The Best Air Crash Investigations Documentaries

Disasters & Survival - 214 free documentaries about air crash investigations.

Start with The Miracle Landing Of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (50 min, Wonder), then Trapped On An Airplane With A Murderer (50 min, Wonder). All 214 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on air crash investigations is Fly by Wire by William Langewiesche.

• The Miracle Landing Of Aloha Airlines Flight 243 | Mayday S3 Ep1 (50 min, Wonder)
• Trapped On An Airplane With A Murderer | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Surviving The Most Dangerous Flight In The World: France Air 8969 Hijacking | Mayday (52 min, Wonder)
• How The Pilot Who Fell Out Of The Cockpit Window Mid-Flight Survived | Mayday: Air Disaster (52 min, Wonder)
• Malaysia Airlines | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• International Manhunt After Deadly Bomb Explodes Onboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• The Deadliest Plane Crash In Aviation History That Left Only 4 Survivors | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Survivors Fight For Their Lives When Flight 965 Crashes Into A Mountain | Mayday S2 EP5 (52 min, Wonder)
• The Mid-Air Collision Of Flight 2937 And Flight 611 | Mayday S2 EP4 (52 min, Wonder)
• Air Transat Flight 236 Miraculous Landing With Engine Fuel Leak | Mayday S1 EP6 (52 min, Wonder)
• Flight 881: What Went Wrong? I Mayday: Air Disaster (51 min, Wonder)
• Tragedy When US Navy Shot Down Civilian Airliner Iran Air Flight 655 | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Miracle in Baghdad: Pilots' Incredible Save After Missile Strike! (50 min, Wonder)
• Flight 92's Untrained Pilot Turns Off The Engine Mid-Flight (51 min, Wonder)
• Turkish Airlines Passengers Suddenly Fall Out Of The Plane Mid-Air (51 min, Wonder)
• Air Florida Flight 90's Tragic Crash And Heroic Sacrifices | Critical Rescue S1 EP10 (49 min, Wonder)
• Exploring the Miracle on the Hudson (89 min, National Geographic)
• Qantas Flight 72 Emergency: Top Gun Pilot Saves Plane Under Siege (43 min, Wonder)
• The Tragic Downfall Of Air Alaska Flight 261 | Mayday S1 EP5 (52 min, Wonder)
• Boeing – what caused the 737 Max to crash? (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Most Mysterious Aircraft accident: Malaysia Airlines MH370 | What Went Wrong (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Air India Flight 182 Gets Bombed From Inside The Plane | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• Air Canada Flight 143 Lands With No Fuel | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• Mid-Air Collision Sends Aeroméxico Flight 498 Plummeting Into The Ground | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• The Aeroflot Flight 593 That Hung In The Balance Of A Child | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Catastrophic Failures: The Fatal Flight 052 That Crashed In New York | Mayday (52 min, Wonder)
• Deadly Flight 529 Crash Leaves Passengers Trapped in Burning Plane | Mayday (52 min, Wonder)
• The Shocking Fire Of Swissair Flight 111 | Mayday S1 EP3 (52 min, Wonder)
• The Hinton Disaster: Head On Freight Train Collision Kills Passengers | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• What Happened At The Crash Of The EgyptAir 990? | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Unravelling The Chain Of Errors Behind The Crash Of Aeroperú Flight 603 | Mayday S1 EP4 (52 min, Wonder)
• Who Was Responsible for The Devastating Crash Of Flight 1420? | Mayday S1 EP2 (52 min, Wonder)
• Lazy Mechanic Causes Passenger Plane To Fall Apart | Mayday: Accident Files Series 03 Episode 09 (43 min, Wonder)
• Horrific Runway Collision Causes The Deadly Tenerife Disaster | Crash Of The Century (87 min, Wonder)
• Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Crashes Immediately After Take-Off | Mayday (48 min, Wonder)
