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Mayday · S13E03

Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest Flight 706)

Still from Mayday S13E03

Summary

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 backseat crewman of the USMC aircraft the only survivor.

Guest stars

  • Doug MacLeod as Captain Nicolay
  • Rick Hughes as First Officer Bruner
  • Christopher Russell as First Lieutenant Christopher Schiess
  • Neil Girvan as Lt. Colonel Jack Zych
  • J.D. Nicholsen as Dick Baker
  • Rylan Wilkie as Dave Knutsen
  • Andrew Bunker as Roger Anderson
  • Caleb Cosman as ARTCC Controller