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Mayday - Specials

Mayday

Run Time: 46 mins

Air Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004

Average Rating: ⭐ 8.198 (265 votes)

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59 Episodes

Final Hour of Flight 11 Aircrash Confidential Mystery

Final Hour of Flight 11 Aircrash Confidential Mystery

Season 0 - Episode 1

Crash of the Century

Crash of the Century

Season 0 - Episode 2

March 27, 1977 – At 2:00 in the afternoon a thick fog rolled into the usually quiet Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. O...

Special Report Season 13: Getting Out Alive

Special Report Season 13: Getting Out Alive

Season 0 - Episode 3

This special looked at how people survive aviation accidents, in part with demonstrations at the Czech Airlines Training Centre. It provided...

Special Report Season 18 : Communication Breakdown

Special Report Season 18 : Communication Breakdown

Season 0 - Episode 4

This special looked at how failures in communication lead to disasters

Special Report Season 18 : Bad Attitude

Special Report Season 18 : Bad Attitude

Season 0 - Episode 5

This special looked at how pilots' aggressive or unprofessional behaviour can cause deadly accidents.

Special Report Season 18 : Hero Pilots

Special Report Season 18 : Hero Pilots

Season 0 - Episode 6

This special looked at how pilots safely land their aircraft in emergency situations.

Special Report Season 18 : Plane vs. Pilot

Special Report Season 18 : Plane vs. Pilot

Season 0 - Episode 7

This special looked at how automation in the cockpit causes deadly misunderstandings.

Special Report Season 18 : Explosive Evidence

Special Report Season 18 : Explosive Evidence

Season 0 - Episode 8

This special looked at terrorist acts, including bombings and shootdowns.

Special Report Season 18 : Killer in the Cockpit?

Special Report Season 18 : Killer in the Cockpit?

Season 0 - Episode 9

This special looked at pilots' carefully planned strategies in deliberately crashing aircraft.

Special Report Season 18 : Missing Pieces

Special Report Season 18 : Missing Pieces

Season 0 - Episode 10

This special looked at foreign items, including ice, a chemical oxygen generator, and a bomb as the cause.

Special Report Season 18 : Controversial Crashes

Special Report Season 18 : Controversial Crashes

Season 0 - Episode 11

This special looked at disasters where multiple investigations don't agree on the cause of these accidents.

Special Report Season 18 : Deadly Distractions

Special Report Season 18 : Deadly Distractions

Season 0 - Episode 12

This special looked at how pilots' deviation from cockpit duties lead to crashes.

Special Report Season 18 : Fire on Board

Special Report Season 18 : Fire on Board

Season 0 - Episode 13

This special looked at disasters caused by fires, either on the ground or in the air.

Special Report Season 19 : Headline News

Special Report Season 19 : Headline News

Season 0 - Episode 14

Three devastating crashes make front page news and the media frenzy puts intense pressure to uncover the true cause of these deadly disaster...

Special Report Season 19 : Rookie Errors

Special Report Season 19 : Rookie Errors

Season 0 - Episode 15

While commercial pilots undergo hundreds of hours of training and testing, even experienced pilots can make deadly rookie errors.

Special Report Season 19 : Collision Course

Special Report Season 19 : Collision Course

Season 0 - Episode 16

Investigators comb through the wreckage of three separate midair collisions in a race to prevent another fatal impact.

Special Report Season 19 : Engines Out

Special Report Season 19 : Engines Out

Season 0 - Episode 17

When an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world.

Special Report Season 19 : Fuel Trouble

Special Report Season 19 : Fuel Trouble

Season 0 - Episode 18

Three mysterious accidents send investigators hunting for clues. In the end, all three trails lead back to the same source - the fuel tank.

Special Report Season 19 : Perilous Payloads

Special Report Season 19 : Perilous Payloads

Season 0 - Episode 19

Three planes fatally out of balance highlight to investigators a flight risk that's entirely preventable, and yet seemingly not stopping.

Special Report Season 19 : Runway in Sight

Special Report Season 19 : Runway in Sight

Season 0 - Episode 20

If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy as evidenced in these three crashes.

Special Report Season 19 : Deadly Confusion

Special Report Season 19 : Deadly Confusion

Season 0 - Episode 21

Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents. Even the most experienced pilots are susceptible to its subtle yet...

Special Report Season 19 : Radio Silence

Special Report Season 19 : Radio Silence

Season 0 - Episode 22

Radio silence between pilots and controllers can mean many different things, but in these stories, the physical evidence reveals the truth.

Special Report Season 19 : Design Flaws

Special Report Season 19 : Design Flaws

Season 0 - Episode 23

Drawing the attention of the entire world, three fatal design flaws put air crash investigators in a storm of controversy.

Special Report Season 20: Courage in the Cockpit

Special Report Season 20: Courage in the Cockpit

Season 0 - Episode 24

Devastating systems failures in the air put pilots to the test and shine a light on three astonishing feats of flying, including Qantas Flig...

Special Report Season 20: Death From Above

Special Report Season 20: Death From Above

Season 0 - Episode 25

Mid-air tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a community, and rain terror on the people below.

Special Report Season 20: VIP on Board

Special Report Season 20: VIP on Board

Season 0 - Episode 26

Revisit three crashes involving high-profile passengers and the pressurized investigations into the causes that followed.

Special Report Season 20: Lapse in Security

Special Report Season 20: Lapse in Security

Season 0 - Episode 27

These are three horrific air disasters that provoked fundamental changes to airport security and the measures we follow across the world tod...

