Mayday, also known as Air Crash Investigation(s) and Air Emergency, is a documentary television program produced by Cineflix investigating air crashes, near-crashes, hijackings, bombings and other disasters. It reveals events that led up to each disaster, the causes of the incidents and the measures recommended in the report by the NTSB or the investigating Commission to prevent a similar incident happening again. It features re-enactments, interviews, testimony, computer-generated imagery, and in some episodes, cockpit voice recordings to reconstruct the sequence of events to the audiences.
As of 8 February 2011[update], a total of 82 episodes and eleven seasons of Mayday have been produced.[1]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 6 | 3 September 2003[2] | 22 October 2003[2] | |
| 2 | 6 | 23 January 2005[3] | — | |
| 3 | 13 | — | — | |
| 4 | 10 | 15 April 2007[4] | — | |
| 5 | 10 | 9 April 2008[5] | — | |
| 6 | 2 | — | — | |
| 7 | 8 | 4 November 2009[6] | — | |
| 8 | 2 | — | — | |
| 9 | 8 | 8 September 2010[7] | — | |
| 10 | 6 | 28 February 2011 | TBA | |
| 11 | 10 | TBA | TBA | |
Episodes
Season 1
| # | Titel | Disaster | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Racing the Storm" | American Airlines Flight 1420 | 3 September 2003[2] | |
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On 1 June 1999, American Airlines Flight 1420 tried to land at the Little Rock National Airport during a storm but overran the runway killing eleven people. The crash was caused by the crew not arming the spoilers during their pre-landing checks. | ||||
| 2 | "Unlocking Disaster" | United Airlines Flight 811 | 10 September 2003[2] | |
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On 24 February 1989, United Airlines Flight 811 was flying above the Pacific Ocean when part of the right-side fuselage was ripped off, ejecting nine people from the aircraft and causing explosive decompression. The flight later landed safely at Honolulu without any more loss of life. An electrical short circuit caused the faulty cargo door to open, creating the explosive decompression. | ||||
| 3 | "Flying Blind" | Aeroperú Flight 603 | 17 September 2003[2] | |
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On 2 October 1996, shortly after take off the crew of Aeroperú Flight 603 were confused by false speed and altitude readings and contradictory warnings from the aircraft's air data system. In preparation for an emergency landing the crew descended the aircraft, but relying on false readings the crew went too far causing the aircraft to crash into the water, killing everyone on board. The false readings and contradictory warnings were caused by duct tape over the static ports, the duct tape was used to protect the ports during maintenance but was not removed afterwards. | ||||
| 4 | "Flying on Empty" | Air Transat Flight 236 | 8 October 2003[2] | |
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On 24 August 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 ran out of fuel while flying over the ocean. The pilots safely glided and landed the aircraft at a naval base in the Azores. The fuel starvation was caused by improper maintenance work which allowed a hydraulic oil pipe and a fuel pipe to rub together resulting in the fracture of the fuel pipe causing a leak. | ||||
| 5 | "Cutting Corners" | Alaska Airlines Flight 261 | 15 October 2003[2] | |
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On 31 January 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261's trimmable horizontal stabilizer jammed and broke free from its control system and the aircraft dove inverted into the Pacific Ocean, causing the death of all on board. The stabilizer failed due to an improperly maintained jackscrew assembly. | ||||
| 6 | "Fire on Board" | Swissair Flight 111 | 22 October 2003[2] | |
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On 2 September 1998, a fire broke out on Swissair Flight 111 while in-flight, the fire kills the aircraft's vital systems and the aircraft crashed into the sea off Peggy's Cove with no survivors. The fire was caused by faulty wiring. | ||||
Season 2
| # | Titel | Disaster | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Blow Out" | British Airways Flight 5390 | 23 January 2005[3] | |
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On 10 June 1990, on British Airways Flight 5390 the cockpit window blew out, sucking the captain partially through the hole. A member of the cabin crew clung to the pilot's legs as the co-pilot completed an emergency landing. The captain was found to be still alive after being outside the cockpit for 21 minutes. The blow out was caused by a maintenance worker installing the incorrect sized screws during maintenance work. | ||||
