The recent airplane disaster in Brazil has once again highlighted how spectacularly things can go wrong at the most unexpected times.

So unexpected in fact, that most of these disasters are never caught on film. But some of the most famous ones have become famous because of the dramatic way in which their tragic demises were immortalised on film.

This week we take a look at three of these: the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger during launch, the Air France Concorde crash, and one of the most famous air disasters of all time: the Hindenburg disaster.

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"Challenger Explosion," by yaan4918.

"Concorde Crash at Paris CDG," by edgartamch.

"Hindenburg disaster," by funkyvice.