List of Mayday Episodes

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List of Mayday episodes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mayday, also known as Air Crash Investigation(s) in the

United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and Asia, Air
Emergency or Air Disasters in the United States is a
Canadian documentary television series produced by Cineflix that recounts air crashes, near-crashes, fires, hijackings,
bombings and other mainly flight-related disasters and crises. It reveals the events that led to each crisis or disaster,
their causes as determined by the official investigating body or bodies (often the American NTSB, as most aircraft
involved are of American origin) and the measures they recommended to prevent a similar incident happening again.
The programs use re-enactments, interviews, eyewitness testimony, computer-generated imagery, cockpit voice
recordings and official reports to reconstruct sequences of events.
As of 9 May 2014, a total of 109 episodes of Mayday have aired, including five "Science of Disaster" specials and
three "Crash Scene Investigation" spin-offs. Season 14 of Mayday was announced by Cineflix in September 2013
and entered production on 13 January 2014 and finished production on 25 July 2014. A 15th season has been
announced and will contain 11 episodes, including a special.
Originally aired
Season
Episodes
Season premiere
Season finale
DVD release dates

Region Region
Region 4
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3 September 2003[1]
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15 April 2007[7]
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7 November 2012[9]
9 April 2008[5]
11 June 2008[5]
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7 November 2012[10]
4 November 2009[11]
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7 July 2011[12]
10 June 2009[13]
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28 March 2011[17]
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Note: Episodes are ordered in production numbers, not by their original air date
Season 1 (2003)
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1
Title
1 "Unlocking Disaster"
Incident
Original air date
United Airlines Flight 811
10 September 2003
On 24 February 1989, United Airlines Flight 811 is flying above the Pacific Ocean when part of the right-side
fuselage is ripped off, ejecting nine people from the aircraft and causing explosive decompression. The flight later
lands safely at Honolulu without any more loss of life. An electrical short circuit caused the cargo door to open,
creating the explosive decompression.
Type of aircraft: Boeing 747-100
2
2 "Racing the Storm"
American Airlines Flight 1420
3 September 2003
On 1 June 1999, American Airlines Flight 1420 tries to land at the Little Rock National Airport during a storm, but
overruns the runway, killing eleven people. The crash was caused by the crew not arming the spoilers during their
pre-landing checks.
Type of aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
3
3 "Fire on Board"
Swissair Flight 111
22 October 2003
On 2 September 1998, a fire breaks out on Swissair Flight 111 while in-flight, damaging vital systems and causing
the aircraft to crash into the sea off Peggys Cove with no survivors. The fire was caused by faulty wiring in the
onboard first and business class entertainment system.
4
4 "Flying Blind"
Aeroper Flight 603
17 September 2003
On 2 October 1996, shortly after take off, the crew of Aeroper Flight 603 is confused by false speed and altitude
readings and contradictory warnings from the aircraft's air data system. In preparation for an emergency landing, the
crew descend the aircraft, but unknowingly descend too far by relying on the false readings. The Boeing 757 crashes
into water, killing everyone on board. The false readings and contradictory warnings were caused by duct tape over
the static ports; the duct tape was used to protect the ports during maintenance, but was not removed afterwards.
5
5 "Cutting Corners"
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
15 October 2003
On 31 January 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261's trimmable horizontal stabilizer jams and breaks free from its
control system. The aircraft dives inverted into the Pacific Ocean, causing the death of all on board. The stabilizer
failed due to an improperly maintained jack-screw assembly.
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6 "Flying on Empty"
Air Transat Flight 236
8 October 2003
On 24 August 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel while flying over the Atlantic Ocean. The pilots of the
aircraft glide it to a safe landing on a runway at a naval base on an island in the Azores. The fuel starvation was
caused by improper maintenance work which allowed a hydraulic oil pipe and a fuel pipe to rub together, resulting in
the fracture of the fuel pipe and consequent leak.
Type of aircraft: Airbus A330-200
Season 2 (2004)
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Title
1 "Blow Out"
Incident
Original air date
British Airways Flight 5390
23 January 2005
On 10 June 1990, on British Airways Flight 5390, the cockpit window blows out, partially ejecting the captain
through the hole. A member of the cabin crew clings to his legs as the co-pilot completes an emergency landing. The
captain is found to be still alive after being outside the cockpit for 21 minutes. The window blow-out was caused by
a maintenance worker installing incorrectly sized bolts during maintenance work.
Type of aircraft: BAC 1-11 528FL
8
2 "A Wounded Bird"
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529
30 January 2005
On 21 August 1995, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 is climbing to its cruising altitude when a blade on the leftside propeller comes off. The imbalance of the rotating propeller causes the engine to partly tear itself from its
mounting, creating excessive drag. The aircraft rapidly loses altitude and crashes, killing nine people. Metal fatigue in
the propeller blade caused its failure.
Type of aircraft: Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
9
3 "The Killing Machine"
Air France Flight 8969
6 February 2005
On 24 December 1994, Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Algiers Airport. The terrorists demand
the aircraft be allowed to depart for Paris so they can blow up the aircraft over the Eiffel Tower, but the Algerian
Army blocks the aircraft with vehicles and refuse to allow it to take off. Unable to carry out their plans, the terrorists
kill three passengers over the next two days. The aircraft is then cleared to take off, but the crew divert to Marseille
Provence Airport. The hostage rescue team of the French Gendarmerie storms the aircraft, and after a gun battle in
the cabin, the four hijackers are killed and everyone else is evacuated. It is described as "one of the most successful
anti-terrorist operations in history."
Type of aircraft: Airbus A300B2
10 4 "Deadly Crossroads"
berlingen mid-air collision
13 February 2005
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On 1 July 2002, Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 collides with DHL Flight 611 in German airspace near berlingen.
Flight 2937 is destroyed instantly and the DHL cargo aircraft crashes shortly afterwards, killing all 71 people in the
two aircraft. The crew of Flight 611 followed the on-board traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) instructions to
initiate a descent; while the crew of Flight 2937 followed the instructions of the air traffic controller instead of their
TCAS and initiated a descent as well. Only one air traffic controller was on duty for that block of airspace at the time
of the collision; his colleague, who was also meant to be on duty, was resting instead.
Type of aircraft: Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937: Tupolev Tu-154M, DHL Flight 611: Boeing 757-200PF
11 5 "Lost"
20 February 2005
On 20 December 1995, American Airlines Flight 965 is en route to Cali, Colombia. The crew are asked if they
would like to perform a straight-in approach to Cali. The pilots accept the offer, but as they are making the
necessary changes, they inadvertently remove the waypoints from the flight plan in their flight management system
(FMS), causing them to become unsure of their exact position. The crew's mistakes lead them to fly the aircraft into
a 9,000 foot mountain near Buga. Only four passengers and a dog survive.
12 6 "Missing Over New York"
Avianca Flight 52
27 February 2005
On 25 January 1990, Avianca Flight 52, a flight to New York from Colombia, is delayed numerous times by bad
weather en route and is dangerously low on fuel as it attempts a landing. Wind shear forces the crew to abort the
approach just one mile from the runway. They initiate a go-around, but are directed back into a holding pattern by air
traffic controllers unaware of the low-fuel situation. The Boeing 707 then runs out of fuel, causing it to crash in Long
Island near New York.
Type of aircraft: Boeing 707-320B
Season 3 (2005)
Note: This was the first season produced in High-definition, according to Cineflix
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Title
13 1 "Hanging by a Thread"
Incident
Original air date
Aloha Airlines Flight 243
14 September 2005
On 28 April 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 is en route from Hilo to Honolulu in Hawaii when the upper half of the
front fuselage is torn off, blowing out a flight attendant. The aircraft subsequently lands safely at Kahului, Maui. The
fuselage failed from corrosion damage and metal fatigue.
14 2 "Attack Over Baghdad"
2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident
21 September 2005
On 22 November 2003, a European Air Transport Airbus A300 operating on behalf of DHL is climbing away from
Baghdad International Airport when the left wing explodes, causing a massive loss of hydraulic fluid which
immobilises the flight control surfaces. The crew fly the aircraft by changing the engines' thrust for control; and make
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a safe landing sixteen minutes later. A surface-to-air missile had been launched at the aircraft.
Type of aircraft: Airbus A300F4-203
15 3 "Out of Control"
Japan Airlines Flight 123
28 September 2005
On 12 August 1985, the rear pressure bulkhead bursts on a Boeing 747SR operating as Japan Airlines Flight 123,
destroying the vertical stabilizer and severing all four of the aircraft's hydraulic systems. The crew manage to keep the
aircraft flying for 32 minutes until it clips Mount Osutaka and crashes, killing all but 4 people out of the 524
passengers and crew aboard.
Type of aircraft: Boeing 747SR
16 4 "Fight for Your Life"
FedEx Flight 705
5 October 2005
On 7 April 1994, Auburn Calloway, a disgruntled employee, attempts to hijack FedEx Flight 705 armed with
hammers and a speargun. Despite sustaining serious injuries, the crew successfully subdue Calloway and returned the
aircraft safely to Memphis International Airport.
Type of aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
17 5 "Bomb on Board"
Philippine Airlines Flight 434
12 October 2005
On 11 December 1994, a bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434 on the second leg of a service from
Manila to Tokyo via Cebu City; killing a passenger, injuring many and damaging some of the aircraft's control
systems. The crew successfully land the aircraft at Naha Airport in Okinawa. Ramzi Yousef, a terrorist, smuggled the
bomb aboard the aircraft on the first leg of its flight.
18 6 "Mistaken Identity"
Iran Air Flight 655
19 October 2005
On 3 July 1988, during the IranIraq War, the USS Vincennes launches missiles which bring down Iran Air Flight
655, killing all 290 people on board. The crew of the Vincennes claimed that, despite its high-tech equipment, it
mistook the airliner for an Iranian Air Force Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter. Iran believes that the US deliberately
shot down its civilian airliner.
Type of aircraft: Airbus A300B2-200
19 7 "Helicopter Down"
Bristow Flight 56C
26 October 2005
On 19 January 1995, the crew of Bristow Flight 56C is forced to perform an emergency autorotation to a ditching in
the sea after lightning damages the tail rotor of their helicopter. Despite the rough sea conditions, the sixteen oil rig
workers and pilots are rescued by nearby ships.
Type of aircraft: Arospatiale AS 332L Super Puma
20 8 "Death and Denial"
EgyptAir Flight 990
2 November 2005
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On 31 October 1999, EgyptAir Flight 990 from New York to Cairo, Egypt, dives out of the sky and crashes into
the ocean, killing 217 people. The cause of the crash is disputed: the Egyptian government claims mechanical failure
associated with the elevator controls caused the crash, while the US government claims the aircraft was deliberately
crashed by the Relief First Officer Gameel Al-Batouti in a suicide/homicide.
Type of aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER
21 9 "Runaway Train"
San Bernardino train disaster
30 November 2005
On 12 May 1989, a 69-car freight train goes out of control while descending from California's Cajon Pass. It derails
in a residential neighborhood of San Bernardino after reaching speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).
Two residents and two train crew are killed in the initial crash. More than a week later, an underground gasoline
pipelinedamaged by earth-moving equipment during the post-crash cleanupruptures and sparks a fire that kills
another two people. A clerical error had caused the train's weight to be greatly underestimated, and it had been
assembled without enough locomotives to provide adequate braking. Additionally, several of the engines had
completely inoperable brakes, but this information was not passed on to the crews.
Note: This is a Crash Scene Investigation episode
Type of train: Sixty-nine freight cars pulled by six locomotives (freight train)
22 10 "Kid in the Cockpit"
Aeroflot Flight 593
9 November 2005
On 23 March 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593 is en route to Hong Kong when it stalls and crashes, killing 75 people. The
pilot's 15-year-old son accidentally disabled the autopilot while in the captain's seat, causing the aircraft to bank
heavily to the right and creating the stall.
23 11 "Collision Course"
The MS Express Samina sinking
23 November 2005
On 26 September 2000, waves push the MS Express Samina off course, causing it to hit a group of rocks off
Paros and sink, killing 80 people. The ferry was on autopilot with the crew not monitoring the ship's course. Instead,
they were watching an association football match.
Type of ship: Passenger ferry (MS Express Samina)
24 12 "Head On Collision"
Hinton train collision
16 November 2005
On 8 February 1986, a Via Rail passenger train and a 118-car Canadian National Railway freight train collide, killing
23 people. The freight train crew did not stop at a red railway signal on a section of a passing loop, possibly because
they were asleep.
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Type of train: Via Rail passenger train (FP9A and F9B locomotives); 118-car freight train (one EMD GP38-2 and
two EMD SD40 locomotives)
25 13 "Ocean Landing"
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
7 December 2005
On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is forced to ditch after running out of fuel. The aircraft breaks
up as the wings hit the water, killing 125 people. The aircraft had been hijacked and ran out of fuel because the
hijackers did not believe the pilot's insistence that there was not enough fuel aboard to make it to the hijackers'
planned destination, Australia.
Season 4 (2006)
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26 1 "Desperate Escape"
Incident(s)
Original air
date
15 April 2007
On 2 August 2005, Air France Flight 358 overruns the runway while attempting to land in a storm. The Airbus A340
travels through the airport perimeter fence into a small ravine and catches fire. The causes of the crash were the
aircraft deviating above the required approach path for its landing and touching down too far along the runway; and
the crew deploying the thrust reversers too slowly. All 309 passengers and crew survived.
27 2
"Falling from the