| 2 | "Wounded Bird" | Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 | 23 January 2005[3] | |
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On 21 August 1995, the left-side engine on Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 partly tore itself from its mounting creating drag which caused the aircraft to fall out of the sky killing nine people. A propeller, damaged by metal fatigue, caused the engine to be partly torn from its mounting. | ||||
| 3 | "The Killing Machine" | Air France Flight 8969 | ||
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On 24 December 1994, Air France Flight 8969 was hijacked on the ground at Algiers Airport. The terrorists demanded the aircraft be allowed to depart for Paris so they could crash the aircraft into the Eiffel Tower, but since they did not know how to fly the aircraft and Algerian Army refused to give them a pilot they were unable to carry out their plans. Instead, over two days they killed three passengers. The aircraft was then cleared to take off but the crew diverted to Marseille Provence Airport. The Hostage rescue team of the French Gendarmerie stormed the aircraft and after a gun battle in the cabin the hijackers were killed and everyone else was evacuated. | ||||
| 4 | "Deadly Crossroads" | 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision | ||
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On 1 July 2002, the Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 collided with the DHL Flight 611 in German airspace near Überlingen. Flight 2937 was destroyed instantly and Flight 611 crashed shortly afterwards, killing all 71 people in the two aircraft. The crew of Flight 611 followed the TCAS instructions to initiate a descent while the crew of Flight 2937 listened to the air traffic controller over their TCAS and initiated a descent as well. The air traffic controller was later murdered by the father of one of the families onboard the passenger plane. | ||||
| 5 | "Lost" | American Airlines Flight 965 | ||
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On 20 December 1995, American Airlines Flight 965 headed for Cali, Colombia. The crew was asked if they would like to do a straight-in approach to Cali. The pilots agreed and inadvertently removed the waypoints from the flight plan in their Flight management system (FMS), causing them to become unsure of their exact position. Their mistakes caused them to crash into a 9,000 foot mountain near Buga. Only four passengers survived. | ||||
| 6 | "Missing Over New York" | Avianca Flight 52 | ||
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On 25 January 1990, Avianca Flight 52 was delayed numerous times, causing the Boeing 707 to run out of fuel and crash. | ||||
Season 3
| # | Titel | Disaster | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Hanging by a Thread" | Aloha Airlines Flight 243 | ||
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On 28 April 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was en route from Hilo to Honolulu in Hawaii when the roof of the front fuselage was torn off sucking out a flight attendant. The aircraft landed safely at Kahului, Maui. The fuselage was torn off because of corrosion damage and metal fatigue. | ||||
| 2 | "Attack Over Baghdad" | DHL OO-DLL | ||
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On 23 November 2003, the DHL OO-DLL just took off from Baghdad International Airport when the left wing exploded causing loss of hydraulic pressure. The crew successfully landed the aircraft using the engines to control the aircraft. A surface-to-air missile was fired at the aircraft. | ||||
| 3 | "Out of Control" | Japan Airlines Flight 123 | ||
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On 12 August 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123's rear pressure bulkhead burst, destroying the vertical stabilizer and rupturing all four hydraulic systems. The crew managed to keep the aircraft flying for a bit until it clipped a mountain ridge and crashed, killing 520 people. | ||||
| 4 | "Fight for Your Life" | FedEx Flight 705 | ||
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On 7 April 1994, Auburn Calloway, a disgruntled employee, attempted to hijack FedEx Flight 705 with hammers and a speargun. The crew successfully subdued the hijacker and landed the aircraft safely. | ||||
| 5 | "Mistaken Identity" | Iran Air Flight 655 | ||
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On 3 July 1988, during the Iran–Iraq War the USS Vincennes (CG-49) shot down Iran Air Flight 655 killing everyone on board. The crew of the Vincennes, despite its high-tech equipment, mistook the airliner for an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet. | ||||
| 6 | "Bomb on Board" | Philippine Airlines Flight 434 | ||
