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 - Pacific Plunge
Release Date: 2022-01-10When Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedives into the Pacific, investigators uncover a critical maintenance issue with deadly implications.
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Episode 2 - Terror over Michigan
Release Date: 2022-01-17After a Boeing 727's near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine why TWA Flight 841 fell out of the sky.
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Episode 3 - Stealth Bomber Down
Release Date: 2022-01-24When a two-billion-dollar B-2 Stealth Bomber named the Spirit of Kansas crashes in Guam, it’s up to the US Air Force to investigate the most expensive aviation accident of all time.
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Episode 4 - Double Trouble
Release Date: 2022-01-31Rocked by an explosion that rips both right wing engines off the wing, the pilots of Transair 671 manage a miraculous landing at a French military airfield.
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Episode 5 - Holding Pattern
Release Date: 2022-02-07When Flydubai Flight 981 nosedives into the runway at Russia’s Rostov Airport, investigators uncover one of the most lethal traps in aviation.
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Episode 6 - Peril over Portugal
Release Date: 2022-02-14Martinair Flight 495 crashes in Portugal amid thunderstorms and heavy rain, and when investigators piece together the evidence the mystery only deepens.
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Episode 7 - Turboprop Terror
Release Date: 2022-02-21After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight—and uncover an industry-wide safety problem.
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Episode 8 - Tree Strike Terror
Release Date: 2022-02-28Facing a severe thunderstorm and a control tower shutdown, American Airlines 1572 suffers double-engine failure on final approach into Windsor Locks Airport in Connecticut.
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Episode 9 - Pitch Black
Release Date: 2022-03-07A turboprop, Air Illinois Flight 710, crashes in bad weather, and investigators eventually uncover a fatal assumption and deadly decision.
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Episode 10 - Loss of a Legend
Release Date: 2022-03-14When basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, investigators look for clues amid a global outpouring of grief.