Sky"
22 April 2007
On 24 June 1982, British Airways Flight 9 experiences St. Elmo's fire en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to
Perth, Australia. A few minutes later, all four engines flame out. After descending, the crew successfully restart the
engines and land safely. The St. Elmo's fire and engine flame outs were caused by volcanic ash spewed by
Galunggung in Indonesia during a major eruption.
28 3 "Fire Fight"
Air Canada Flight 797
29 April 2007
On 2 June 1983, a fire breaks out on Air Canada Flight 797 in the aircraft's toilet. An emergency landing is made in
Cincinnati, but the aircraft is engulfed by flames on the runway, killing 23 people. The opening of the aircraft's doors
after the landing caused a flashover.
29 4 "Final Approach"
Korean Air Flight 801
6 May 2007
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On 6 August 1997, the crew of Korean Air Flight 801 is unable to see the runway during final approach for a night
landing in Guam. They initiate a missed approach, but then the aircraft flies into a low hill, killing 228 people. A
combination of pilot error and the instrument landing system at Guam airport being temporarily out of service for
maintenance work were blamed.
30 5 "Hidden Danger"
United Airlines Flight 585, USAir Flight 427 and Eastwind Airlines
Flight 517
13 May 2007
On 3 March 1991, a Boeing 737 operating United Airlines Flight 585 is on approach to land when it suddenly rolls
into a dive and crashes within eight seconds, killing 25 people. On 8 September 1994, USAir Flight 427 is another
Boeing 737 on approach to land when it rolls and crashes within thirty seconds, killing 132 people. On 9 June 1996,
Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 is another Boeing 737 that unexpectedly rolls in similar circumstances, but the crew
successfully regain control of the aircraft and land safely. The cause of all three incidents was the rudder experiencing
a "hardover" (suddenly going to full deflection) and jamming due to thermal shock of the hydraulic control valve.
Type of aircraft: Flight 585: Boeing 737-200; Flight 427: Boeing 737-300; Flight 517: Boeing 737-200
31 6
"Panic over the