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On 11 December 1994, a bomb exploded on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a passenger and damaging the aircraft's control systems. The crew successfully landed the aircraft in Okinawa. Ramzi Yousef, a terrorist smuggled the bomb aboard on the first leg of the flight. | ||||
| 7 | "Helicopter Down" | Bristow Flight 56C | ||
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On 19 January 1995, the crew of Bristow Flight 56C were forced to ditch into the sea, after lightning damaged the tail rotor. Despite the conditions, the sixteen oil rig workers and pilots were rescued. | ||||
| 8 | "Death and Denial" | EgyptAir Flight 990 | ||
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On 31 October 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 dove out of the sky and crashed into the sea killing 217 people. The cause of the dive is disputed, the Egyptian government claims mechanical failure associated with the elevator controls caused the crash, while the US government claims the aircraft was deliberately crashed by the First Officer Gameel Al-Batouti in a suicide/homicide. | ||||
| 9 | "Kid in the Cockpit" | Aeroflot Flight 593 | ||
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On 23 March 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593 stalled and crashed killing 75 people. The pilot's 15 year old son accidentally disabled autopilot while in the captain's seat, causing the aircraft to bank heavy to the right creating the stall. | ||||
| 10 | "Head-On Collision" | Hinton train collision | ||
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On 8 February 1986, a VIA Rail passenger train and a 118-car freight train collided, killing 23 people. The freight train crew did not stop at a red railway signal on a section of a passing loop. | ||||
| 11 | "Collision Course" | MS Express Samina sinking | ||
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On 26 September 2000, waves pushed the MS Express Samina off course causing it to hit a group of rocks and sink killing 80 people. The ferry was on autopilot with the crew not monitoring the ship's course. | ||||
| 12 | "Runaway Train" | San Bernardino train disaster | ||
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On 12 May 1989, a freight train derailed, killing five people. The train derailed from descending at high speeds from a pass in the mountains without air brakes and had been overloaded. More than a week later, an underground gasoline pipeline, which was damaged by earth-moving equipment during the crash cleanup, ruptured killing two more people. | ||||
| 13 | "Ocean Landing" | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 | ||
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On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was forced to do a ditch after running out of fuel but the aircraft broke up as the wings hit the water, killing 125 people. The aircraft ran out of fuel because hijackers did not believe the pilots, that the aircraft did not have enough fuel to make it to the hijackers' planned location, Australia. | ||||
Season 4
| # | Titel | Disaster | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Desperate Escape" | Air France Flight 358 | 15 April 2007[4] | |
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On 2 August 2005, Air France Flight 358 overran the runway in a storm and smashed through the airport fence before plunging into a small ravine. The cause of the crash was the aircraft was too high for its landing, the runway was too short and the crew deployed the thrust reversers too late. There were no fatalities. | ||||
| 2 | "Fire Fight" | Air Canada Flight 797 | 15 April 2007[4] | |
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On 2 June 1983, a fire broke out on Air Canada Flight 797 in the aircraft's toilet. An emergency landing was made in Cincinnati, but the aircraft was engulfed by flames as the doors opened on the runway due to a flashover, killing 23 people. | ||||
| 3 | "Falling from the Sky" | British Airways Flight 9 | ||
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On 24 June 1982, British Airways Flight 9 experienced St. Elmo's fire, a few minutes later all four engines flamed out. After descending the crew successfully restarted the engines and landed safely. The St. Elmo's fire and engine flame out was caused by volcanic ash. | ||||
| 4 | "Missed Approach" | Korean Air Flight 801 | ||
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On 6 August 1997, the crew of Korean Air Flight 801 initiated a missed approach while on a final approach because they were unable to see the runway, but the aircraft crashed, killing 228 people. | ||||
| 5 | "Hidden Danger" | United Airlines Flight 585, USAir Flight 427 and Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 | ||
