Mayday

Season 5

This TV series depicts major real-life air disasters. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice-recorders and air-traffic-control transcripts, as well as eyewitness accounts, interviews with aviation experts, including interviews with investigators who dealt with the disaster, and sometimes even actual footage.

10 Episodes

Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)
Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)Episode 1
Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981)
Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981)Episode 2
Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)Episode 3
Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)
Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)Episode 4
Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)
Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)Episode 5
Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)
Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)Episode 6
Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)
Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)Episode 7
Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)
Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)Episode 8
Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)
Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)Episode 9
Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)
Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)Episode 10