Pacific"
China Airlines Flight 006
20 May 2007
On 19 February 1985, China Airlines Flight 006's number four (right-side outer) engine flames out. As the crew try
to restart the engine, the Boeing 747SP stalls and enters into a spin. The crew successfully regain control, restart the
engine and land safely at San Francisco International Airport. The incident was caused by pilot error.
Type of aircraft: Boeing 747SP
32 7 "Out of Sight"
1986 Cerritos mid-air collision
27 May 2007
On 31 August 1986, Aeromxico Flight 498, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, and a light aircraft collide over Cerritos,
California, causing both to go out of control and crash, killing 82 people. The accident was caused by neither pilot
making visual contact with the other aircraft; and a lack of automated collision-warning systems. The crash inspires
the creation of the traffic collision avoidance system.
Type of aircraft: Aeromxico Flight 498: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32; light aircraft: Piper PA-28-181 Archer
33 8 "Fog of War"
1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash
3 June 2007
On 3 April 1996, while attempting to land at Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia during a heavy fog, a United States Air
Force Boeing CT-43 strays off course and flies into a mountain. All 35 people on board are killed, including the
United States Secretary of Commerce, Ron Brown. The non-precision approach procedure the crew needed to
follow required the use of two automatic direction finders, but the aircraft was only fitted with one.
Type of aircraft: Boeing CT-43
34 9 "Vertigo"
Flash Airlines Flight 604
10 June 2007
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On 3 January 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 banks to the right just after take-off and crashes into the Red Sea,
killing 148 people. The cause of this disaster is disputed and suggested to be spatial disorientation on the part of the
flight crew.
35 10 "Ghost Plane"
Helios Airways Flight 522
17 June 2007
On 14 August 2005, air traffic controllers lose radio contact with Helios Airways Flight 522. Two fighters from the
Hellenic Air Force intercept and investigate the flight and find all but one person on board not moving. A few
moments later, the aircraft runs out of fuel and crashes, killing 121 people. An incorrect setting on the cabin
pressurization panel caused the pilots and everyone else on board to succumb to hypoxia.
Season 5 (2007)
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Title
36 1 "Invisible Killer"
Incident(s)
Original air
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Delta Air Lines Flight 191
7 May 2008
On 2 August 1985, Delta Airlines Flight 191 crash lands while on approach to the Dallas-Fort Worth International
Airport, killing eight of 11 crew members and 128 of the 152 passengers on board; plus one person on the ground.
This accident was one of the few commercial air crashes in which the meteorological phenomenon known as
microburst-induced wind shear was a direct contributing factor.
Type of aircraft: Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar
37 2 "Gimli Glider"
Gimli Glider
14 May 2008
On 23 July 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel at 41,000 feet (12,500m) altitude, about halfway through its
flight from Montreal to Edmonton. The crew is able to glide the aircraft safely to an emergency landing at Gimli
Industrial Park Airport, a former airbase at Gimli, Manitoba. An unserviceable fuel gauge and an error in converting
between metric and non-metric units caused the aircraft to be loaded with insufficient fuel prior to flight.
38 3 "Behind Closed Doors"
American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight

981
16 April 2008[21]
On 12 June 1972, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 just a few months old, operating as American Airlines Flight 96
from Detroit, Michigan to Buffalo, New York, suffers an explosive decompression after a cargo door in the lower
rear fuselage bursts open. The crew make an emergency landing at Detroit, Michigan without any loss of life. Two
years later, on 3 March 1974, Turkish Airlines Flight 981 suffers a similar sequence of events during a flight from
Paris to London. This time, the DC-10's hydraulic systems are damaged enough that the crew lose control; and the
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aircraft crashes in a forest near Senlis outside Paris, killing all 346 on board. At the time, it was the worst aviation
disaster in history. A design fault with the cargo door mechanism was not rectified after the first accident and the
second DC-10's door opened in flight, causing the crash.
Type of aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 (both aircraft)
39 4 "Fanning the Flames"
South African Airways Flight 295
21 May 2008
On 28 November 1987, South African Airways Flight 295 starts filling with smoke high above the Indian Ocean
after a fire breaks out in the rear main deck cargo area of the Boeing 747 combined passenger/cargo aircraft
(Combi); it crashes with no survivors. The exact cause of the crash is still unknown.
Type of aircraft: Boeing 747-200 Combi
40 5 "Dead Weight"
Air Midwest Flight 5481
30 April 2008[21]
On 8 January 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes into an aircraft hangar at Charlotte/Douglas International
Airport seconds after take-off on a flight to Greenville. All 21 people on board die and one person on the ground is
injured. Investigation showed that the pilots' controls had been improperly adjusted during maintenance, and that the
aircraft was overloaded due to outdated formulae for calculation of passenger weights.
Type of aircraft: Beechcraft 1900D
41 6 "Southern Storm"
Southern Airways Flight 242
23 April 2008[21]
On 4 April 1977, Southern Airways Flight 242 is a flight from Huntsville, Alabama to Atlanta, Georgia. It flies
through a severe thunderstorm and is hit by large hailstones. Both engines of the DC-9-31 fail and the aircraft makes
an emergency landing on a highway in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia. However, it collides with a gas station
and explodes, killing 62 people on board and eight on the ground; two more die later of injuries sustained during the
crash.
42 7
"Air India: Explosive

Evidence"
Air India Flight 182
9 April 2008[21]
On 23 June 1985, Air India Flight 182 explodes in mid-air and disintegrates over the coast of Ireland, killing all 329
passengers and crew. Investigators discovered that a bomb from Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa caused the
explosion.
43 8 "Mixed Signals"
Birgenair Flight 301
4 June 2008
On 6 February 1996, Birgenair Flight 301 is scheduled to fly from Puerto Plata to Frankfurt. On takeoff, the captain
finds that his airspeed indicator (ASI) is not reading properly, though the co-pilot's ASI is showing the correct speed;
the aircraft subsequently crashes in the Atlantic Ocean. The pilots became confused and believed that both ASIs
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were malfunctioning, leading to loss of control of the aircraft; all 13 crew members and 176 passengers died. The
cause of the disaster was believed to be a wasp that built a nest in one of the aircraft's pitot tubes, which was
incorrectly left uncovered during the aircraft's extended stay at Puerto Plata airport.
44 9 "Fatal Distraction"
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401
28 May 2008
On 29 December 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 is on a flight to Miami International Airport. While making
preparations to land, the crew is distracted by a faulty landing gear indicator light and accidentally disengage the
autopilot while trying to resolve the problem. The aircraft descends until it crashes into the Everglades. Flying at night,
the crew failed to notice their descent until only seconds before hitting the ground; 101 people died, while 75
survived.
Type of aircraft: Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar
45 10 "Phantom Strike"
Gol Transportes Areos Flight 1907
11 June 2008
On 29 September 2006, Gol Transportes Areos Flight 1907 and a brand-new Embraer Legacy business jet
(registered N600XL) on its delivery flight collide in mid-air over the Amazon rainforest. The Boeing 737 commercial
flight crashes into the Amazon, but the Legacy manages to make a safe landing at an air base. All 154 people on the
Gol jet die. Air traffic controllers had cleared both aircraft to fly at the same altitude in opposite directions; and the
transponder of the Legacy had either failed or had been switched off, making both aircrafts traffic collision
avoidance systems useless in preventing the collision.
Type of aircraft: Gol Transportes Areos Flight 1907: Boeing 737-800; N600XL: Embraer Legacy 600
Season 6 (2007) Special

Season 6 of Mayday was the first Science of Disaster season, consisting of three episodes.
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Title
46 1 "Ripped Apart"
Incidents
Original air date
BOAC Flight 781

