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Air Canada Flight 143 was a Boeing 767 flying from Montreal to Edmonton on 23 July 1983 when both engines stopped for lack of fuel over northern Ontario.
Germanwings Flight 952524 Mar 2015Airbus A320
This three-minute Smithsonian Channel clip follows Germanwings Flight 9525 on 24 March 2015 from its takeoff in Barcelona to the moment it dropped off radar over the French Alps.
Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation2 Feb 2018United Airlines Flight 23219 Jul 1989McDonnell Douglas DC-10
This KCCI Des Moines news report brings together archive footage of the United Airlines Flight 232 crash at Sioux City on 19 July 1989.
KCCI19 Jul 2024US Airways Flight 154915 Jan 2009Airbus A320
This short Smithsonian Channel clip looks at Flight 1549 from the cabin.
Smithsonian Channel12 Apr 2015Air France Flight 4471 Jun 2009Airbus A330
This four-minute Smithsonian Channel clip covers the first hours after Air France Flight 447 disappeared over the Atlantic on 1 June 2009.
Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation5 Dec 2022Malaysia Airlines Flight 3708 Mar 2014Boeing 777
This narrated documentary sums up what is known about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 12 years after it disappeared on 8 March 2014.
Air Crash Investigation2 Jul 2026Malaysia Airlines Flight 3708 Mar 2014Boeing 777
Green Dot Aviation's feature-length video on MH370 dramatises one possible version of the flight: a deliberate act by the captain.
Green Dot Aviation8 Dec 2023Four flights where a mistake made on the ground, or a part that was not what it should have been, surfaced in the air. Three crews got their aircraft down, but Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed north of Athens with the loss of all 121 people on board. Each investigation traced the problem to work on the ground and the checks that should have caught it.
Seven approaches in fog, low on fuel
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