• The Flight 401 That Crashed Into Alligator-Infested Waters | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• Everyone Onboard Helios Airways Flight 522 Goes Unconscious | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• Air Canada Flight 797's Explodes On The Runway | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 Crashes At Full Force Into The Ocean | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Bomb Explodes Onboard Pan Am Flight 103 Over Lockerbie | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• Taiwan's Deadliest Plane Crash China Airlines Flight 611 Disintegrates | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• British Airways Flight 9's Miraculous Survival In Volcanic Lightning Storm | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• The Mystery of MH370 | What Went Wrong (46 min, Spark)
• Airlines' Protocol for After a Plane Crash (12 min, Wendover Productions)
• American Airlines 191: The Worst Air Crash In US History (45 min, Wonder)
• Airshow Crash Tragedy: The Most Horrifying Plane, Train And Ship Crashes (52 min, Wonder)
• Miracle Couple Survives An Explosive Plane Crash | Extreme Near Misses (47 min, Wonder)
• The Truth Behind The Mysterious Crash Of USAir Flight 1016 | Mayday Series 17 Episode 06 (43 min, Wonder)
• Pilot Survives The Worst Air Disaster In South Korean History | Mayday Series 17 Episode 03 (43 min, Wonder)
• Payne Stewarts Private Jet Plummets Out Of The Sky | Mayday Air Disaster Series 16 Episode 1 (43 min, Wonder)
• 747 Plane Explodes In Half During Take-Off | Mayday (45 min, Wonder)
• Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 Loses Propellers Mid-Air | Mayday (45 min, Wonder)
• Real Footage Of The Miracle On The Hudson: The Story Of Captain Sully | Mayday (45 min, Wonder)
• Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 Crashes After Losing Power | Mayday (45 min, Wonder)
• The Downfall Of The Korean Airlines Flight 007 | Mayday (48 min, Wonder)
• World's Deadliest Mid-Air Collision: 1996 Charkhi Dadri | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• Inside the Storm: Southern Airways Flight 242 Disaster | Exclusive Footage (51 min, Wonder)
• Devastating Crash As Air Midwest Flight 5481 Suddenly Nosedives To The Ground | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• Inside The Decade Long Search For Flight MH370 (53 min, Real Stories)
• Airbus A310 Plummets Into The Himalayan Mountains | Mayday Series 17 Episode 10 (43 min, Wonder)
• Passenger Plane Crashes Into Gas Station In Buenos Aires | Mayday Series 17 Episode 09 (43 min, Wonder)
• Metrojet Flight 9268 Disappears With 200 Passengers | Mayday Series 17 Episode 08 (43 min, Wonder)
• Plane Crashes In Minnesota Mountains With No Survivors | Mayday Series 17 Episode 01 (43 min, Wonder)
• American Airlines Flight 191: A Tragic Disaster | Mayday (45 min, Wonder)
• Disaster As British Airways Plane Crash Lands At Heathrow Due To Mystery Failure | Mayday (45 min, Wonder)
• USAir Flight 1493 In Los Angeles Runway Disaster | Mayday (48 min, Wonder)
• Mid Air Collision Rips Apart Gol Transportes Aéroes Flight 1907 | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• The Horrific Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation Safety (50 min, Wonder)
• Huge Hole In Passenger Plane Causes A Fatal Crash | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Deadly Disaster As Delta Air Lines Flight 191 Crashes After Microburst Storm | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Investigating The Tragic Crash Of Flash Airlines Flight 604 | Mayday (51 min, Wonder)
• What Went Wrong With The Devastating Korean Air Flight 801 Crash? | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• Desperate Fight To Survive As Air France Flight 358 Crashlands | Mayday (50 min, Wonder)
• The Devastating Mid-Air Collision Of AeroMexico Flight 498 (49 min, Wonder)
• Incredible Pilots Control Critically Damaged Plane | Mayday: Accident Files Series 03 Episode 08 (43 min, Wonder)
• Mid-Air Plane Collision Explodes Proteus Airlines Flight 706 | Mayday Series 16 Episode 5 (43 min, Wonder)
• Deadly Flight 173 Crash into Family Homes 3 Days After Christmas | Mayday (45 min, Wonder)
• The Devastating Crash Of SilkAir Flight 185 | Mayday (45 min, Wonder)
• ValuJet Flight 592: Florida's Worst Aviation Disaster | Mayday (45 min, Wonder)
• The Tragedy Of Continental Connection Flight 3407 (45 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Air Crash Investigations

1. Fly by Wire by William Langewiesche - View on Amazon
2. The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
3. Flying Blind by Peter Robison - View on Amazon
4. Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed - View on Amazon