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A plane carrying Mexico's interior minister crashes into Mexico City's financial district.

Air Disasters

Accident or Assassination

When John F. Kennedy Jr.'s Piper Saratoga crashed in 1999, the NTSB faces big pressure to find the wreckage and the cause.

The Death of JFK Jr.

Investigators try to find the cause of two similar air crashes that happened nearly 12 years apart.

The Final Push

On 26 May 1991, the thrust reverser on the number one engine of Lauda Air Flight 004 deploys in flight without being commanded, causing the aircraft to spiral out of control, disintegrate, and crash about 100 miles northwest of Bangkok.

Testing the Limits

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Statistically, traveling by airplane is safer than driving and other forms of transportation, but when something goes wrong during a flight, it can be catastrophic with potentially hundreds of lives at stake. This series examines some of the world's worst air disasters, using official reports, transcripts and interviews with people involved to tell the stories of midair mishaps and discover what went wrong in each case. Episodes include a discussion of how the weather affects flights -- including stories of aviation disasters and near-misses -- and a New Year's Eve flight that fell from the sky into the Florida Everglades.

S8 E8 | Accident or Assassination

E8 | Accident or Assassination

E6 | The Death of JFK Jr.

E5 | The Final Push

E2 | Testing the Limits