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On 3 March 1991, United Airlines Flight 585's rudder failed and the aircraft crashed, killing 25 people. On 8 September 1994, USAir Flight 427's rudder also failed, killing 132 people. On 9 June 1996, Eastwind Airlines Flight 517's rudder failed too, but the crew successfully regained control of the aircraft and landed safely. The cause of all three incidents was the rudders doing a "hardover" and jamming due to thermal shock. | ||||
| 6 | "Panic Over the Pacific" | China Airlines Flight 006 | ||
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On 19 February 1985, China Airlines Flight 006's number four engine flamed out. As the crew tried to restart the engine the aircraft went into a deep dive. The crew successfully regained control and landed safely. The incident was caused by pilot error. | ||||
| 7 | "Out of Sight" | Aeroméxico Flight 498/Piper Archer N4891F | ||
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On 31 August 1986, Aeroméxico Flight 498 and Piper Archer N4891F collided over Cerritos, California, killing 82 people. | ||||
| 8 | "Fog of War" | 1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash | ||
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On 3 April 1996, while attempting a landing in heavy fog United States Air Force Flight IFO-21 went off course and crashed, killing 35 people. | ||||
| 9 | "Vertigo" | Flash Airlines Flight 604 | ||
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On 3 January 2004, just after take-off Flash Airlines Flight 604 banked right and crashed, killing 148 people. The cause of this disaster is disputed. | ||||
| 10 | "Ghost Plane" | Helios Airways Flight 522 | ||
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On 14 August 2005, air traffic controllers lost radio contact with Helios Airways Flight 522. Two F-16s from the Hellenic Air Force investigated and found all but one person not moving. A few moments later the aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed, killing 121 people. An incorrect setting on the cabin pressurization panel caused the pilots and everyone else on board to succumb to hypoxia. | ||||
Season 5
| # | Titel | Disaster | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Air India: Explosive Evidence" | Air India Flight 182 | 9 April 2008[5] | |
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On 23 June 1985, Air India Flight 182 exploded in mid-air and disintegrated over the coast of Ireland, killing 329 people. Investigators discovered that a bomb from Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa caused the explosion. | ||||
| 2 | "Behind Closed Doors" | American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981 | 16 April 2008[5] | |
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On 12 June 1972, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 just a few months old, operating American Airlines Flight 96 from Detroit, Michigan to Buffalo, New York, suffered an explosive decompression after a cargo door bursts open. The crew made an emergency landing at Detroit, Michigan without any loss of life. However, the design fault with the cargo door mechanism was not rectified and two years later, on 3 March 1974, Turkish Airlines Flight 981 suffered a similar blowout during a flight from Paris to London. This time the DC-10's hydraulic systems are damaged and the aircraft crashed in a forest near Senlis, killing all 346 on board. | ||||
| 3 | "Southern Storm" | Southern Airways Flight 242 | 23 April 2008[5] | |
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On 4 April 1977, Southern Airways Flight 242 was a flight from Huntsville, Alabama to Atlanta, Georgia. It flew through a severe thunderstorm and was hit by large hailstones. Both engines of the DC-9-31 failed and the aircraft made an emergency landing on a highway in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia. However it collided with a gas station and exploded, killing 62 people on board and eight on the ground; two more died later of injuries they sustained during the crash. | ||||
| 4 | "Dead Weight" | Air Midwest Flight 5481 | 30 April 2008[5] | |
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On 8 January 2003, Air Midwest Express Flight 5481 crashed into a hangar of Charlotte/Douglas International Airport seconds after take-off on a flight to Greenville. All 21 people on the plane die and one person on the ground is injured. | ||||
| 5 | "Invisible Killer" | Delta Air Lines Flight 191 | ||
