Mayday (2003)
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
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Episode 1 - Nuts and Bolts
Release Date: 2018-02-13On 16 February 2000, Emery Worldwide Flight 17 crashes into an automobile salvage yard shortly after taking off from Sacramento Mather Airport on a flight to Dayton, Ohio, killing all 3 crew members on board.
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Episode 2 - Blown Away (TransAsia Airways Flight 222)
Release Date: 2018-02-20On 23 July 2014, TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes into buildings while attempting to land at Magong Airport during inclement weather and low visibility, killing 48 of the 58 people on board.
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Episode 3 - Deadly Distraction (Delta Air Lines Flight 1141)
Release Date: 2018-02-27On 31 August 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14 of the 108 people on board.
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Episode 4 - Deadly Airspace (Malaysia Airlines Flight 17)
Release Date: 2018-03-06On 17 July 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board.
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Episode 5 - Deadly Display (2012 Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash)
Release Date: 2018-03-16On 9 May 2012, an aircraft on a demonstration tour crashes into Mount Salak in the province of West Java. All 45 people on board are killed.
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Episode 6 - Deadly Mission
Release Date: 2018-03-23On 31 October 2014, an experimental spaceflight test vehicle named VSS Enterprise suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes into the Mojave Desert in California, United States, while performing a test flight. The co-pilot, Michael Alsbury, is killed; the pilot, Peter Siebold, is seriously injured.
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Episode 7 - Free Fall (Qantas Flight 72)
Release Date: 2018-06-13On 7 October 2008, Qantas Flight 72 suffers a pair of sudden uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres during a flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Perth Airport. 119 of the 315 people on board are injured. The aircraft makes an emergency landing at Learmonth Airport near Exmouth, Western Australia.
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Episode 8 - Deadly Inclination (Alitalia Flight 404)
Release Date: 2018-06-22On 14 November 1990, Alitalia Flight 404 descends too low and crashes into the woodlands of the Stalderberg Mountain near Weiach, Switzerland, 5.2 nautical miles (9.6 kilometres) short of the runway during final approach to Zurich Airport. All 46 passengers and crew members on board are killed.
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Episode 9 - Deadly Go Round (China Airlines Flight 140)
Release Date: 2018-06-27On 26 April 1994, China Airlines Flight 140 pitches upwards, enters an aerodynamic stall at low altitude and crashes approximately 340 feet east-northeast of the centreline of the runway while on final approach to Nagoya Airport in Nagoya, Japan. 264 of the 271 people on board are killed in the crash.
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Episode 10 - Dead of Winter (Continental Airlines Flight 1713)
Release Date: 2018-07-04On 15 November 1987, Continental Airlines Flight 1713 stalls and crashes off the right side of the runway shortly after taking off in a snowstorm from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, on a scheduled flight to Boise, Idaho, killing 28 of the 82 people on board.
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Episode 11 - Communication Breakdown
Release Date: 2018-07-09This special looked at how failures in communication lead to disasters.
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Episode 12 - Bad Attitude
Release Date: 2018-07-16This special looked at how pilots' aggressive or unprofessional behaviour can cause deadly accidents.
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Episode 13 - Hero Pilots
Release Date: 2018-07-23This special looked at how pilots safely land their aircraft in emergency situations.
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Episode 14 - Plane vs. Pilot
Release Date: 2018-07-30This special looked at how automation in the cockpit causes deadly misunderstandings.
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Episode 15 - Explosive Evidence
Release Date: 2018-08-06This special looked at terrorist acts, including bombings and shootdowns.
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Episode 16 - Killer in the Cockpit?
Release Date: 2018-08-13This special looked at pilots' carefully planned strategies in deliberately crashing aircraft.
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Episode 17 - Missing Pieces
Release Date: 2018-08-20This special looked at foreign items, including ice, a chemical oxygen generator, and a bomb as the cause.
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Episode 18 - Controversial Crashes
Release Date: 2018-08-27This special looked at disasters where multiple investigations don't agree on the cause of these accidents.
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Episode 19 - Deadly Distractions
Release Date: 2018-09-03This special looked at how pilots' deviation from cockpit duties lead to crashes.
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Episode 20 - Fire on Board
Release Date: 2018-09-10This special looked at disasters caused by fires, either on the ground or in the air.