This special looked at some of the most infamous air disasters of all time. On 29 September 2006, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collides with a brand new This special looked at accidents and incidents where pressurization failure or explosive decompression played a part. Accounts of famous technological disasters and their subsequent investigations.
This special looked at how pilots' deviation from cockpit duties lead to crashes. The Boeing 747 combined passenger/cargo aircraft (Combi) crashes with no survivors. This special looked at how pilots safely land their aircraft in emergency situations. This special looked at how spatially disoriented pilots cause crashes. Playlist of all 17 seasons of the Canadian documentary series Mayday. This special looked at accidents caused by seemingly minor defects or errors.
An emergency landing is made in On 6 August 1997, during final approach for a night landing in On 3 March 1991, a Boeing 737 operating as United Airlines Flight 585 suddenly rolls into a dive and crashes within eight seconds, killing all 25 people on board. As the crew tries to restart the engine, the Boeing 747SP enters a dive. This special looked at pilots' carefully planned strategies in deliberately crashing aircraft. Relive the incredible story of a pilot forced to glide an engineless 767 to safety, from over 26,000 feet in the air.A DHL cargo plane collides with a Russian passenger jet over southern Germany in 2002.While en route from Malaysia to Australia, all four engines off a British Airways 747 fail. Three years later, on 22 March 1992, USAir Flight 405 also crashes just after takeoff in similar conditions to Flight 1363. Some projects are completed ones, like the new Hong Kong airport. On 1 June 1999, American Airlines Flight 1420 tries to land at the On 2 September 1998, a fire breaks out on Swissair Flight 111 while in flight, damaging vital systems and causing the aircraft to crash into the On 2 October 1996, shortly after take off, the crew of Aeroperú Flight 603 are confused by false speed and On 10 June 1990, a cockpit window on British Airways Flight 5390 blows out, partially ejecting and injuring the captain through the hole. The series features re-enactments, interviews, eyewitness testimony, computer-generated imagery, and in nearly all of the episodes, cockpit voice recordings to reconstruct the sequence of events to the audiences. Watch Mayday on Discovery.ca and uncover the truth behind some of the world's most puzzling aviation disasters. This special looked at disasters where multiple investigations don't agree on the cause of these accidents. An air traffic controller mistakenly assigned Flight 1493 to land on a runway where the SkyWest Airlines aircraft was waiting to take off. This special looked at how people survive aviation accidents, in part with demonstrations at the On 8 January 1989, British Midland Flight 92 crashes onto the embankment of the On 3 September 1989, the pilots of Varig Flight 254 enter an incorrect On 6 June 1992, Copa Airlines Flight 201 enters a high-speed dive, breaks up in mid-air, and crashes into the On 31 July 1997, FedEx Express Flight 14 bounces, rolls to the right and crashes at On 25 July 2000, a Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 stalls and crashes into a hotel in On 20 August 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a charter flight, crashes near its destination of On 8 March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears en route from On 19 November 1996, United Express Flight 5925, operating for On 4 October 1992, the two engines on El Al Flight 1862's right wing detach from the aircraft after it departs from On 3 September 2010, the pilots of UPS Airlines Flight 6 report a fire and declare an emergency shortly after taking off from On 10 October 2006, Atlantic Airways Flight 670 lands at On 20 August 2008, Spanair Flight 5022 stalls, banks to the right and crashes after a delay, killing 154 of the 172 people on board.
Re-enactments of real-life tales of human survival against the savage elements, dangerous climates and physical hazards. Several critical errors made by the flight crew might have been the result of their fatigue. On 15 January 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 suffers a On 25 February 2009, Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 stalls and crashes 1.5 kilometres from the runway while approaching On 17 July 2007, TAM Airlines Flight 3054 careens off runway 35L at Brazil's On 16 August 2005, West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 On 12 December 1985, Arrow Air Flight 1285, carrying troops of the US Army's On 11 September 1991, Continental Express Flight 2574 tips into a dive and falls out of the sky as the left wing tears apart.
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this TV series. The blowout was caused by a maintenance worker installing incorrectly sized bolts during maintenance work.
On 9 June 1996, Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 also rolls unexpectedly in similar circumstances, but the crew successfully regains control of the aircraft and lands safely. Will they make it? This special looked at how poor aircraft designs cause disasters. The cause of the crash was the pilots' inadequate use of the flight controls during an asymmetric go-around. The exact cause of the fire is undetermined. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.