South African Airways Flight 201
Aloha Airlines Flight 243
Helios Airways Flight 522
16 December 2007
This special looked at accidents and incidents where pressurization failure or explosive decompression played a part
Types of aircraft: Flights 781 and 201: de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1; Flight 243: Boeing 737-200; Flight 5390:
BAC 1-11 528FL; Flight 811: Boeing 747-100; Flight 522: Boeing 737-300
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Japan Airlines Flight 123
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529
Swissair Flight 111
USAir Flight 427
Eastwind Airlines Flight 517
47 2 "Fatal Flaw"
16 December 2007
This special looked at accidents caused by seemingly minor defects or errors

Types of aircraft: Flight 261: McDonnell Douglas MD-83; Flight 123: Boeing 747SR; Flight 529: Embraer EMB
120 Brasilia; Flight 111: McDonnell Douglas MD-11; Flight 585: Boeing 737-200; Flight 427: Boeing 737-300;
Flight 517: Boeing 737-200
48 3 "Who's Flying the Plane?"
Aeroper Flight 603

Aeroflot Flight 593
Flash Airlines Flight 604
Air Transat Flight 236
2 March 2008
This special looked at accidents and incidents where problems with the interface between crew members and
onboard avionics were a factor; and the causes of those problems
Types of aircraft: Flight 603: Boeing 757-200; Flight 006: Boeing 747SP; Flight 593: Airbus A310-300; Flight
604: Boeing 737-300; Flight 236: Airbus A330-200
Season 7 (2008)
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Title
49 1 "Scratching the Surface"
Incident
Original air date
18 November 2009
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On 25 May 2002, China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait just 20
minutes after taking off from Taipei, killing 225 people. A faulty repair to the lower rear skin of the aircraft more than
20 years earlier following a tailstrike had caused the entire tail section to weaken and fail.
50 2 "Lockerbie Disaster"
Pan Am Flight 103
17 December 2009
On 21 December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 explodes in mid-air and the wreckage of the 747 falls on and around the
Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people on board and on the ground. A terrorist bomb had caused the inflight breakup.
51 3 "Blown Apart"
Partnair Flight 394
11 November 2009
On 8 September 1989, Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that
the vertical stabilizer of the aircraft had vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been
fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.
Type of aircraft: Convair 580
52 4 "Sight Unseen"
Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision
11 November 2009
On 12 November 1996, Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 collide in mid-air
near New Delhi, India, killing 349 people. Failure of the Kazakhstan Airlines crew to maintain the altitude assigned
by air traffic control was the cause of the crash.
Type of aircraft: Saudia Flight 763: Boeing 747-100B; Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907: Ilyushin Il-76
53 5 "Operation Babylift"
1975 Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident
4 November 2009
On 4 April 1975, a United States Air Force transport aircraft conducting the inaugural flight of Operation Babylift
suffers explosive decompression when the rear cargo door fails; and crashes into a paddy field while attempting an
emergency landing at Tan Son Nhut air base in South Vietnam. The investigation found that parts had been removed
from the rear cargo doors and improperly replaced.
Type of aircraft: Lockheed C-5A Galaxy
54 6 "Falling Fast"
Tuninter Flight 1153
9 December 2009
On 6 August 2005, Tuninter Flight 1153 runs out of fuel and ditches into the Mediterranean Sea, killing 16 people. It
ran out of fuel because a fuel gauge for a different type of aircraft had been installed, misleading the crew about how
much fuel was on board.
Type of aircraft: ATR 72-200
55 7 "Flight 574: Lost"
Adam Air Flight 574
16 December 2009
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On 1 January 2007, Adam Air Flight 574 crashes into the Makassar Strait, killing 102 people. The crew
inadvertently disengaged the autopilot while trying to fix a problem with the aircraft's inertial reference system,
causing it to roll into an uncontrolled dive and break up in flight.
56 8 "Frozen in Flight"
American Eagle Flight 4184
16 December 2009
On 31 October 1994, American Eagle Flight 4184 falls out of the sky, killing 68 people. The crash was caused by
ice developing on the wing in a manner that the onboard de-icing system could not remove.

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Title
57 1 "System Breakdown"
Incidents
Original air date
1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision

1986 Cerritos mid-air collision
Avianca Flight 52
Gol Transportes Areos Flight 1907
berlingen mid-air collision
10 June 2009
This special looked at the role of air traffic controllers in the airline industry and examines 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 aircraft.
Types of aircraft: Grand Canyon collision: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation and Douglas DC-7; Cerritos
collision: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 and Piper PA-28-181 Archer; Flight 52: Boeing 707-320B; Gol
Transportes Areos collision: Boeing 737-800 and Embraer Legacy 600; berlingen collision: Tupolev Tu-154M
and Boeing 757-200PF
58 2 "Cruel Skies"
Southern Airways Flight 242

