A hijacked Ethiopian Airlines flight runs out of fuel near the Comoros Islands; from 31,000 feet the plane plunges toward the sea and only the skill of the pilot – who’s been hijacked twice before – can save the lives of those on board.
August 31, 1986 - A calm Labour Day weekend is shattered by a devastating tragedy. A Los Angeles neighbourhood is destroyed and more than 80 lives are lost when two planes fall from the sky.
China Airlines Flight 006 is less than 500 kms from Los Angeles when disaster strikes. A series of small problems - beginning with the failure of the jet's fourth engine - snowballs into an all-out emergency.