TV Guide Smithsonian Sunday

In Los Angeles, a controller sent a commuter plane onto a runway for takeoff just as a Boeing 737 was landing there, and their collision killed 37 people.

One of an Airbus A-380's engines explodes soon after taking off from Singapore, and the pilots have to hold the plane together and return to the airport.

On June 24, 1982, all the engines on British Airways Flight 009 mysteriously stop working, terrifying the passengers as the plane begins to fall from the sky.

After a difficult landing in a severe thunderstorm, Air France Flight 358 skids off the runway and crashes, causing a fire to start in the left engine.

A skilled captain manages to save his crippled aircraft and everyone on board, and then it's up to investigators to track down the microscopic culprit.

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

A flyover reveals picturesque Maine's rugged coastline, remote islands and vast, densely forested central wilderness and shows the state's beauty.

Washington's skyline makes a profound impression because of all the history and symbolism embodied in its buildings, monuments and memorials.

With prominent Civil War and Revolutionary War landmarks as well as Sullivan Island, the point of entry for slaves, the Palmetto State is full of history.

A road trip in the air soars above the Oregon Trail, the fields of Gettysburg, Mount Rushmore, the Grand Canyon and other popular sightseeing destinations.

An aerial tour of New England passes over the Massachusetts harbors where America's first acts of rebellion took place and the pristine lakes on Maine's border.

An aerial tour of the state in which Abraham Lincoln became a man includes the stories of the 1871 Great Fire of Chicago and the 20th-century Great Migration.

An aerial view of the fourth largest metropolis in America is presented as the history and landmarks in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex are explored.

An aerial tour of John Wayne's home state reveals farmhouses, barns, towering silos, rows of crops for miles and a county known for its covered bridges.

New York City is referred to as "the city that never sleeps," and an aerial tour over the five boroughs at night shows man-made and natural wonders.

The state whose motto is 'Live Free or Die' hosts a population of free thinkers living among its impressive mountains, beautiful rivers and colonial villages.

The sights of the state in which Abraham Lincoln came of age include one of the world's iconic racetracks, a university with a golden dome and a vibrant city.

An aerial crew presents a dramatic view of Northern California where the region displays natural landmarks and historical manmade structures.

A FedEx employee who feels he has nothing left to lose sneaks onto a cargo flight, waits until the plane is in the air, and attacks the crew in the cockpit.

Investigators hunt for answers after a failure reveals a weak spot in every Boeing 767 when a plane nosedives into a Thai jungle.

With flames emerging through the cockpit floor, the pilots of Pilgrim Airlines flight 458 manage a heroic landing on a frozen Rhode Island reservoir.

A maintenance worker's mistake while replacing a cockpit window causes the window to pop out in flight, and the captain is sucked partway through the hole.

With flames emerging through the cockpit floor, the pilots of Pilgrim Airlines flight 458 manage a heroic landing on a frozen Rhode Island reservoir.

The 1979 crash of an airliner at O'Hare International Airport was the deadliest air disaster ever on U.S. soil, and maintenance procedures were to blame.

With flames emerging through the cockpit floor, the pilots of Pilgrim Airlines flight 458 manage a heroic landing on a frozen Rhode Island reservoir.

At Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, the pilots of Delta Flight 191 fly through an isolated thunderstorm and encounter rapidly shifting downdrafts.

As a commuter plane leaves Atlanta one of its propellers breaks and strikes the engine nacelle, causing the wing to lose its lift, and the plane sinks rapidly.

After a commuter flight crashes a mile away from the Missouri runway where it was supposed to land, investigators look into the final seconds in the cockpit.

The toilet of an Air Canada DC-9 catches on fire, and as the plane makes an emergency landing in Cincinnati, a flashover causes the cabin to burst into flames.

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