Unfortunately, accidents are a fact of life in any human endeavor, particularly when pushing the bounds of current technology. The topics listed in this section are related to specific accidents or to the more general procedures and equipment used in the course of investigations.

What material is the black box made from and how does the box function? If the black box is indestructible, couldn't the plane be made out of it too?

I saw a television show claiming that the Hindenburg airship disaster was caused by its skin and not the gas inside. Can you explain why?

Can you explain what caused the Challenger shuttle disaster?

Can you please tell me the outcome of NASA's investigation into the failure of the first X-43A test flight?

I keep hearing that the foam insulation that hit the left wing of the the Columbia was traveling at about 525 miles per hour. Doesn't physics tell us that the foam would be moving forward at roughly the same speed as the wing...and therefore their relative speeds would not be that different? If the relative speeds were close, wouldn't that decrease the energy of the impact?

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