TV Guide Smithsonian Monday

High-profile air disasters are examined through computer graphics, re-enactments, and accounts from witnesses, including their emotional aftermath.

One of the worst air disasters in the history of South Korea is examined as an analytical look is taken at the final moments on board Air China Flight 129.

A cargo plane crashes just moments after taking off from Miami, and it will take an anonymous tip to determine what went wrong.

Two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Tenerife North Airport making it the worst aviation accident of all time, because of a misunderstanding.

A commuter turboprop slams into the side of a hill in New Zealand, and the search for answers inevitably leads to the cockpit.

In 1971, a civilian airliner collided with a military airplane, and the accident led to changed regulations for civilian and military flights.

An investigation into the plane crash of Garuda Flight 200 at an Indonesian airport, where unknown circumstances caused the plane to careen off the runway.

Situations in which airplanes have experienced fires on board the airplanes and passenger cabin fires are featured, which have also helped lead to safer skies.

A Nigerian airliner filled with pilgrims returning from Mecca takes off from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and catches on fire, and the plane falls apart in mid-air.

After sorting through debris from a 1991 plane crash, investigators test their theory to see if a distorted propeller blade was the cause of the fatal crash.

Airplane catastrophes that occurred while darkness was in effect.

Some of the most debated airplane accidents are featured, including situations where the pressure is intensified when the victims are famous.

A regional airline flight stalled over Buffalo, New York and struck a suburban home five miles from the runway; investigators blamed the crash on pilot error.

A jet airliner leaving Miami crashes into the Florida Everglades when an oxygen generator which was stored in the cargo hold causes a fire.

As an American Airlines flight nears Cali, Colombia in 1995, its crew accidentally deletes the waypoints from the flight plan in their Flight Management System.

In 1996 a Boeing 757 carrying returning vacationers back to Germany crashes soon after takeoff as the pilot's air speed indicator gives spurious readings.

Experts analyze the crash of American Eagle Flight 4184 that got caught in icy conditions near Roselawn, Ind.

High-profile air disasters are examined through computer graphics, re-enactments, and accounts from witnesses, including their emotional aftermath.

Landing at one of the world's most challenging airports, a passenger plane comes in like a fighter jet and crashes, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard.

A tragic event occurred on January 3, 200 when Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashed into the Red Sea; investigators try to figure out why.

Breakdowns in vital security protocol cause three terrible aviation catastrophes.

High-profile air disasters are examined through computer graphics, re-enactments, and accounts from witnesses, including their emotional aftermath.

Investigators discover a minor maintenance issue that meant death for a UK billionaire and his family in an Australian seaplane crash.

When a Lear Jet carrying the right-hand man of Mexico's president crashes in Mexico City, initial speculation is that the aircraft was sabotaged.

After three plane crashes make the front page of all the newspapers, the media starts putting pressure on the authorities to uncover the cause of these crashes.

After a cargo jet crashes into the Swedish Arctic, a team of investigators pours over the evidence and discovers a terrifying picture of chaos and confusion.

A team of experts examines some of the world's worst air disasters by going through official reports, transcripts and interviews of the people who endured it.

Crew mismanagement and mechanical failures causing fuel issues.

With zero margin for error, three catastrophes are narrowly averted by pilots who manage to land their damaged planes-against all odds.