Air Crash Daily

The Captain Sealed Their Fate ✈️😞 • • ✈️: Alitalia Flight 404 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 18 Episode 8 • • On 14 November 1990, Alitalia Flight 404 descends too low and crashes into the woodlands of the Stadlerberg Mountain near Weiach, Switzerland, 5.2 nautical miles (9.6 kilometres) short of the runway during final approach to Zurich Airport. All 46 passengers and crew members on board are killed. • • #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #alitalia #alitaliaflight404 #zurich

This Plane's Tail Fell Off ✈️😨 • • ✈️: American Airlines Flight 587 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 13 Episode 5 • • On 12 November 2001, just two months after the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 spirals out of control shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport and crashes into Queens, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground. It was later determined that aggressive rudder use by the first officer in response to wake turbulence from a Boeing 747-400 that had taken off minutes earlier had caused the vertical stabilizer to detach from the aircraft. • • #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #americanairlines #americanairlines587 #airbusa300

They Descended Too Far... ✈️💥😨 • • ✈️: 1996 Charkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision (Saudia Flight 763 & Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907) 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 7 Episode 4 • • On 12 November 1996, Saudia Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 collide in mid-air near New Delhi, India, killing all 349 people on both aircraft. The world's deadliest mid-air collision and the overall third-deadliest aircraft accident, the crash was caused by the crew members on the Kazakhstan Airlines aircraft failing to maintain the altitude assigned by air traffic control. • • #mayday #aircrashinvestigation #saudia763 #boeing747 #ilyushinil76

Luxembourg's Worst Plane Crash ✈️🇱🇺😨 • • ✈️: Luxair Flight 9642 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 25 Episode 4 • • On 6 November 2002, the pilots of Luxair Flight 9642 accidentally set the propellers into reverse pitch while attempting to land at Luxembourg Findel Airport in heavy fog. The aircraft loses control and crashes into a field short of the airport. 20 of the 22 people on board are killed. • • #mayday #aircrashinvestigation #luxair #luxair9642 #fokker50

An Engine Blew Apart ✈️💥😨 • • ✈️: Qantas Flight 32 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 13 Episode 10 • • On 4 November 2010, shortly after takeoff from Singapore, the number-two engine on Qantas Flight 32 partially disintegrates, causing serious damage to its left wing. The crew members overcome a number of resulting failures and make a safe emergency landing back at Singapore with no injuries among the 469 passengers and crew members. Investigators traced the engine failure to a manufacturing fault in an oil pipe. • • #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #qantas32 #a380 #airbusa380

Turbulence is Dangerous ✈️😨 • • ✈️: 2008 Mexico City Learjet 45 (XC-VMC) Crash 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 14 Episode 9 • • On 4 November 2008, an official Mexican Interior Ministry Learjet 45 crashes in rush-hour traffic in central Mexico City. All nine occupants, including Mexican Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouriño, are killed in the crash, along with seven people on the ground. The aircraft crashed due to a loss of control from wake turbulence from a Mexicana Boeing 767-300ER and pilot error from fraudulently certified flight crew. • • #planecrash #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #learjet #mexicocity

Abort the Mission! ✈️😨 • • ✈️: VSS Enterprise crash 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 18 Episode 6 • • On 31 October 2014, an experimental spaceflight test vehicle named VSS Enterprise suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes into the Mojave Desert in California, United States, while performing a test flight. The co-pilot, Michael Alsbury, is killed; the pilot, Peter Siebold, is seriously injured, but manages to parachute to safety. • • #planecrash #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #vssenterprise #virgingalactic

Falling Towards the Ocean ✈️😨 • • ✈️: EgyptAir Flight 990 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 3 Episode 8 • • On 31 October 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying from New York City to Cairo, killing all 217 people on board. The cause of the crash is disputed: the Egyptian government claims that the crash was caused by a mechanical failure with the elevators, but the U.S. government claims the aircraft was deliberately crashed by the Relief First Officer Gameel Al-Batouti. • • #planecrash #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #egyptair990 #egyptair

Blown Out of the Skies 💥✈️😨 • • ✈️: Metrojet Flight 9268 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 17 Episode 8 • • On 31 October 2015, Metrojet Flight 9268 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Sinai Peninsula during a routine chartered flight from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport to Pulkovo Airport, killing all 224 people on board. • • #planecrash #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #metrojet9268 #airbusa321

They're On the Wrong Runway ✈️😨 • • ✈️: Singapore Airlines Flight 006 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 12 Episode 3 • • On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai Shek airport in Taipei while attempting to take off on the wrong runway in a typhoon, killing 83 of the 179 people on board. Investigators concluded that the crash was caused by pilot error. • • #planecrash #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #singaporeairlines006 #singaporeairlines

The Engines Malfunctioned ✈️😨 • • ✈️: TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 15 Episode 10 • • On 31 October 1996, TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes into a heavily populated residential area seconds after takeoff from São Paulo–Congonhas Airport, killing all 95 people on board and 4 on the ground. The crash was attributed to the uncommanded deployment of a faulty thrust reverser on the right engine, which was aggravated by the co-pilot's forceful inputs on the right engine's throttle. • • #planecrash #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #tam402 #saopaulo

The Controls Snapped ✈️😨 • • ✈️: American Eagle Flight 4184 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 7 Episode 8 • • On 31 October 1994, American Eagle Flight 4184 loses control and crashes into a field while circling to land at O'Hare International Airport, killing all 68 people on board. The crash was caused by ice developing on the wings in a manner that the on-board deicing system could not remove. • • #planecrash #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #americaneagle4184 #indiana

Tracking a Ghost Plane ✈️😨 • • ✈️: 1999 South Dakota Learjet 35 crash 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 16 Episode 1 • • On 25 October 1999, a chartered Learjet 35 operated by Sunjet Aviation, carrying golfer Payne Stewart and his agents, flies off course shortly after takeoff. It runs out of fuel and crashes into a field in South Dakota, killing all 6 occupants on board. The investigation concluded that everyone on board suffered hypoxia due to an uncontrolled decompression, but the cause remains undetermined. • • #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #airdisaster #paynestewart #southdakota

The Brakes Failed ✈️😨 • • ✈️: PenAir Flight 3296 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 24 Episode 2 • • On 17 October 2019, PenAir Flight 3296 overruns the runway on landing at Unalaska Airport in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska, killing one passenger. The accident was caused by incorrect wiring of the wheel speed transducer harnesses on the left main landing gear. • • #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #airdisaster #penairflight3296 #alaska

Split Second Troubles ✈️😨 • • ✈️: Airlines PNG Flight 1600 📹: Air Crash Investigation Season 23 Episode 4 • • On 13 October 2011, Airlines PNG Flight 1600 loses engine power and crash-lands in a densely forested area near the mouth of the Guabe River in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Only 4 of the 32 passengers and crew members on board survive the crash. • • #aircrashinvestigation #mayday #airdisaster #airlinespngflight1600 #papuanewguinea