TV Guide Smithsonian Saturday

In 1989, a British Midland jetliner flying out of London loses thrust from both its engines, and the pilots are forced to make an emergency landing.

Instrument failure or confusion involved in air accidents.

While flying over the Aleutian Islands, one of an aircraft's four propellers comes off and tears a hole in the cabin, causing decompression and loss of control.

In November 2001, an Airbus A300 falls into a New York City neighborhood, and the FBI and the NTSB must determine whether the crash was caused by terrorists.

During heavy rainstorms caused by a nearby typhoon, a pilot in Singapore taxis his jet airliner to the wrong runway because of poor visibility.