

During a storm, a strong gale slams Delta Air Lines Flight 191 to the ground killing most people on board.