A disaster at Manchester Airport that claimed 55 lives was a "pivotal moment in aviation safety", an expert has said. A passenger jet bound for Corfu caught fire on the runway on 22 August 1985, with ...

Amid a wave of deadly plane crashes making headlines in 2025—including the recent Air India crash that left hundreds dead—many are reflecting on the long history of aviation disasters, especially ...

Corrections & Clarifications: This story was updated to correct the location of the Hindenburg airship disaster. Remember that day a blimp blew up in Redding? Probably not, unless you’re around 125 ...

The 1977 collision of two jumbo jets at a tiny airport in the Canary Islands horrified the world. Watch as examiners sift through the evidence to untangle the chain of events that claimed the lives of ...

In 1998, a commuter plane traveling from Lyon, France to Brittany suddenly explodes in midair and spirals into Quiberon Bay. Follow the unimaginable chain of events that led to this crash and discover ...