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On 2 August 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashed while on approach to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing eight of 11 crew members and 128 of the 152 passengers on board, and one person on the ground. This accident was one of the few commercial air crashes in which the meteorological phenomenon known as microburst-induced wind shear was a direct contributing factor. | ||||
| 6 | "Gimli Glider" | Gimli Glider | ||
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On 23 July 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet (12,000m) altitude, about halfway through its flight from Montreal to Edmonton. The crew was able to glide the aircraft safely to an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport, a former airbase at Gimli, Manitoba. | ||||
| 7 | "Fanning the Flames/Cargo Conspiricy/Mystery Fire" | South African Airways Flight 295 | ||
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On 28 November 1987, South African Airways Flight 295 started filling with smoke over the Indian Ocean. A fire had erupted in the rear main level cargo area; the pilots successfully opened the doors in flight to clear the smoke from the aircraft, however it crashed with no survivors. | ||||
| 8 | "Fatal Distraction" | Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 | ||
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On 29 December 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 to Miami International Airport, crashed in the Everglades because the crew was distracted by a faulty landing gear indicator light, and accidentally disengage the autopilot. 101 people die. 75 survive. | ||||
| 9 | "Mixed Signals" | Birgenair Flight 301 | ||
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On 6 February 1996, Birgenair Flight 301 was scheduled to fly from Puerto Plata to Frankfurt. On takeoff, the captain found that his air speed indicator (ASI) was not reading properly, though the co-pilot's ASI was showing the correct speed. Both pilots become confused and believe that both ASIs are malfunctioning. They lost control of the aircraft and crashed in the Atlantic. All 13 crew members and 176 passengers die. | ||||
| 10 | "Phantom Strike" | Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907/N600XL | ||
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On 29 September 2006, Gol Transportes Aéreos Boeing 737 and a brand-new Embraer Legacy business jet on its delivery flight collided in mid-air over the Amazon. The 737 crashed but the Legacy managed to make a safe landing. All 154 people aboard the Gol flight died. | ||||
Season 6
| # | Titel | Disaster | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Ripped Apart" | Flight 243, 5390, 811 and 522 | 16 December 2007[8] | |
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This special looked at accidents and incidents where pressurization failure or explosive decompression played a part. | ||||
| 2 | "Fatal Flaw" | Flight 261, 123, 529, 111, 585, 427 and 517 | 16 December 2007[8] | |
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This special looked at accidents caused by seemingly minor defects or errors. | ||||
| 3 | "Who's Flying the Plane?" | Flight 603, 006, 593, 604 and 236 | 2 March 2008[9] | |
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This special looked at accidents and incidents where problems with the interface between crew members and onboard avionics were a factor, and the causes of those problems. | ||||
Season 7
| # | Titel | Disaster | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Operation Babylift" | Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident | 4 November 2009[6] | |
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On 4 April 1975, a Lockheed C-5A Galaxy participating in Operation Babylift suffered explosive decompression and crashed while attempting a emergency landing at Tan Son Nhat airport. | ||||
| 2 | "Blown Apart" | Partnair Flight 394 | 11 November 2009[6] | |
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On 8 September 1989, Partnair Flight 394 drove into the sea, killing 55 people. The crash was caused by installing non-genuine spare parts. | ||||
| 3 | "Scratching the Surface" | China Airlines Flight 611 | 18 November 2009[6] | |
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On 25 May 2002, China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrated in mid-air and crashed into the Taiwan Strait just 20 minutes after taking off, killing 225 people. The cause of the crash were improper repairs to the aircraft 22 years earlier. | ||||
| 4 | "Lockerbie" | Pan Am Flight 103 | 17 December 2009[10] | |
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On 21 December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded in mid-air with the debris falling on the town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people. The explosion was caused by a bomb in the forward cargo compartment. | ||||
