TV Guide Smithsonian Monday

A Boeing 737 leaving Manaus, Brazil collides with an Embraer business jet over the Amazon rainforest, and investigators disagree about the accident's causes.

Facing poor visibility, a cargo flight is on final approach to an Alabama airport when it hits a grove of trees and crashes.

In 1986, 80 passengers die when two planes collide in midair and crash into a Los Angeles neighborhood, and experts explain the cause of the accident.

A review of air disasters caused by explosive decompression or pressurization failure reveals problems ranging from design flaws to maintenance mistakes.

In 1992, a Boeing 737 leaves Panama City and then vanishes from ATC radar minutes later, and it is found that the plane has crashed in a remote jungle.

A Boeing 747 en route from London to New York explodes 31,000 feet above Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 11 people on the ground as well as everyone on board.

Cases in which a pilot deliberately crashes or attempts to crash an aircraft in a suicide attempt are presented, unleashing their plans on innocent passengers.

On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Ukraine-Russia border, killing all passengers and crew aboard.

In 1983 a Korean Air Lines flight was shot down when it strayed into Soviet airspace because the crew failed to set the autopilot correctly after takeoff.

A China Airlines Boeing 747 encounters a patch of turbulence so strong that parts of its tail are torn off and its number four engine flames out.

An Air Ontario flight crashed in 1989 because wing icing kept it from taking off properly; three years later, a USAir flight failed in the same manner.

On August 20, 2007, China Airlines Flight 120, a Boeing 737-800, caught fire and exploded after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.

On November 15, 1987, Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashed while taking off in a snowstorm from Denver, and the investigation reveals some chilling facts.

An American Airlines captain tried to land in a thunderstorm in Little Rock, Arkansas and failed to engage its ground spoilers, losing control of the craft.

A flight on Avianca Airlines is delayed while in the air and eventually crashes due to a lack of fuel; later experts wonder if this could have been prevented.

In 1980, an Aerolinee Itavia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea; there are many theories about the crash, including conspiracy.

On January 19, 1988, Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286, crashed into terrain near Bayfield, Colo., on approach to Durango-La Plata County Airport.

A pilots mishandling of an electrical problem causes Air Illinois Flight 710 to crash into an open field in poor weather, killing all 10 passengers on board.

The highly trained pilots of three separate aircrafts get caught out because they ignored their training when they really needed it the most.

A team of investigators try to determine the cause of the single deadliest aircraft accident which claimed 520 lives, the 1985 crash of Japan Airlines 123.

Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 encountered a severe thunderstorm, causing a flameout in both engines, the Boeing 737 ditched into a shallow river.

In 1989 a Convair 580 has a structural failure off the coast of Denmark after substandard replacement parts were used to couple the tail section to the fuselage

Get a stunning view of the soul, strength and spirit of this historic land on Aerial Mexico.

For centuries, Mexico's historic center has been a land of legends and power. From Veracruz's shores to Mexico City's ancient layers, Puebla's epic battle.

Western Mexico reveals the country's most iconic images. From the birthplace of tequila and mariachi to the world's busiest border.

In Alberta a westbound freight train on a Canadian National Railway branch line fails to stop at a signal because the drivers have fallen asleep.

A Philippine Airlines Flight is in danger as an Al-Qaeda terrorist has sneaked an explosive on board as it's in route to Tokyo, Japan.

After Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is taken over by three crazed political fugitives, the heroic pilot tries an emergency landing.

When an Airbus A319 cockpit window explodes, investigators try to understand the freshly serviced aircraft was released with a fatal flaw.

Safety systems are tested after a turbotop aircraft crashes into a mountainside before its approach to Papua, Indonesia and all 54 people on board are killed.