aircraft accidents

Describes the last voyage of the zeppelin, or airship, Hindenburg, which crashed in flames on a New Jersey airfield in 1937, and examines some possible causes for the disaster.

Airline pilot Captain "Sully" Sullenberger tells his life story, including his perspective on the emergency landing on the Hudson River that earned him the world's admiration, and offers insight into the essential qualities that he believes have been vital to his success.

Tavia Michaels starts having visions of a boy she never met after a plane crash, which took the lives of her parents, and becomes torn between the boy and her best friend and longtime crush, Benson, as she uncovers details about the accident and realizes she may have been the intended victim.

Describes the ordeal of the survivors of an airplane crash in 1972 in the Andes wilderness in which over half of the forty-five passengers died, discussing the challenges the men faced during their ten weeks in the shelter of the plane's fuselage without supplies and with little hope of rescue.

Chronicles the efforts of the military, scientists, archaeologists, and deep-sea divers to locate an American bomber which vanished in the fall on 1944 near the Pacific islands of Palau carrying eleven men; and discusses how the men's missing-in-action status affected their families.

A troubled girl is stranded in an arctic winter terrain after a plane crash and must fight for survival with the only other boy left alive.

When the plane flying Chris and his father crashes on the Serengeti Plain, Chris sets out to find help and finds that his journey is paralleled by that of an aging lion.

Following a series of plane crashes and passenger deaths a frenzied high pressure investigation is ordered with some surprising results.

Discusses saftey issues, types of disasters, rescue methods, and investigations of airplane crashes, as well as exploring future saftey procedures.

A year after crime reporter Joe Carpenter's wife and two young daughters are killed in a plane crash in which there are reportedly no survivors, he meets a mysterious woman named Rose who claims to have walked away from the disaster and he embarks on a mission fueled by rage and hope.