| 5 | "Crash Course" | 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision | ||
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On 12 November 1996, Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 and Air Kazakhstan Flight 1907 collided in mid-air, killing 349 people. | ||||
| 6 | "Falling Fast" | Tuninter Flight 1153 | ||
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On 6 August 2005, Tuninter Flight 1153 ran out of fuel and ditched into the sea, killing 16 people. The aircraft did not have the correct amount of fuel on board because of the installation of the wrong fuel gauge. | ||||
| 7 | "Flight 574: Lost" | Adam Air Flight 574 | ||
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On 1 January 2007, Adam Air Flight 574 crashed into the Makassar Strait, killing 102 people. The crew inadvertently disengaged the autopilot while trying to fix the inertial reference system, causing the plane to plunge to the water. | ||||
| 8 | "Frozen in Flight" | American Eagle Flight 4184 | ||
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On 31 October 1994, American Eagle Flight 4184 fell out of the sky, killing 68 people. The crash was caused by icing on the wings and a design flaw in the de-icing equipment which failed to remove the ice. | ||||
Season 8
| # | Titel | Disaster | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "System Breakdown" | Flight 2/718, 498/N4891F, 52, 1907/N600XL and 2937/611 | ||
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This special looked at the role of air traffic controllers in the airline industry, and took a look at the Next Generation Air Transportation System, a new technology meant to eliminate mid-air collisions by reducing overall dependence on radar and radio, as well as delegating some of the air traffic controllers' tasks to computers onboard each plane. | ||||
| 2 | "Cruel Skies" | Flight 242, 191, 1420 and 9 | ||
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This special looked at the role of bad weather in disasters, and toured the US Aviation Weather Centre in Kansas City, Missouri to see how information on weather is transmitted to pilots in the sky. | ||||
Season 9
| # | Titel | Disaster | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Panic on the Runway" | British Airtours Flight 28M | 8 September 2010[7] | |
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On 22 August 1985, An engine caught fire during the takeoff phase of a British charter flight from Manchester, England to the Greek island of Corfu. Despite a successfully abandoned takeoff, 55 of the 137 passengers and crew are killed as the aircraft burned on the runway. | ||||
| 2 | "Alarming Silence/Cockpit Chaos" | Northwest Airlines Flight 255 | 15 September 2010[7] | |
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On 16 August 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed shortly after taking off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing 156 people. The crew accidently skipped the taxi checklist prior to take off and failed to deploy the flaps. All but one die. | ||||
| 3 | "Pilot vs. Plane" | Air France Flight 296 | 22 September 2010[7] | |
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On 26 June 1988, Air France Flight 296 failed to regain altitude and crashed into trees after performing a flyby during an airshow at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport, killing 3 people. It is disputed whether it was caused by pilot error, or a fault in the new Abus A-320's fly by wire controls. | ||||
| 4 | "Cleared for Disaster" | USAir Flight 1493/Skywest Airlines Flight 5569 | ||
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On 1 February 1991, USAir Flight 1493 collided with the waiting SkyWest Airlines Flight 5569 on the runway, killing 34 people. An Air traffic controller mistakenly assigned the inbound Flight 1493 to a runway where the Flight 5569 was waiting to take off. | ||||
| 5 | "Target is Destroyed" | Korean Air Lines Flight 007 | ||
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On 1 September 1983, during the Cold War, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down after violating Soviet airspace. The crew did not switch the autopilot from heading to INS mode following take off which caused the aircraft to deviate from its assigned flight path. | ||||
| 6 | "Crashed and Alone" | Air Inter Flight 148 | ||
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On 20 January 1992, Air Inter Flight 148 crashed into the Vosges Mountains while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport, killing 87 people. | ||||
| 7 | "Snowbound" | Air Ontario Flight 1363 and USAir Flight 405 | ||
