This animation is based on all currently available data concerning the US Airways Flight 1549 crash (Cactus 1549). Satellite imagery, elevation models and robust GIS mapping methods are utilized to create a vegetation model, terrain model and ground clutter (3D buildings). Of all available audio tracks, only two are used, La Guardia Tower and New York TRACON Departure controller position. Radar data as well as the onboard Flight Data Recorder are utilized in constructing the flightpath of the aircraft.

The pilot fails to land the plane quickly enough so he doesn’t have time to stop the plane. A typical runway overrun.

In this BBC2 special James May from Top Gear U.K. is taken on an emotional ride to the edge of space in a U-2 spy plane.

Scorpions may be common in the desert, but not so much among the luggage bins at 35,000 feet. A man was on a Southwest Airlines plane from Phoenix to Indianapolis when he noticed something crawling up his leg.