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Mayday : Season 18
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Air date: 13 Feb '18 - 20 episodesRevealing the dark truth that aviation safety improves one crash at a time, Mayday investigates legendary aviation disasters to find out what went wrong and why. Based on cockpit voice recorders, accident reports and eyewitness accounts, every episode also features interviews, state-of-the-art CGI and gripping reenactments.
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List of Episodes (20)
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Mayday (2003)
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1. Nuts and Bolts
13 Feb '18On 16 February 2000, Emery Worldwide Flight 17 crashes into an automobile salvage yard shortly after taking off from Sacramento Mather Airport on a flight to Dayton, Ohio, killing all 3 crew members on board. The cause of the crash was a disconnection of the right elevator control tab.
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Mayday (2003)
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2. Blown Away (TransAsia Airways Flight 222)
20 Feb '18On 23 July 2014, TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes into buildings while attempting to land at Magong Airport during inclement weather and low visibility, killing 48 of the 58 people on board. The investigation found that the pilots intentionally descended below the minimum descent altitude.
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Mayday (2003)
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3. Deadly Distraction (Delta Air Lines Flight 1141)
27 Feb '18On 31 August 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes beyond the runway while taking off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14 of the 108 people on board. The subsequent investigation determined that the pilots forgot to extend the aircraft's flaps and slats for takeoff.
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Mayday (2003)
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4. Deadly Airspace (Malaysia Airlines Flight 17)
06 Mar '18On 17 July 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board. The subsequent investigation concluded that a surface-to-air missile caused the in-flight break-up.
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Mayday (2003)
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5. Deadly Display (2012 Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash)
16 Mar '18On 9 May 2012, an aircraft on a demonstration tour crashes into Mount Salak in the province of West Java. All 45 people on board are killed. The investigation concluded that the pilots were unaware of the presence of high ground in the area and ignored warnings from the terrain warning system.
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Mayday (2003)
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6. Deadly Mission
23 Mar '18On 31 October 2014, an experimental spaceflight test vehicle named VSS Enterprise suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes into the Mojave Desert in California, United States, while performing a test flight. The co-pilot, Michael Alsbury, is killed; the pilot, Peter Siebold, is seriously injured.
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Mayday (2003)
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7. Free Fall (Qantas Flight 72)
13 Jun '18On 7 October 2008, Qantas Flight 72 suffers a pair of sudden uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres during a flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Perth Airport. 119 of the 315 people on board are injured. The aircraft makes an emergency landing at Learmonth Airport near Exmouth, Western Australia.
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Mayday (2003)
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8. Deadly Inclination (Alitalia Flight 404)
22 Jun '18On 14 November 1990, Alitalia Flight 404 descends too low and crashes into the woodlands of the Stalderberg Mountain near Weiach, Switzerland, 5.2 nautical miles (9.6 kilometres) short of the runway during final approach to Zurich Airport. All 46 passengers and crew members on board are killed.
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Mayday (2003)
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9. Deadly Go Round (China Airlines Flight 140)
27 Jun '18On 26 April 1994, China Airlines Flight 140 pitches upwards, enters an aerodynamic stall at low altitude and crashes approximately 340 feet east-northeast of the centreline of the runway while on final approach to Nagoya Airport in Nagoya, Japan. 264 of the 271 people on board are killed in the crash.
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Mayday (2003)
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10. Dead of Winter (Continental Airlines Flight 1713)
04 Jul '18On 15 November 1987, Continental Airlines Flight 1713 stalls and crashes off the right side of the runway shortly after taking off in a snowstorm from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, on a scheduled flight to Boise, Idaho, killing 28 of the 82 people on board.
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Mayday (2003)
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11. Communication Breakdown
09 Jul '18This special looked at how failures in communication lead to disasters.
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Mayday (2003)
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12. Bad Attitude
16 Jul '18This special looked at how pilots' aggressive or unprofessional behaviour can cause deadly accidents.
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Mayday (2003)
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13. Hero Pilots
23 Jul '18This special looked at how pilots safely land their aircraft in emergency situations.
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Mayday (2003)
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14. Plane vs. Pilot
30 Jul '18This special looked at how automation in the cockpit causes deadly misunderstandings.
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Mayday (2003)
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15. Explosive Evidence
06 Aug '18This special looked at terrorist acts, including bombings and shootdowns.
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Mayday (2003)
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16. Killer in the Cockpit?
13 Aug '18This special looked at pilots' carefully planned strategies in deliberately crashing aircraft.
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Mayday (2003)
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17. Missing Pieces
20 Aug '18This special looked at foreign items, including ice, a chemical oxygen generator, and a bomb as the cause.
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Mayday (2003)
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18. Controversial Crashes
27 Aug '18This special looked at disasters where multiple investigations don't agree on the cause of these accidents.
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Mayday (2003)
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19. Deadly Distractions
03 Sep '18This special looked at how pilots' deviation from cockpit duties lead to crashes.
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Mayday (2003)
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20. Fire on Board
10 Sep '18This special looked at disasters caused by fires, either on the ground or in the air.
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