Mayday (2003)
Mayday (2003)
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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13x01 Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548)

17 December, 2013 4:00 am
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.

13x02 Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida, Flight 90)

24 December, 2013 4:00 am
Just after taking off, Air Florida Flight 90 plunges into the frozen Potomac River. It takes an ingenious experiment to uncover why it happened.

13x03 Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest, Flight 706)

31 December, 2013 4:00 am
Military investigators work with the NTSB to identify what happened when a Marine Corps F-4 Phantom collided with a Hughes Airwest DC-9.

13x04 Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines, Flight 587)

07 January, 2014 4:00 am
When American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into Queens, New York after 9/11, it was considered an act of terror - until evidence proved otherwise.

13x05 Lost in Translation (Crossair, Flight 498)

14 January, 2014 4:00 am
When a flight from Zurich crash-lands, killing everyone on board, the discovery of drugs among the wreckage suggests an alarming explanation.

13x06 Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea, Flight 1121)

21 January, 2014 4:00 am
Experts investigate an unexpected explanation for the fatal crash of Air Moorea Flight 1121 when they hear its pilot's anguished cry on the cockpit voice recorder.

13x07 Into the Eye of the Storm (NOAA42 Hurricane Hunter Incident)

28 January, 2014 4:00 am
Investigators determine what sparked the engine fire that crippled a team of hurricane hunters' plane during a daring flight into Hurricane Hugo.

13x08 Imperfect Pitch (XL Airways Germany, Flight 888T)

04 February, 2014 4:00 am
Experts investigate why XL Airways German Flight 888T spiralled into the Mediterranean sea in 2008. What deadly flaw was the Airbus hiding? AKA: Deadly Test

13x09 Massacre over the Mediterranean (Aerolinee Itavia, Flight 870)

11 February, 2014 4:00 am
In 1980, Itavia Flight 870 exploded over the sea. After 30 years of investigations, experts finally reveal the truth behind the mysterious disaster

13x10 Titanic in the Sky (Qantas, Flight 32)

18 February, 2014 4:00 am
On 4 November 2010, the pilots of Qantas Flight 32 were forced to deal with a series of failures when an explosion tore apart an engine on their A380.

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