Delta Air Lines Flight 191
17 June 2009
This special looked at the role of bad weather in disasters and examines the US Aviation Weather Centre in Kansas
City, Missouri to see how information on weather is transmitted to pilots in the sky.
Types of aircraft: Flight 242: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32; Flight 191: Lockheed L-1011-1 Tristar; Flight 1420:
McDonnell Douglas MD-82; Flight 9: Boeing 747-200B
Season 9 (2009)
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Title
59 1 "Panic on the Runway"
Incident(s)
Original air date
British Airtours Flight 28M
1 March 2010
On 22 August 1985, an engine of British Airtours Flight 28M fails during takeoff, puncturing a hole in the wing fuel
tank and starting a fire. The crew successfully abandon the takeoff and stop the aircraft on the runway, but the fire
spreads to the cabin; 55 people die before they can evacuate, mainly due to inhaling toxic smoke. The investigation
found that fatigue of a part in the engine caused it to fail.
60 2 "Alarming Silence"
Northwest Airlines Flight 255
15 March 2010
On 16 August 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 stalls as it lifts off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport and crashes
just beyond the runway, killing 154 of the 155 people on board; two people on the ground are also killed. The
investigation showed that the pilots failed to configure the aircraft's flaps and slats for takeoff.
61 3 "Pilot vs. Plane"
8 March 2010
On 26 June 1988, Air France Flight 296 fails to climb and crashes into trees after performing a flyby during an
airshow at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport, killing three people. The cause of this crash remains in dispute.
62 4 "Cleared for Disaster"
USAir Flight 1493
22 March 2010
On 1 February 1991, USAir Flight 1493 collides with a waiting SkyWest Airlines aircraft on the runway, killing 34
people. An air traffic controller mistakenly assigned the inbound Flight 1493 to land on a runway where SkyWest
Flight 5569 was waiting to take off.
Type of aircraft: Flight 1493: Boeing 737-300; Flight 5569: Fairchild Metro III
63 5 "Target is Destroyed"
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
29 March 2010
In the early hours of 1 September 1983, during the Cold War, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down after
violating Soviet Union airspace. The crew did not select the autopilot to the correct mode following take off, which
caused the aircraft to deviate from its assigned flight path.
64 6 "Cold Case"
Air Ontario Flight 1363 and USAir Flight 405
12 April 2010
On 10 March 1989, Air Ontario Flight 1363 crashes just after take off, killing 24 people. Three years later, on 22
March 1992, USAir Flight 405 also crashes just after take off in similar conditions to Flight 1363. The cause of the
crashes was ice on the wings, which significantly reduced lift.
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Type of aircraft: Flight 1363: Fokker F28-1000; Flight 405: Fokker F28-4000
65 7 "The Final Blow"
Air Inter Flight 148
5 April 2010
On 20 January 1992, Air Inter Flight 148 flies into a peak in the Vosges Mountains while circling to land at
Strasbourg Airport, killing 87 people. An error made in programing the aircraft's autopilot, combined with a sudden
wind change, caused it to descend more rapidly than expected.
66 8 "Cracks in the System"
Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101
19 April 2010
On 19 December 2005, just seconds after take off from Miami, Florida, the right wing of Chalk's Ocean Airways
Flight 101 breaks off and the aircraft crashes into the sea, killing 20 people. The cause was found to be metal fatigue
and poor maintenance.
Type of aircraft: Grumman G-73T Turbine Mallard
Season 10 (2010)
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Title
67 1 "Cockpit Failure"
Incident
Original air date
Crossair Flight 3597
12 March 2011
On 24 November 2001, Crossair Flight 3597 crashes into a hill during final approach to Zurich, killing 24 of the 33
passengers and crew on board. The cause of the crash was the pilot descending the aircraft below the minimum safe
altitude for the approach.[22]
Type of aircraft: British Aerospace 146
68 2 "The Heathrow Enigma"
7 March 2011
On 17 January 2008, British Airways Flight 38 is on its final approach to land, when the autothrottles command
increased thrust from the engines. The engines do not respond to the control inputs and remain at idle. The captain
raises one notch of flaps, to give the aircraft a few more feet of flying distance; it crash-lands just short of the runway
without causing any fatalities. The fuel flow to both engines was restricted because of ice crystals causing a blockage
in the fuel-oil heat exchangers.
69 3 "Pilot Betrayed"
Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751
28 March 2011
On 27 December 1991, Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 crash-lands without loss of life in Gottrra moments after
taking off; after both of the engines fail. Clear ice from the tops of the wings had been sucked into both engines,
causing internal damage. An automatic system (of which the pilots were unaware) to increase the engines' thrust
contributed to their failure.
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70 4 "Dead Tired"
Colgan Air Flight 3407
21 March 2011
On 12 February 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 stalls at low altitude and dives into a residential area near Buffalo,
New York; all on board and one person on the ground are killed. Several critical errors made by the flight crew
might have been the result of their fatigue.
Type of aircraft: Bombardier Q400
71 5 "Hudson River Runway"
US Airways Flight 1549
14 March 2011
On 15 January 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 suffers a bird strike with a flock of Canada geese approximately 1.5
minutes after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York. Both engines fail and less than two minutes later, the
crew successfully ditch the aircraft in the Hudson River.
72 6 "Who's In Control?"
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951
28 February 2011
On 25 February 2009, Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 is on approach to land at Schiphol in Amsterdam when it stalls
and crashes 1.5 kilometers from the runway. Nine people, including the three cockpit crew, are killed. A faulty radar
altimeter caused the aircraft's flight control computer to automatically reduce engine thrust prematurely and the flight
crew failed to notice the resulting drop in airspeed until it was too late.
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Title
73 1 "Deadly Reputation"
Incident
Original air date
TAM Airlines Flight 3054
12 August 2011
On 17 July 2007, TAM Airlines Flight 3054 careens off runway 35L at Brazil's Congonhas Airport, crashes at high
speed into a warehouse adjacent to a filling station and explodes. A total of 199 people on board the aircraft and on
the ground are killed. Incorrect engine throttle settings upon landing caused one engine to reverse thrust while the
other increased power, resulting in the loss of control.
74 2 "The Plane That Flew Too High"
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
19 August 2011
On 16 August 2005, West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 stalls while cruising and crashes in rural Venezuela during
a severe thunderstorm. Investigations revealed there were no faults with the engines; pilot error led to the stall which
was misinterpreted by the crew, who took no recovery action until it was too late.
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75 3 "Split Decision"
Arrow Air Flight 1285
26 August 2011
On 12 December 1985, Arrow Air Flight 1285, carrying troops of the US Army's 101st Airborne Division, stalls
and crashes just seconds after taking off from Gander International Airport in Canada, killing all 256 people on
board. The cause of the crash remains disputed.
Type of aircraft: Douglas DC-8-63CF
76 4 "Breakup Over Texas"
Continental Express Flight 2574
29 December 2011
On 11 September 1991, Continental Express Flight 2574 is nearing the end of its intra-state flight from Laredo,
Texas to Houston. As the pilots are preparing to land, the aircraft tips into a dive and falls out of the sky as the left
wing tears apart; all 14 people on board die. Improper maintenance caused a section of the horizontal stabilizer to
break loose in flight, after which the pilots had no control.
Type of aircraft: Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
77 5 "Munich Air Disaster"
The Munich air disaster
29 December 2011
On 6 February 1958, British European Airways Flight 609, carrying members of the famed Manchester United
association football team, club officials and journalists, crashes into a house about 300 meters from the end of the
runway in Munich after it fails to become airborne, killing 23 of the 44 people on board. The cause of the crash was
slush on the runway, which slowed the aircraft down and prevented it from reaching takeoff speed.
Type of aircraft: Airspeed Ambassador
78 6 "Turning Point"
Northwest Airlines Flight 85
29 December 2011
On 9 October 2002, Northwest Airlines Flight 85 is cruising above the Bering Sea when the lower rudder segment
suddenly deflects to the left. The pilots divert the aircraft to a successful emergency landing at Anchorage, Alaska by
using engine thrust for control. The cause was attributed to a fatigue failure of the rudder hydraulic control module,
resulting in part of the module's metal casing breaking off.
79 7 "Bad Attitude"
Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509
20 January 2012
On 22 December 1999, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, en route from London Stansted Airport to Milan, Italy,
crashes into a field about 55 seconds after taking off, killing all four crew members on board. The causes of the crash
were the captain following the indications of a malfunctioning attitude indicator and lack of communication amongst
the crew.
Type of aircraft: Boeing 747-200F
80 8 "Blind Spot"
PSA Flight 182
27 January 2012
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On 25 September 1978, Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Flight 182 collides with a light aircraft while approaching
Lindbergh Field and crashes in a residential area in San Diego. All 137 people on both aircraft die, as well as seven
on the ground.
Type of aircraft: Flight 182: Boeing 727-200; light aircraft: Cessna 172
81 9 "Under Pressure"
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120
3 February 2012
On 11 July 1991, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 is taking off from Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport with
247 Nigerian Hajj pilgrims and 14 crew on board. A tire bursts during the takeoff, starting a fire on the landing gear.
The crew are unaware of the fire and retract the gear after take off; and the fire spreads. Encountering problems, the
crew then try to return the aircraft to the airport, but it breaks up in flight and crashes about three kilometers from the
runway.
Type of aircraft: Douglas DC-8-61
82 10 "I'm The Problem"
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771
10 February 2012
On 7 December 1987, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, on a flight to San Francisco, crashes at the speed of
sound on a mountainside in rural San Luis Obispo County, California; all 43 people on board are killed. Investigators
found that passenger David Burke, a former USAir employee, took a gun on board the aircraft and shot the pilots in
a murder-suicide plot to kill his former supervisor (who was also a passenger on board) after being fired from his job
days earlier. USAir was in the process of merging with PSA at the time of the crash.
Type of aircraft: British Aerospace 146
83 11 "Nowhere to Land"
TACA Flight 110
9 March 2012
On 24 May 1988, TACA Airlines Flight 110, a near-new Boeing 737, flies through a thunderstorm and suffers a
dual engine flameout. The captain, Carlos Dardano, manages to make a successful deadstick landing on a narrow
grass levee in the Michoud area of eastern New Orleans.
84 12 "The Invisible Plane"
The Linate Airport disaster
23 March 2012
On 8 October 2001, Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686, carrying 110 people bound for Copenhagen, Denmark, is
taking off at Milan's Linate Airport in thick fog. On the runway, it collides with an Air Evex business jet carrying four
people bound for Paris, France. The airliner suffers major damage and crashes into a building shortly afterwards; all
114 people on board the two aircraft are killed, along with four on the ground. The crew of the business jet had
made a wrong turn while taxiing in the fog and inadvertently taxied onto the runway.
Type of aircraft: Flight 686: McDonnell Douglas MD-87; business jet: Cessna Citation CJ2
85 13 "Impossible Landing"
13 April 2012
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On 19 July 1989, the tail-mounted No. 2 engine of United Airlines Flight 232 explodes, causing serious damage to
the aircraft's hydraulic systems and leaving the flight controls unusable. By varying engine thrust, the pilots manage to
crash-land the aircraft at Sioux City, Iowa, saving the lives of 185 of the 296 people on board. The investigation
traced the engine failure to a fatigue crack in the front fan disk, which had developed from a defect introduced before
the disk was even made, when the original titanium ingot used to make it was formed.
Season 12 (2012)
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Title
86 1 "Fight for Control"
Incident
Original air date
Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8
3 August 2012
On 8 June 1983, Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8's propeller separates from the aircraft over Cold Bay, Alaska,
causing an explosive decompression and loss of control. The pilots manage to land the aircraft safely at Anchorage,
Alaska. Since the propeller fell into the sea, the cause of the separation is undetermined.
Type of aircraft: Lockheed L-188 Electra
87 2 "Fire in the Hold"
ValuJet Flight 592
10 August 2012
On 11 May 1996, ten minutes after take-off, ValuJet Flight 592 crashes into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110
persons on board. The cause was an in-flight fire which was started by the accidental triggering of a chemical oxygen
generator improperly shipped as cargo.
88 3 "Caution to the Wind"
Singapore Airlines Flight 006
17 August 2012
On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai-shek
International Airport in Taipei while attempting to take off on the wrong runway in a typhoon; 83 of the 179
passengers and crew perish. Investigators concluded that pilot error was the cause of the crash.
89 4 "Pushed to the Limit"
SilkAir Flight 185
24 August 2012
On 19 December 1997, SilkAir Flight 185, en route to Singapore, crashes into the Musi River in Indonesia after
abruptly diving from its cruise altitude, killing all 104 passengers and crew on board. The cause of the crash was
disputed; a US investigation concluded that it was an act of murdersuicide by the captain, while the Indonesian
investigators were undetermined and the Los Angeles Court concluded that it was a servo valve failure.
90 5 "Blind Landing"
TANS Per Flight 204
31 August 2012
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On 23 August 2005, TANS Per Flight 204 attempts to make a landing at Pucallpa Airport, Peru in a severe
thunderstorm, but crashes into a muddy swamp 4 miles (6.4 km) away. The cause was the pilots not following visual
flight rules that could have prevented the crash while the aircraft was being pushed by a downdraft.
Type of aircraft: Boeing 737-200Adv.
91 6 "Grand Canyon Disaster"
1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision
24 January 2013
On 30 June 1956, United Airlines Flight 718 collides with Trans World Airlines Flight 2 over the Grand Canyon in
Arizona. All 128 occupants on both flights are killed. At the time, it was the deadliest airline crash in history, and
would lead to sweeping changes in the regulation of flight operations over the United States.
Note: This accident was previously featured in Season 8 Episode 1, "System Breakdown" as a special
Type of aircraft: Flight 718: Douglas DC-7; Flight 2: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
92 7 "Catastrophe at O'Hare"
25 February 2013
On 25 May 1979, the left engine of American Airlines Flight 191 falls off moments after take-off at Chicago's
O'Hare International Airport. The aircraft crashes into an open field shortly thereafter, killing all 271 people on board
as well as two others on the ground. The engine fell off because the pylon attaching it to the wing had suffered
damage caused by improper maintenance procedures.
93 8 "Focused on Failure"
11 March 2013
On 28 December 1978, the crew of United Airlines Flight 173 is preoccupied with a landing gear problem as the
aircraft circles in a holding pattern in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. It runs out of fuel and crashes in a sparsely
populated area, killing 10 and seriously injuring 24 of the 189 on board. According to the NTSB, the flight crew
failed to check the aircraft's fuel state, causing it to crash.
Type of aircraft: Douglas DC-8-61
94 9 "Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster"
2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster
4 March 2013
On 7 September 2011, an aircraft carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team crashes shortly
after take-off at Yaroslavl, Russia, resulting in the deaths of all but one of the 45 occupants. The investigation found
that the pilots were not properly trained on the aircraft type and mishandled the aircraft during the takeoff.
Type of aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-42D
95 10 "Death of the President"
2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
27 January 2013
On 10 April 2010, a Polish Air Force VIP aircraft carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyski, his wife Maria
Kaczyska and other top officials, crashes short of the runway in a wooded area while on final approach to
Smolensk North Airport in heavy fog and low visibility; all 96 passengers and crew on board are killed.
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Type of aircraft: Tupolev Tu-154M

