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 - Deadly Descent
Release Date: 2019-01-02En route to Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific Flight 780 is high over the South China Sea when both of the plane's engines fail, turning the Airbus A-330 into a 200-ton glider; the captain takes over manual control and manages to power up one engine.
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Episode 2 - Death Race
Release Date: 2019-01-09Competing in a highly-modified P-51 Mustang at the Reno Air Races, Jimmy Leeward is determined to set a new speed record, but half way through the race, his plane spirals out of control and crashes onto the tarmac in front of the stands.
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Episode 3 - Borderline Tactics
Release Date: 2019-01-14On 18 August 1993, American International Airways Flight 808 stalls, rolls to the right and crashes into the ground 1 quarter of a mile short of the runway while manoeuvring onto final approach to Leeward Point Airfield in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. All 3 crew members on board survive.
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Episode 4 - Fatal Approach
Release Date: 2019-01-16On 4 April 1994, KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 crashes into a field while attempting an emergency landing at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, killing 3 of the 24 people on board.
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Episode 5 - Deadly Pitch
Release Date: 2019-01-30On 7 August 1997, Fine Air Flight 101 stalls and crashes just seconds after taking off from Miami International Airport, killing all 4 people on board and 1 person on the ground.
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Episode 6 - Fatal Climb
Release Date: 2019-02-06On 31 March 1995, TAROM Flight 371 banks steeply to the left and crashes into a field shortly after taking off from Otopeni International Airport, killing all 60 people on board.
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Episode 7 - Runway Runoff
Release Date: 2019-02-13On 20 December 2008, Continental Airlines Flight 1404 veers off the side of the runway, skids across the taxiway and a service road and crashes into a ravine while taking off from Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado. All 115 passengers and crew members on board survive.
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Episode 8 - Lethal Limits
Release Date: 2019-02-18On 14 September 2008, Aeroflot Flight 821 crashes into a ravine next to a railway line while on final approach to Perm International Airport in Perm, Russia, in poor weather conditions, killing all 88 people on board.
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Episode 9 - Football Tragedy
Release Date: 2019-03-04On 28 November 2016, LaMia Flight 2933, carrying the Brazilian Chapecoense football squad, runs out of fuel and crashes into the side of a mountain after entering a holding pattern to land at José María Córdova International Airport in Rionegro, Colombia. 71 of the 77 people on board are killed.
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Episode 10 - Slam Dunk
Release Date: 2019-03-11On 7 January 1994, United Express Flight 6291, operating for Atlantic Coast Airlines, crashes 1.2 miles short of the runway during final approach to Port Columbus International Airport after entering a stall. The two pilots, the flight attendant, and two passengers are killed in the crash.
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Episode 11 - Special Report: Headline News
Release Date: 2019-10-04 -
Episode 12 - Special report: Rookie Errors
Release Date: 2019-10-04 -
Episode 13 - Special report: Collision Course
Release Date: 2019-10-04 -
Episode 14 - Special report: Engines Out
Release Date: 2019-10-04 -
Episode 15 - Special report: Fuel Trouble
Release Date: 2019-10-07 -
Episode 16 - Special report: Perilous Payload
Release Date: 2019-10-09 -
Episode 17 - Special report: Runway in Sight
Release Date: 2019-10-11 -
Episode 18 - Special report: Deadly Confusion
Release Date: 2019-10-04 -
Episode 19 - Special report: Radio Silence
Release Date: 2019-10-04 -
Episode 20 - Special report: Design Flaws
Release Date: 2019-08-07