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Investigators try to solve the mystery of a plane whose captain and co-pilot are missing.

Air Disasters

Ghost Plane

A U.S. military plane veers off course and flies into a mountain while attempting to land at Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia in heavy fog, killing all 35 people on board.

Fog of War

A plane crash lands in Guam after losing sight of the airport in a storm.

Missed Approach

A mechanical problem aboard an Air Canada plane turns into an all-out emergency six miles in the air.

Fire Fight

A British Airways flight to Australia in 1982 crashes into the Indian Ocean.

Falling From the Sky

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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.

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In 1991, a Boeing 737 operating as United Airlines Flight 585 suddenly rolls into a dive and crashes within eight seconds, killing all 25 people on board.

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