TV Guide National Geographic Channel

A turboprop nearly crashes after being struck by lightning, temporarily blinding the crew and disabling their controls. Investigators uncover an unusual design flaw.

An early-morning flight from Lexington, Kentucky, ends in disaster when a twin-engine jet careens off the tarmac.

A mid-air explosion rocks Southwest Airlines 1380. While pilots struggle to regain control, flight attendants make a horrifying discovery.

After losing two engines near enemy territory, US Air Force pilots abort their refuelling mission and attempt to land their damaged plane.

Facing a cascade of failures and an engine fire, a turboprop is just seconds from the tarmac in Montreal when it flips over and crashes to the ground.

Investigators uncover disturbing facts about an inexperienced pilot, and discover a pattern of abusive behaviour may have contributed to a plane crash.

Investigators trying to find the cause of a plane crash in Detroit make the discovery that the tragedy happened because of a danger that the industry has known about for years.

The investigation into South Korea's worst ever air disaster encounters a problem when the surviving captain's story contradicts air traffic control's account of events.

A terror attack is suspected when a plane explodes after taking off from New York. The FBI joins NTSB investigators, but the case pits them against each other.

The story of British Airways Flight 38's crash-landing at Heathrow in January 2008. Minutes before touchdown, the plane suffered a loss of power and plunged into a rapid descent, missing the tops of houses by only 200ft, as it struggled to reach the airport.

A reconstruction of Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509's accident in December 1999, when the aircraft crashed into a forest shortly after taking off from Stansted Airport.

The 1985 Manchester runway disaster, in which an aircraft's engine failed, causing the deaths of 55 people.

Documentary exploring the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988, which resulted in the deaths of 270 people and devastated the Scottish town of Lockerbie, close where the aircraft crashed.

A look at one of Britain's worst air disasters - the crash of British European Airways 548, which saw 118 people lose their lives. The plane plummeted shortly after taking off from Heathrow on June 18, 1972 and narrowly missed a main road before crashing into a field. Investigators were forced to rely on witness testimony to determine why the plane nosedived as there was no cockpit voice recorder on board, but both the investigation process and its results were deemed controversial.

Experts investigate why Alitalia Flight 404, which crashed into a hill on its way into Zurich in November 1990 - killing everyone on board - was flying so low.

The case of a Chinese plane that crashed minutes from touching down in Japan. Initial reports suggest the pilots are to blame, but after two years, a more complex reason emerges.

The investigation into the crash of a Pakistani airliner in the Himalayas is derailed when the most vital piece of evidence proves inconclusive.

Investigators scour the wreckage from a cargo jet that crashed in the Swedish Arctic, and a terrifying picture of the confused and chaotic final flight emerges from the evidence.

After a routine landing, a Taiwanese commuter plane is rocked by an explosion. However, a team of investigators finds no evidence of a bomb on board.

A plane ends up at the wrong end of a runway in heavy fog, leading to a collision that kills eight people - but it seems the pilots' personalities may have also been a factor.