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Mayday · S10E01

Who's in Control (Turkish Airlines Flight 1951)

Still from Mayday S10E01

Summary

On 25 February 2009, Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 is on approach to land at Schiphol in Amsterdam, when it stalls and crashes 1.5 kilometres from the runway. Nine people, including the three cockpit crew members, 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.

Guest stars

  • Shaun Kurlsingh Clarke as Captain Arisan
  • Kevork Arslanian as First Officer Sezer
  • John Cleland as Joe Sedor
  • Samy Osman as Safety Officer
  • Bruce Beaton as Air Traffic Controller