Episode 1
Pacific Ditching (Transair Flight 810)
44m7.0 / 10
The pilots of a crashed cargo jet believe they lost both engines. But when the wreckage emerges from the Pacific, the evidence tells another story.
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Mayday
2003TV-1426 seasons8.2 / 10
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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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 2
Running on Empty (Air Tahoma Flight 185)
44m7.7 / 10
An Air Tahoma cargo plane is within sight of a Cincinnati runway when both engines flame out and the turboprop crashes into a golf course.
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Power Struggle
43m7.8 / 10
Power Struggle: Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashed in to the Java Sea after a hard left bank, revealing deadly defects in the investigation that followed.
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Second Thoughts (Luxair Flight 9642)
44m8.0 / 10
Amid heavy fog and a rushed approach, Luxair Flight 50 falls out of the sky just a few miles short of Luxembourg airport.
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Powerless Plunge (Loganair Flight 670A)
44m8.3 / 10
Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea
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Cabin Chaos
43m7.5 / 10
Cabin Chaos: After a Chinese airplane lands at a top-secret US Air Force base, the search is on for the cause of a deadly rollercoaster ride in the sky.
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Deadly Climb (Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105)
44m7.3 / 10
It's 1985-the deadliest year in civilian aviation-and a DC-9 commuter plane crashes just seconds after takeoff from Milwaukee.
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Firebomber Down
44m8.0 / 10
Firebomber Down: A C-130 firebomber crashes while battling an epic Australian wildfire. And ATSB investigators must determine the cause within an active fire zone.
Episode credits
Guest stars Adam Maros
Episode 9
Collision Catastrophe (2002 Überlingen mid-air collision)
44m9.0 / 10
German investigators are stumped when two planes collide while flying in the skies over southern Germany.
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Fatal Test Flight (Airborne Express Flight 827)
42m8.0 / 10
When a cargo plane test flight ends in disaster, investigators uncover a series of failures that doomed the DC-8 before it got off the ground.
Episode credits
Guest stars Steve Switzman
Episode 11
No Exit (US Air 1493)
44m9.2 / 10finale
Following a catastrophic runway collision at LAX, passengers on USAIR Flight 1493 struggle to escape the burning plane.
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More about Mayday
Cast
Stephen BogaertSelf - Narrator (voice)Glen McDonaldLt. Colonel Fernando Camargo
Ken PakASC Investigator
Daniel FalkFirst Officer Lee Bruecher
Darrin BakerNTSB Investigator John DeLisi
Dan MacKayNTSB Investigator
Redd OchoaCaptain Preeda Suttimai
Neil GirvanFirst Officer LanouetteCredits
- Created by
- Bernard Vaillot, André Barro
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 240
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
DiscoveryCanada
Cineflix ProductionsCanada
Themes
airplane accidentairplane crashairplane wreckapprovingcrash landingdisasterexploding airplanemayday
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