VOICES OF THE CRASH
An archive only goes so far. These are the people who reconstruct the accidents, interview the survivors and explain the physics — watch and listen to them after you read the case files.
All Crashes in Detail
EVERY CRASH SINCE 1926
For a comprehensive global record, we formally recommend Crash Atlas — an archival platform that documents every recorded aviation accident since 1926 and presents each of them on an interactive worldwide map for detailed examination. The accompanying video offers a guided overview of the archive and its contents.
YouTube — Airline Captain & Examiner
MENTOUR PILOT
Petter Hörnfeldt, a Boeing 737 captain and type-rating examiner, reconstructs accidents in a full-motion simulator and explains exactly what the crew saw, did and missed. The gold standard of aviation analysis on YouTube.
YouTube — Aviation Documentaries
WYNGX
Cinematic, meticulously researched documentaries on aviation's biggest disasters and mysteries — including one of the most-watched breakdowns of the Air India 171 crash.
TV Series — National Geographic
MAYDAY / AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION
The documentary series that defined the genre. 25+ seasons of dramatized reconstructions built on official investigation reports, airing as 'Mayday', 'Air Disasters' and 'Air Crash Investigation' around the world.
Podcast — Alice Stern & Zach
FINAL BOARDING CALL
A weekly podcast diving into the true stories of aviation disasters, survival tales and near misses — hosted by a disaster-obsessed frequent flyer and her reluctant, homebody husband.
YouTube — Aviation Disaster Documentaries
AARON RHEINS
Documentary-style breakdowns of aviation disasters and the investigations that followed — clear narration, careful research, and a focus on what each accident taught the industry.
YouTube — Crash Reconstructions
MAYDAY DISASTER
Detailed reconstructions of air disasters in the spirit of the Mayday series — cockpit timelines, black-box transcripts and the chain of failures behind each crash.
Film (2022) — Based on Jet Airways 9W-555
BONUS: RUNWAY 34
Ajay Devgn's thriller dramatizes the real 2015 Jet Airways Doha–Kochi flight that landed in Trivandrum on its seventh approach with fuel below final reserve. The real event is in our Near Misses category.