Sometimes disasters can take many years to arrive at a definitive answer, but the men and women of air crash investigation always seek out the truth. American Airlines Flight 77, TWA Flight 800 and Air France Flight 4590.
Even experienced pilots can, in some extreme circumstances, make rookie errors. LAPA Flight 3142, American Airlines Flight 587 and Continental Connection Flight 3407.
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 mid air collision with a fighter jet, PSA Flight 182 collides with a light aircraft, and the1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision, between Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907.
United Airlines Flight 173 runs out of fuel to all four engines, China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire on the ground, and Varig Flight 254 makes a forced crash landing in the jungle after running out of fuel.
Fine Air Flight 101 pitches up on takeoff and then crashes, Air Midwest Flight 5481 suddenly loses control and crashes into a hangar, and National Airlines Flight 102 pitches up, stalls, and crashes killing the crew.
Helios Airways Flight 522 loses radio contact with the controllers, China Airlines Flight 611 suddenly goes into radio blackout, and in 1999 in South Dakota, a Learjet goes silent and ultimately crashes.
