Seconds from Disaster: Deadly Details

SYNOPSIS

A look at the cockpit fire that killed 229 people onboard Swiss Air 11 and how simple wear and tear caused the death of 520 passengers flying on Japan Airlines Flight 123.
This compilation of previous Seconds from Disaster episodes combines two airliner crashes that took hundreds of lives. In 1998, Swissair Flight 111 fell from the sky due to a wiring fault that sparked a fire in the entire cockpit. This fire grew uncontrollably and led to the demise of all 229 people on board. In 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed into a remote mountainside after its rear pressure bulkhead failed, killing 520 people, making it the worst single aircraft accident in aviation history.