Mayday
Total Seasons :25Total Episodes : 230
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(6)
1. Racing the storm
On June 1, 1999, American Airlines Flight 1420 tries to land at the Little Rock National Airport during a storm, but overruns the runway, killing eleven people.
Air Date : 2003-09-03
2. Unlocking Disaster
On February 24, 1989, United Airlines Flight 811 is flying above the Pacific Ocean, when part of the right-side fuselage is ripped off, ejecting nine people from the aircraft and causing explosive decompression. The flight later lands safely at Honolulu without any more loss of life.
Air Date : 2003-09-10
3. Flying Blind
On October 2, 1996, shortly after take off, the crew of Aeroperú Flight 603 is confused by false speed and altitude readings and contradictory warnings from the aircraft's air data system. In preparation for an emergency landing, the crew descends the aircraft, but unknowingly descend too far by relying on the false readings. The Boeing 757 crashes into the water, killing everyone on board.
Air Date : 2003-09-17
4. Flying on Empty
On August 24, 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel while flying over the Atlantic Ocean. The pilots of the aircraft glide it to a safe landing on a runway at a naval base on an island in the Azores.
Air Date : 2003-10-08
5. Cutting Corners
On January31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261's trimmable horizontal stabilizer jams and breaks free from its control system. The aircraft dives inverted into the Pacific Ocean, causing the death of all 88 on board.
Air Date : 2003-10-15
6. Fire on Board
On September 2, 1998, a fire breaks out on Swissair Flight 111 while in-flight, damaging vital systems and causing the aircraft to crash into the sea off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, with no survivors.
Air Date : 2003-10-22
Cast
Stephen Bogaert
(Narrator (voice))
David Bamber
(Narrator (UK))
Jonathan Aris
(Narrator (Nat Geo))
Pat Mastroianni
(Lima Air Traffic Controller)
Peter James Haworth
(Captain Buschmann)
Sean Sullivan
(Air Traffic Control)
Kelly Bodanis
(Flight Attendant)
Jano Frandsen
(Captain David Cronin)
Bill Dow
(Mark Thomas)
Victor A. Young
(Captain Eric Schreiber)
Nicholas Kilbertus
(First Officer David Fernandez)
Guy Richer
(Captain Robert Piché)
Nick Baillie
(Co-Pilot Dirk De Jager)
Natacha La Ferriere
(Flight Attendant)
Ray Kahnert
(Captain Thompson)
Barry Flatman
(Co-Pilot Bill Tansky)
Eric Weinthal
(Seattle Dispatch)
Bernie Henry
(LAATC)
Christopher Bondy
(Captain Urs Zimmerman)
Richard Quesnel
(Co-Pilot Stefan Loew)
Andrew Sabiston
(Moncton Air Traffic Control)
Barry Stillwell
(Halifax Air Traffic Control)
Kelley Grando
(Flight Attendant)
Robert J. Tavenor
(Maitre de Cabine)
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