TV series

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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Season 8 episodes

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Episode 1

System Breakdown (Next Generation Air Transportation System)

Jun 10, 200945m8.2 / 10

1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision, 1986 Cerritos mid-air collision, Avianca Flight 52, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, Überlingen mid-air collision. 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 on board each plane.

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Directed by Larry BambrickWritten by Christopher Blow

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Episode 2

Cruel Skies (Bad Weather)

Jun 17, 200945m8.8 / 10finale

Southern Airways Flight 242, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, American Airlines Flight 1420, British Airways Flight 9. This special looked at the role of bad weather in disasters and examines the US Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Missouri, to see how information on weather is transmitted to pilots in the sky.

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Directed by Larry BambrickWritten by Christopher Blow

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Watch trailerAir Crash Investigation | Official Trailer | National Geographic UK

Cast

Stephen BogaertSelf - Narrator (voice)

Glen McDonaldTSB Investigator Chaulk

Ken PakASC Investigator

Daniel FalkAir Traffic Controller

Darrin BakerNTSB Investigator John DeLisi

Dan MacKayJim Caruso

Redd OchoaNTSC Investigator

Neil GirvanFlight Director

Credits

Created by: André Barro, Bernard Vaillot

Production details

Status: Returning Series
Series type: Documentary
Episodes: 240
Original language: English

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5United Kingdom
DiscoveryCanada
Sky HistoryUnited Kingdom
National GeographicUnited Kingdom
National Geographic
Cineflix ProductionsCanada

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Season 8 episodes

System Breakdown (Next Generation Air Transportation System)

Cruel Skies (Bad Weather)

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