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Mayday

Mayday Season 22

2022·10 episodes· 8.0

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.

Episodes

  1. Episode 1 · 45m · 10 Jan 2022Pacific PlungeWhen Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedives into the Pacific, investigators uncover a critical maintenance issue with deadly implications.
  2. Episode 2 · 45m · 17 Jan 2022Terror over MichiganAfter a Boeing 727's near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine why TWA Flight 841 fell out of the sky.
  3. Episode 3 · 45m · 24 Jan 2022Stealth Bomber DownWhen a two-billion-dollar B-2 Stealth Bomber named the Spirit of Kansas crashes in Guam, it’s up to the US Air Force to investigate the most expensive aviation accident of all time.
  4. Episode 4 · 45m · 31 Jan 2022Double TroubleRocked by an explosion that rips both right wing engines off the wing, the pilots of Transair 671 manage a miraculous landing at a French military airfield.
  5. Episode 5 · 45m · 7 Feb 2022Holding PatternWhen Flydubai Flight 981 nosedives into the runway at Russia’s Rostov Airport, investigators uncover one of the most lethal traps in aviation.
  6. Episode 6 · 45m · 14 Feb 2022Peril over PortugalMartinair Flight 495 crashes in Portugal amid thunderstorms and heavy rain, and when investigators piece together the evidence the mystery only deepens.
  7. Episode 7 · 45m · 21 Feb 2022Turboprop TerrorAfter a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight—and uncover an industry-wide safety problem.
  8. Episode 8 · 45m · 28 Feb 2022Tree Strike TerrorFacing a severe thunderstorm and a control tower shutdown, American Airlines 1572 suffers double-engine failure on final approach into Windsor Locks Airport in Connecticut.
  9. Episode 9 · 45m · 7 Mar 2022Pitch BlackA turboprop, Air Illinois Flight 710, crashes in bad weather, and investigators eventually uncover a fatal assumption and deadly decision.
  10. Episode 10 · 45m · 14 Mar 2022Loss of a LegendWhen basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, investigators look for clues amid a global outpouring of grief.