Mayday - Season 13
Run Time: 46 mins
Air Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013
Average Rating: ⭐ 8.198 (265 votes)
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Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548)
Season 13 - Episode 1
On 18 June 1972, British European Airways Flight 548 stalls and crashes in a field near Staines-upon-Thames shortly after takeoff from Londo...
Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90)
Season 13 - Episode 2
On 13 January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 takes off from a snowy runway in Washington D.C, stalls at 300 feet altitude, strikes a road bridg...
Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest Flight 706)
Season 13 - Episode 3
On 6 June 1971, Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a United States Marine Corps (USMC) jet fighter above the San Gabriel Mountains. A t...
Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587)
Season 13 - Episode 4
On 12 November 2001, just two months after the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 spirals out of control after taking off fr...
Lost in Translation (Crossair Flight 498)
Season 13 - Episode 5
On 10 January 2000, Crossair Flight 498 crashes just two minutes after takeoff from Zurich, Switzerland, while heading for Dresden, Germany,...
Massacre Over the Mediterranean (Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870)
Season 13 - Episode 6
On 27 June 1980, Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the island of Ustica, Italy. All 81 people on board are ki...
Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea Flight 1121)
Season 13 - Episode 7
On 9 August 2007, Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashes shortly after taking off from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia. All 19 passengers and the...
Imperfect Pitch (XL Airways Germany Flight 888T)
Season 13 - Episode 8
On 27 November 2008, an aircraft on a post-maintenance test flight operating as XL Airways Germany Flight 888T crashes into the Mediterranea...
Into the Eye of the Storm (Hurricane Hunters NOAA42)
Season 13 - Episode 9
On 15 September 1989, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft tasked with intercepting Hurricane Hugo over the Caribbean ...
Titanic in the Sky (Qantas Flight 32)
Season 13 - Episode 10
On 4 November 2010, Qantas Flight 32, en route to Sydney Airport in Australia, suffers an uncontained engine failure in its number two engin...