Mayday - Season 12
Run Time: 46 mins
Air Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012
Average Rating: ⭐ 8.198 (265 votes)
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Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8)
Season 12 - Episode 1
On 8 June 1983, Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8's propeller separates from the aircraft over Cold Bay, Alaska, causing an explosive decompre...
Fire in the Hold (ValuJet Flight 592)
Season 12 - Episode 2
On 11 May 1996, 10 minutes after takeoff, ValuJet Flight 592 crashes into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board. The cause...
Caution to the Wind (Singapore Airlines Flight 006)
Season 12 - Episode 3
On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taipei wh...
Pushed to the Limit (SilkAir Flight 185)
Season 12 - Episode 4
On 19 December 1997, SilkAir Flight 185, en route to Singapore, crashes into the Musi River in Indonesia after abruptly diving from its crui...
Blind Landing (TANS Perú Flight 204)
Season 12 - Episode 5
On 23 August 2005, TANS Perú Flight 204 attempts to make a landing at Pucallpa Airport, Peru, in a severe thunderstorm, but crashes into a m...
Grand Canyon Disaster (United Airlines 718 and Trans World Airlines 2)
Season 12 - Episode 6
On 30 June 1956, United Airlines Flight 718 collides with Trans World Airlines Flight 2 over the Grand Canyon in Arizona. All 128 occupants ...
Death of the President (2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154)
Season 12 - Episode 7
On 10 April 2010, a Polish Air Force VIP aircraft carrying the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński, his wife Maria Kaczyńska and other top of...
Catastrophe at OHare (American Airlines Flight 191)
Season 12 - Episode 8
On 25 May 1979, the left engine of American Airlines Flight 191 falls off moments after takeoff at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. T...
Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster (2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Air Disaster)
Season 12 - Episode 9
On 7 September 2011, an aircraft carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team crashes shortly after takeoff at Yaroslavl, R...
Focused on Failure (United Airlines Flight 173)
Season 12 - Episode 10
On 28 December 1978, the crew of United Airlines Flight 173 is preoccupied with a landing gear problem as the aircraft circles in a holding ...
Heading to Disaster (Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409)
Season 12 - Episode 11
On 25 January 2010, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, en route to Addis Ababa, plunges into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Be...
28 Seconds to Survive (Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518)
Season 12 - Episode 12
On 21 February 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518, en route from Mérida, Venezuela, to Caracas, veers off course and flies into the sid...
Vanished (Air France Flight 447)
Season 12 - Episode 13
On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447, a scheduled flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, stalls and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while fly...