96 11 "Heading to Disaster"
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409
25 March 2013
On 25 January 2010, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, en route to Addis Ababa, plunges into the Mediterranean Sea
shortly after takeoff from BeirutRafic Hariri International Airport during a thunderstorm, killing all 90 people on
board.
97 12 "28 Seconds to Survive"
Santa Brbara Airlines Flight 518
1 April 2013
On 21 February 2008, Santa Brbara Airlines Flight 518, en route from Mrida to Caracas, Venezuela, veers off
course and flies into the side of a mountain shortly after takeoff; all 46 passengers and crew on board die.
Investigators determined that the aircraft took off with inoperative navigation equipment due to the pilots' failure to do
their pre-flight checklist.
98 13 "Air France 447: Vanished"
15 April 2013
On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447, a scheduled flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, stalls and crashes into the
Atlantic Ocean while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all 216 passengers and 12 crew on board. The causes of
the crash were incorrect airspeed readings due to ice blockage of the aircraft's pitot tubes, inappropriate control
inputs and the pilots not taking recovery action until it was too late.
Season 13 (2013)
Title
99
1 "Fight To The Death"
Incident
Original air date
British European Airways Flight 548
16 December 2013
On 18 June 1972, British European Airways Flight 548 stalls and crashes in a field near Staines-upon-Thames
shortly after take-off from London Heathrow Airport, killing all 118 people on board. The crash was attributed to
the pilot retracting the aircraft's droops at too low an airspeed and failing to recognise the stall warnings.
Type of aircraft: Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C
100[23] 2 "Speed Trap"
Hughes Airwest Flight 706
30 December 2013
On 6 June 1971, Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a United States Marine Corps (USMC) jet fighter above
the San Gabriel Mountains. A total of 50 people from the two aircraft are killed, with the back-seat crewman of the
USMC aircraft the only survivor.
Type of aircraft: Flight 706: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31; USMC jet: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
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3 "Lost In Translation"
Crossair Flight 498
13 January 2014
On 10 January 2000, Crossair Flight 498 crashes just two minutes after take-off from Zurich, Switzerland while
heading for Dresden, Germany, killing all 10 people on board. The investigation found that the pilots had suffered
spatial disorientation.
Type of aircraft: Saab 340
102
4 "Disaster on the Potomac"
Air Florida Flight 90
23 December 2013
On 13 January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 takes off from a snowy runway in Washington D.C, stalls at 300 feet
altitude, strikes a road bridge and crashes into the Potomac River, killing a total of 78 people. The causes were ice
on the wings and the pilots' failure to turn on the engine anti-ice system, causing erroneous engine instrument
readings.
103
5 "Queens Catastrophe"
6 January 2014
On 12 November 2001, just two months after the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 spirals out of
control after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport. Shortly after, the aircraft crashes into the suburb of Queens,
killing all 260 people on board as well as five on the ground. The vertical stabilizer had detached from the aircraft
because of improper rudder use by the first officer after encountering wake turbulence from a Boeing 747-400 that
had taken off minutes earlier.
Type of aircraft: Airbus A300B4-605R
104
6 "Into the Eye of the Storm"
Hurricane Hunters NOAA42 incident
10 February 2014
On 15 September 1989, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft tasked with intercepting
Hurricane Hugo over the Caribbean islands is jolted by strong winds, causing an engine to catch fire and fail. The
pilots of the aircraft manage to make a safe emergency landing.
Type of aircraft: Lockheed WP-3D Orion
105
7 "Massacre Over The Mediterranean"
Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870
20 January 2014
On 27 June 1980, Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Ustica, Italy; all 81
people on board are killed. The top Italian criminal court eventually ruled on 23 January 2013 that a missile strike
brought down the aircraft,[24] but controversy remains; with some experts disputing this conclusion, arguing that an
on-board bomb in the rear toilet was the cause; and no definitive accident report published.
106
8 "Imperfect Pitch"
XL Airways Germany Flight 888T
3 February 2014
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On 27 November 2008, an aircraft on a post-maintenance test flight operating as XL Airways Germany Flight 888T
crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of France, killing all seven people on board. The investigators
determined that improper maintenance work allowed water to enter the aircraft's angle of attack (AOA) sensors.
The water then froze in flight, causing the sensors to stop working; the crew tried to test the stall warning system in
flight and the aircraft entered a low-speed stall.
107
9 "Terror In Paradise"
Air Moorea Flight 1121
27 January 2014
On 9 August 2007, Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashes shortly after taking off from Moorea Airport in French
Polynesia. All 19 passengers and the pilot died. The cause was a badly worn and partly broken elevator control
cable failing completely; when it was put under more strain than it could handle as the force on the elevators changed
with flap retraction.
Type of aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
108
10 "Titanic In The Sky"
Qantas Flight 32
17 February 2014
On 4 November 2010, Qantas Flight 32, en route to Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport, suffers an uncontained
engine failure in its No.2 engine and serious damage to its left wing shortly after take-off. The crew overcome a
number of resulting failures and make a safe emergency landing back at Singapore with no injuries among the 469
passengers and crew. Investigators found that a manufacturing fault in an oil pipe caused the engine failure.
Note: This is the 100th aircraft case investigated on Mayday
109
11 "Getting Out Alive"
Asiana Airlines Flight 214

Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8
Air Canada Flight 797
US Airways Flight 1549
9 May 2014
This special looked at how people survive aviation accidents, in part with demonstrations at the Czech Airlines
Training Centre.[25]
Note: This episode is not recognized by Cineflix as of 22 August 2014
Types of aircraft: Flight 214: Boeing 777-200ER; Flight 358: Airbus A340-300; Flight 8: Lockheed L-188
Electra; Flight 797: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32; Flight 1549: Airbus A320-200
Season 14 (2014)
The 14th season of Mayday was confirmed by Cineflix in September 2013 and will consist of 10 episodes, thereby
bringing the series episode count to 119. Production began on 13 January 2014 and was completed on 25 July
2014.[26] So far, only one episode is known.
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Title
TBA TBA "TBA"
Incident
Original air date
Varig Flight 254[27]
TBA
On 3 September 1989, the pilots of Varig Flight 254 enter an incorrect heading into the flight computer. Instead of
flying towards its destination, the aircraft flies west and after some time is over a remote area of the Amazon jungle.
Attempts to reach an alternative airport are unsuccessful, and the aircraft eventually runs out of fuel. The pilot makes
a belly landing in the jungle where 13 people die.
Season 15 (2015)
The 15th season of Mayday was confirmed on 28 August 2014. It will consist of 11 episodes, including a special,
thereby bringing the number of episodes to 130 (or 131). Production will begin in 2015.[28]
Spin-offs
Mayday has one episode that is not a part of any particular season. There have been nine spin-off episodes of
Mayday, including five Science of Disaster episodes (Seasons 6 and 8); three Crash Scene Investigation episodes
investigating train and ship disasters (Season 3 episodes 9, 11 and 12); and Crash of the Century, a 90-minute
special investigating the infamous Tenerife disaster. Episode 11 of Season 15 could be a spin-off.
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Title
Special "Crash of the Century"
Incident
Original air date
The Tenerife disaster
2005
On 27 March 1977, the deadliest-ever aviation accident occurs at Los Rodeos Airport (now known as Tenerife
North Airport) in the Canary Islands; Pan American World Airways Flight 1736 and KLM Flight 4805 collide on
the runway in thick fog during the KLM aircraft's attempt to take off, killing 583 people. The poor weather played a
part in the disaster, but the fundamental causes of the crash were numerous errors by the pilots of the two aircraft
and the airport's air traffic control officers.
Note: The television program was a co-production between French and Canadian companies, with Cineflix,
Adlade Productions, and Galaxie Production co-producing.[29] A derivative production for NOVA, "The Deadliest
Plane Crash," first aired on PBS on 17 October 2006.[29] The program is not branded as Mayday by Cineflix[30]
Type of aircraft: Flight 1736: Boeing 747-121; Flight 4805: Boeing 747-206B
Alternate titles
The following lists the alternate titles that broadcasters use in Mayday for the Canadian (Original), UK,
Australian/Asia (National Geographic Channel) and the US show (Air Emergency/Air Disasters). A blank space
indicates that the show title for that region is the same as the original title.
Season 1 (2003)
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Canada (original title)[31]
UK[32]
Australia/Asia[33]
US
"Unlocking Disaster"
"Ripped From the Sky"
"Racing the Storm"
"Fatal Landing"
"Fire on Board"
"Fire in the Sky"
"Flying Blind"
"Cutting Corners"
"Flying on Empty"
"Fatal Error"
Season 2 (200405)
#
Canada (original title)
UK
Australia/Asia
US
"Blow Out"
"Ripped From the Cockpit"
"A Wounded Bird"
"One Wing Flight"
"The Killing Machine"
"Hijacked"
Same as UK
"Hijack Rescue"
"Deadly Crossroads"
"Mid-Air Collision"
Same as UK
"A Father's Revenge"
"Lost"
"Crash on the Mountain" Same as UK
"Missing Over New York"
"Deadly Delay"
Same as UK
Season 3 (200506)
#
"Hanging by a Thread"
"Attack Over Baghdad"
"Out of Control"
"Fight for Your Life"
"Bomb on Board"
"Mistaken Identity"
"Helicopter Down"
"Death and Denial"
"Runaway Train"
UK
Australia/Asia
US
"Suicide Attack" Same as UK
"EgyptAir 990" Same as UK

"Unstoppable Train"
10 "Kid in the Cockpit"

11 "Collision Course"
"Greek Ferry Disaster" "Express Samina"
12 "Head On Collision"
"Train Collision"
13 "Ocean Landing"
"African Hijack" Same as UK
"Impact on the Rails"
Season 4 (2007)
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UK
Australia/Asia
US
"Desperate Escape"
"Miracle Escape"
Same as UK
"Falling from the Sky"
"All Engines Failed!"
"Fire Fight"
"Final Approach"
"Hidden Danger"
"Panic Over the Pacific"
"6 Mile Plunge"
"Out of Sight"
"Collision Over LA"
"Fog of War"
"Flight 21 is Missing" "Inbound"
"Crash in Croatia"
"Vertigo"
"Desperate Dive"
"Deadly Disorientation"
"Fiery Landing"
"Blind Landing"
"Missed Approach"
"Mystery Crashes"
Same as UK
10 "Ghost Plane"
"Unconscious Pilot"
Season 5 (2008)
#
UK
Australia/Asia
"Invisible Killer"
"Slammed To The Ground"
Same as UK
"Gimli Glider"
"Deadly Glide"
"Miracle Flight"
"Behind Closed Doors"
"Fanning the Flames"
"Cargo Conspiracy"
"Mystery Fire"
"Dead Weight"
"Southern Storm"
"Air India: Explosive

Evidence"
"Explosive Evidence"
Same as UK
"Mixed Signals"
"The Plane That Wouldn't

Talk"
Same as UK
"Fatal Distraction"
"Who's at the Controls?"
10 "Phantom Strike"
US
"Death Over the

Amazon"
"Radio Silence"

