Episode guide
Mayday: Season 5
10 episodes · first aired Apr 9, 2008
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- 1 Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182) Apr 9, 2008 · 45m 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 members on board. Investigators discovered that a…
- 2 Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981) Apr 16, 2008 · 45m 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…
- 3 Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242) Apr 23, 2008 · 45m On 4 April 1977, Southern Airways Flight 242, a flight from Huntsville, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, flies through a severe thunderstorm and is hit by large hailstones. Both engines of…
- 4 Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481) Apr 30, 2008 · 45m On 8 January 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes into an aircraft hangar at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport seconds after takeoff on a flight to Greenville. All 21 people on…
- 5 Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191) May 7, 2008 · 45m In the summer of 1985, a Delta 191 aircraft was diverted away from a thunderstorm, only to be struck by powerful winds and plummet to the ground. Flames engulfed the front of the plane and…
- 6 Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143) May 14, 2008 · 45m A Boeing 767-200 jet, Air Canada Flight 143, ran completely out of fuel at 41,000 feet (12,000m) altitude, about halfway through its flight from Montreal to Edmonton. The crew was able to…
- 7 Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295) May 21, 2008 · 45m South African Airways Flight 295 starts filling with smoke over the Indian Ocean. A fire has erupted in the rear main level cargo area; the pilots successfully open the doors in flight to…
- 8 Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401) May 28, 2008 · 45m A Lockheed L-1011 Tristar operating Eastern Airlines Flight 401 to Miami International Airport crashes in the Everglades because the crew is distracted by a faulty landing gear indicator…
- 9 Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301) Jun 4, 2008 · 45m 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…
- 10 Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907) Jun 11, 2008 · 45m A Gol Transportes Aéreos Boeing 737 and a brand-new Embraer Legacy business jet on its delivery flight collide in mid-air over the Amazon. The 737 crashes but the Legacy manages to make a…