Special Report Season 20: Mountain Impact

Special Report Season 20: Mountain Impact

Season 0 - Episode 28

Follow three horrifying crashes that revealed high-tech blind spots in the technology preventing aircraft from ploughing into mountains.

Special Report Season 20: Survivors

Special Report Season 20: Survivors

Season 0 - Episode 29

From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emerg...

Special Report Season 20: Instrument Confusion

Special Report Season 20: Instrument Confusion

Season 0 - Episode 30

Follow three mid-air tragedies that rained terror on those below when they happened over crowded areas.

Special Report Season 20: Heat of the Moment

Special Report Season 20: Heat of the Moment

Season 0 - Episode 31

When aviation decisions are made in the heat of the moment, even minor issues can have fatal consequences.

Special Report Season 20: Maintenance Mistakes

Special Report Season 20: Maintenance Mistakes

Season 0 - Episode 32

A trio of crashes reveal that when the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe.

Special Report Season 20: Take Off Tragedies

Special Report Season 20: Take Off Tragedies

Season 0 - Episode 33

Three flights ending in tragedy prove that minor missteps during take-off can have disastrous consequences.

Special Report: Dead of Night

Special Report: Dead of Night

Season 0 - Episode 34

Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

Special Report: Engine Gone

Special Report: Engine Gone

Season 0 - Episode 35

Three crews experience the same devastating event, but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

Special Report: Lethal Choices

Special Report: Lethal Choices

Season 0 - Episode 36

Faced with a mid-air crisis, pilots must make life-and-death decisions, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

Special Report: Risky Runways

Special Report: Risky Runways

Season 0 - Episode 37

In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, three flight crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.

Special Report: Landings Gone Wrong

Special Report: Landings Gone Wrong

Season 0 - Episode 38

Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

Special Report: Frozen Wings

Special Report: Frozen Wings

Season 0 - Episode 39

Three planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.

Special Report: Runway Collisions

Special Report: Runway Collisions

Season 0 - Episode 40

Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway at the same time?

Special Report: Cockpit Breakdown

Special Report: Cockpit Breakdown

Season 0 - Episode 41

Illustrating the deadly consequences of a mismatched crew, three flights end in tragedy, leaving investigators to unravel what went wrong.

Special Report: Splash Down

Special Report: Splash Down

Season 0 - Episode 42

Three last-resort water landings-all handled differently-yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.

Special Report: Northern Extremes

Special Report: Northern Extremes

Season 0 - Episode 43

Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.

Special Report: War Zone

Special Report: War Zone

Season 0 - Episode 44

Misidentification and accidental bombing of enemy territory are among the many risks pilots face in military zones around the world.

Special Report: Time Critical

Special Report: Time Critical

Season 0 - Episode 45

As they rush to finish, some pilots overlook important steps and danger signs and make decisions that threaten the lives of the passengers a...

Special Report: Ticking Time Bomb

Special Report: Ticking Time Bomb

Season 0 - Episode 46

Special Report: Impossible Landings

Special Report: Impossible Landings

Season 0 - Episode 47

The pilots avoid three dangerous situations where there was no room for error and manage to land damaged planes. A female passenger is sucke...

Special Report: Deadly Data

Special Report: Deadly Data

Season 0 - Episode 48

Special Report: Trained to Fail

Special Report: Trained to Fail

Season 0 - Episode 49

Special Report: Accidents in the Air

Special Report: Accidents in the Air

Season 0 - Episode 50

This special looked at mid-air collisions caused by either pilot error or meltdowns within air traffic control.

Special Report: Dangerous Winds

Special Report: Dangerous Winds

Season 0 - Episode 51

Approaching Charlotte, US Air Flight 1016 crashes violently into the ground after a gust of wind. A 737 drops like a rock while flying blind...

Special Report: Sabotage

Special Report: Sabotage

Season 0 - Episode 52

Three flights are sabotaged. When hijackers break into the cockpit of an Ethiopian plane, the captain manages to make a life-threatening sea...

Special Report: Poor Piloting

Special Report: Poor Piloting

Season 0 - Episode 53

Special Report: Pitch Problems

Special Report: Pitch Problems

Season 0 - Episode 54

Accidents caused by pitch problems are dramatic and destructive, and survival is almost impossible. Very few clues are available to the inve...

Special Report: Fight to the Finish

Special Report: Fight to the Finish

Season 0 - Episode 55

Pushed to the limits of their training and willpower, three flight crews fight against almost impossible odds to land their crippled aircraf...

Special Report: Bad Data

Special Report: Bad Data

Season 0 - Episode 56

With all the advances in technology and safety, sometimes a safe flight is still at risk when the data used is incorrect or misleading. USAF...

Special Report: Landing Hazards

Special Report: Landing Hazards

Season 0 - Episode 57

Three disasters reveal how poor weather threatens a safe landing, with heavy rain, thunderstorms and treacherous crosswinds. Martinair 495, ...

Special Report: Training Ignored

Special Report: Training Ignored

Season 0 - Episode 58

Even the most highly trained pilots in the world can be caught out if they ignore their training when it is needed most. Island Express Heli...

Special Report: Reckless Approaches

Special Report: Reckless Approaches

Season 0 - Episode 59

An argument with no runway in sight, ignoring a critical signal and an exhausted pilot - three problems leading to three crashes. Execufligh...

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