#
"Ripped Apart"
"Fatal Flaw"
"Who's Flying the Plane?"
UK
Australia/Asia
US
"Fatal Fix" Same as UK
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#
UK
Australia/Asia
"Scratching the Surface"
"Shattered in Seconds"
Same as UK
"Lockerbie Disaster"
"Lockerbie"
Same as UK
"Blown Apart"
"Deadly Prize"
"Silent Killer"
"Sight Unseen"
"Head-On Collision"
"Crash Course"
"Operation Babylift"
"Falling Fast"
"Ditch the Plane"
Same as UK
"Flight 574: Lost"
"The Plane That Vanished" Same as UK
"Frozen in Flight"
US
"Explosive Device"
"Collision Course"
"Lost in Space"
"Deep Freeze"

#
"System Breakdown"
"Cruel Skies"
UK
Australia/Asia
US
"Communication Breakdown"
"Deadly Storms"
Season 9 (2010)
#
UK
Australia/Asia
"Panic on the Runway"
"Manchester Runway Disaster"
"Alarming Silence"
"Cockpit Chaos"
"Pilot vs. Plane"
"Cleared for Disaster"
"Target is Destroyed"
"Cold Case"
"Snowbound"
"The Final Blow"
"Crashed and Missing"
"Doomed to Fail"
"Cracks in the System"
"Beach Crash"
"Miami Mystery"
US
Same as UK
"Unwelcome Addition"
Season 10 (2011)
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UK
Australia/Asia
"Cockpit Failure"
"The Heathrow Enigma"
"Pilot Betrayed"
"Dead Tired"
"Stalled in the Sky"
"Hudson River Runway"
"Hudson Splash Down"
"Who's In Control?"
US
"Heathrow Crash Landing"
"Mid-Air Landing"
Season 11 (201112)
#
UK
"Nightmare Runway"
Australia/Asia
"Deadly Reputation"
"The Plane That Flew Too High" "Fatal Climb"
"Split Decision"
"Breakup Over Texas"
"Munich Air Disaster"
"Turning Point"
"Deadly Design"
"Bad Attitude"
"Stansted Crash"
"Blind Spot"
"On Course To Disaster"
"Hiding in Plane Sight"
"Under Pressure"
"Desert Inferno"
Same as UK
US
"Disaster Runway"
"Military Crash Conspiracy"

"Mayday Munich"
10 "I'm The Problem"
"Murder On Board"
11 "Nowhere to Land"
"Miracle Landing"
12 "The Invisible Plane"
"Zero Visibility"
13 "Impossible Landing"
"Sioux City Fireball"
Same as UK
Season 12 (201213)
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UK
Australia/Asia
"Fight for Control"
"Fire in the Hold"
"Caution to the Wind"
"Typhoon Takeoff"
"Pushed to the Limit"
"Pilot Under Pressure"
"Blind Landing"
"Crash in the Jungle"
"Grand Canyon Disaster"
"Catastrophe at O'Hare"
"America's Deadliest Crash"
"America's
Deadliest"
"Focused on Failure"
"Fatal Fixation"
Same as UK
"Lokomotiv Hockey Team

Disaster"
"Russia's Ice Hockey

Disaster"
US
Same as UK
"Grand Canyon"
"Hockey Team
Tragedy"
10 "Death of the President"

11 "Heading to Disaster"
"Subtle Incapacitation"
12 "28 Seconds to Survive"
"Seconds To Survive"
13 "Air France 447: Vanished"
"Vanished"
Season 13 (201314)
#
UK
Australia/Asia
"Britain's Worst Air Crash"
US
"Fight To The Death"
"Speed Trap"
TBA
"Lost In Translation"
TBA
"Disaster on the Potomac"
TBA
"Queens Catastrophe"
TBA
"Into The Eye Of The Storm"
TBA
"Massacre Over The Mediterranean"
TBA
"Imperfect Pitch"
"Terror In Paradise"
"Deadly Test"
TBA
Same as UK
TBA
TBA
10 "Titanic In The Sky"
"Qantas 32: Titanic In The Sky" "Qantas 32"
TBA
11 "Getting Out Alive"
TBA
TBA
TBA
Season 14 (TBA)
Episodes have not been announced.
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Season 15 (TBA)
Episodes have not been announced.
See also
Seconds From Disaster
Seismic Seconds
Blueprint for Disaster
Aircrash Confidential
Zero Hour
References
1. ^ a b "Mayday premieres on Discovery, Wednesday, September 3 at 10 p.m."
(http://www.cineflixproductions.com/news/show/32-Mayday-premieres-on-Discovery-Wednesday-September-3-at1-p-m-) (Press release). Cineflix. 14 August 2003.
2. ^ http://www.devoteddvd.com.au/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=82425
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January 23, 2005, at 8 pm ET" (http://www.cineflixproductions.com/news/show/51-Mayday-Popular-Cineflix-seriesreturns-to-Discovery-Channel-with-two-new-back-to-back-episodes-Sunday-January-23-2-5-at-8-pm-ET) (Press
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(http://ctvmedia.ca/discovery/releases/release.asp?id=9399) (Press release). Discovery Channel Canada. 30 March
2007.
11. ^ "Never Take a Safe Landing For Granted Again Discovery Channel Presents Season 7 of MAYDAY and DAILY
PLANET's "Flying Things Week" in November" (http://ctvmedia.ca/discovery/releases/release.asp?id=11730) (Press
release). Discovery Channel Canada. 15 October 2009.
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Retrieved 2014-02-06.
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(http://ctvmedia.ca/discovery/releases/release.asp?id=12811) (Press release). Discovery Channel Canada. 13 August
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(http://ctvmedia.ca/discovery/releases/release.asp?id=10185) (Press release). Discovery Channel Canada. 25 March
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National Geographic Channel. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
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24. ^ "Conspiracy Buffs Gain in Court Ruling on Crash" (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/world/europe/itavia-flight870-ruling-adds-support-to-a-theory.html). New York Times. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
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National Geographic Australia
External links
Cineflix: Mayday (http://www.cineflixproductions.com/shows/28-Mayday)
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Cineflix: Mayday Science of Disaster

(http://web.archive.org/web/20120305064605/http://www.cineflixproductions.com/shows/3-Mayday-Scienceof-Disaster) (Archive)
Cineflix: Crash of the Century (http://www.cineflixproductions.com/shows/43-Crash-of-the-Century)
Mayday (http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mayday) on Discovery Channel Canada
Air Crash Investigation (http://natgeotv.com/uk/air-crash-investigation) on National Geographic Channel UK
Air Crash Investigation (http://natgeotv.com.au/tv/air-crash-investigation/) on National Geographic Channel
Australia
Air Disasters (http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/show.do?series=802) on Smithsonian Channel
Mayday (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386950/) at the Internet Movie Database
Air Emergency (http://www.tv.com/shows/air-emergency/) at TV.com
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United Airlines Flight 811

2 "Racing the Storm"

American Airlines Flight 1420

Swissair Flight 111

Aeroper Flight 603

Alaska Airlines Flight 261

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Air Transat Flight 236

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British Airways Flight 5390

2 "A Wounded Bird"

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529

3 "The Killing Machine"

Air France Flight 8969

berlingen mid-air collision

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American Airlines Flight 965

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Aloha Airlines Flight 243

2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident

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Japan Airlines Flight 123

FedEx Flight 705

Philippine Airlines Flight 434

Iran Air Flight 655

Bristow Flight 56C

EgyptAir Flight 990

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San Bernardino train disaster

Aeroflot Flight 593

The MS Express Samina sinking

Hinton train collision

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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961

Air France Flight 358

"Falling from the

British Airways Flight 9

Air Canada Flight 797

Korean Air Flight 801

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"Panic over the

China Airlines Flight 006

1986 Cerritos mid-air collision

1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash

Flash Airlines Flight 604

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Helios Airways Flight 522

Delta Air Lines Flight 191

American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight

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South African Airways Flight 295

Air Midwest Flight 5481

Southern Airways Flight 242

"Air India: Explosive

Air India Flight 182

Birgenair Flight 301

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