MayDay: Air Disaster Investigations
Season 1
200512 episodes
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- S1 E1 - Unlocking DisasterSeptember 9, 200352minOn United Airlines flight 811, the cargo door suddenly opens in-flight and tears a portion of the fuselage. With their plane torn wide open and no options left, the crew attempts a last ditch landing back in Honolulu.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E2 - Racing the StormJune 1, 201052minOn June 1st, 1999, as an American Airlines jet prepares to land amidst a violent storm, its crew's worst fears were realized. Racing against time, the pilots struggle against nature to set down the plane at great cost.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E3 - Fire on BoardAugust 31, 201752minIn 1998, off Canada's east coast, a passenger jet catches fire at 33,000 feet, then plummets into the ocean leaving 229 people dead. Now, after one of the largest investigations in aviation history, the complete story can finally be told.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E4 - Flying BlindSeptember 16, 200352minOctober 1996. A state-of-the-art passenger jet careens out of control for 30 minutes, then crashes into the Pacific Ocean. The answer to Aeroperu flight 063's demise is found in the plane's black box: a simple case of human error that caused a tragedy.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E5 - Cutting CornersOctober 14, 200352minIn January 2000, an Air Alaska jet with 88 passengers and crew suffered a catastrophic failure that tore it from the sky. A shocking chain of error and negligence had led to disaster.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E6 - Flying on EmptyOctober 7, 200352minOn the night of August 24, 2001 a fully loaded airbus A330 with 306 people on board ran out of fuel mid way over the Atlantic. How could a state-of-the-art computerized airliner suffer such a catastrophic failure?This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E7 - Blow OutJanuary 22, 200552min17,000 feet in the air, a plane careens out of control with the pilot stuck on the outside. In the cockpit, three flight attendants cling to his legs. If they let go, the captain's body could be sucked into the engine and bring down the plane.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E8 - A Wounded BirdJanuary 22, 200552minWhen a small commuter plane loses the use of a wing, it is only through sheer determination that the pilots are able to make a miraculous crash landing with all passengers alive. But what awaited them next was a horror that no one could have imagined.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E9 - The Killing MachineJune 1, 201052minIn Marcais, France, an aircraft is taken over by high jackers planning the worst terrorist attack the world has so far seen. Do the authorities storm the plane, forfeiting the lives of 173 people, or let it take off and risk an even greater catastrophe?This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E10 - Deadly CrossroadsFebruary 12, 200552minIn July 2002, two planes collide over Germany. It's among the most poignant air disasters of recent times. How could two planes crash into one another over one of the most closely regulated airspaces in the world?This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E11 - LostFebruary 19, 200552minIn 1995, just days before Christmas, a Boeing 757 is on its final approach to Cali, Colombia. But the pilots don't know they've made a horrible mistake-they've strayed more than 10 miles off course, and are heading toward mortal danger.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E12 - Missing Over New YorkFebruary 26, 200552minAvianca flight 52 is in trouble. The crew is exhausted, circling over New York City, and almost out of fuel. They're cleared to land, but in the terrible weather they can't find the runway. Now they're battling wind shear, and they are going to crash.This video is currently unavailable
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- Directors
- Greg Gransden
- Producers
- Andre BarroBernard Vaillot
- Studio
- MagellanTV
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