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On 10 March 1989, Air Ontario Flight 1363 crashed just after take off, killing 24 people. Three years later, on 22 March, USAir Flight 405 crashed just after take off, similar to Flight 1363. Both crashes were caused by icing and a design flaw of the wings on the Fokker F28. | ||||
| 8 | "Beach Crash" | Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 | ||
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On 19 December 2005, just after take off the right wing of the Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 fell off and the aircraft crashed, killing 20 people. The wing fell off due to metal fatigue that resulted from poor maintenance, financial distress at Chalk's, and a lack of appropriate FAA oversight. | ||||
Season 10
Season 10 will consist of six episodes and will start airing in 2011.[1]
| # | Titel | Disaster | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "2009 Schiphol Disaster" | Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 | 28 February 2011 | |
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On February 25, 2009, a Turkish Airlines plane crashed near Schiphol. The disaster claimed nine lives. What caused the crash? Note: This episode first aired on National Geographic Channel in the Netherlands, as the season premiere, but was not used as the season premiere on the international version of National Geographic Channel (the international channel, where the season began a week later, used Heathrow Crash Landing as premiere episode.)[11] | ||||
| 2 | "Heathrow Crash Landing" | British Airways Flight 38 | 7 March 2011 | |
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Only the quick-witted actions of the pilot averted disaster when a plane flopped into Heathrow. Why did the engines fail in the first place? | ||||
| 3 | "Hudson Splashdown" | US Airways Flight 1549 | 14 March 2011 | |
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The remarkable story of the New York flight which crash landed in the middle of the city, having struck a flock of birds on take-off. | ||||
| 4 | "Stalled In The Sky" | Colgan Air Flight 3407 | 21 March 2011 | |
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In the worst US crash in over seven years, a Buffalo-bound flight stalled and plummeted into a suburban home in 2009. What went wrong? | ||||
| 5 | "Pilot Betrayed" | Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 | TBA, expected 28 March 2011 | |
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A DC-9 has been de-iced twice, but in less than two minutes after take-off, both engines fail. As the pilots try restarting them the left engine erupts in flames, and then 3,200 feet above the ground, the plane quickly and silently falls from the sky. The plane breaks into three pieces, but remarkably everyone on board survives. | ||||
Season 11
Cineflix have indicated there will be a eleventh season of Mayday consisting of ten episodes.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Mayday: Air Disaster". Cineflix. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Mayday premieres on Discovery, Wednesday, September 3 at 10 p.m." (Press release). Cineflix. 14 August 2003.
- ^ a b c "Mayday - Popular Cineflix series returns to Discovery Channel with two new back-to-back episodes, Sunday, January 23, 2005 at 8 pm ET" (Press release). Cineflix. 1 December 2004.
- ^ a b c "A New Season of Mayday Takes Flight, April 15 on Discovery Channel" (Press release). Discovery Channel Canada. 30 March 2007.
- ^ a b c d e "Discovery Channel Sends Out a Mayday Call – Season 5 Launches with Air India Tragedy, April 9" (Press release). Discovery Channel Canada. 25 March 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Never Take a Safe Landing For Granted Again – Discovery Channel Presents Season 7 of MAYDAY and DAILY PLANET's "Flying Things Week" in November" (Press release). Discovery Channel Canada. 15 October 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Buckled In and Cabin Baggage Safely Stowed, MAYDAY returns to Discovery Channel for a 9th Season, Sept. 8" (Press release). Discovery Channel Canada. 13 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Catastrophes in the Sky – Back-to-Back Mayday Specials Reveal How Decompression Disasters and Aircraft Flaws Inspire Aviation Safety Measures, Dec. 16 on Discovery Channel" (Press release). Discovery Channel Canada. 22 November 2007.
- ^ "The Perilous Balance Between Pilot Skill and Cutting-Edge Aviation Technology Featured in Mayday: "Who's Flying the Plane," March 2 on Discovery Channel" (Press release). Discovery Channel Canada. 14 February 2008.
- ^ "MAYDAY: LOCKERBIE DISASTER Takes A Look At The Tragedy of Flight 103 – 20 Years Later" (Press release). Discovery Channel Canada. 5 November 2009.
- ^ "Air Crash Investigation: Info (Dutch)". National Geographic Channel. Retrieved 5 March 2011.