Mayday (2003)

Season 20

January 9, 2020 10 Episodes

Episodes

Explosive Touchdown
Episode 1
8.5

Explosive Touchdown

Jan 9, 2020

45 minutes

(Uni Air Flight 873) Experts fail to find a bomb when a Taiwanese plane explodes. But as they examine the wreckage, they uncover something shocking in the overhead lockers.

Taxiway Turmoil
Episode 2
8.7

Taxiway Turmoil

Jan 16, 2020

45 minutes

(Northwest Airlines Flights 299 & 1482) When a blanket of confusion and heavy fog puts two planes on a path to disaster, investigators wonder if it was the pilots themselves creating chaos.

Kathmandu Descent
Episode 3
7.5

Kathmandu Descent

Jan 23, 2020

45 minutes

(Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268) A Pakistani airliner crashes in the Himalayas, and when their most vital piece of evidence fails to deliver, investigators scramble to find answers.

Icy Descent
Episode 4
7.0

Icy Descent

Jan 30, 2020

45 minutes

(SOL Flight 5428) When SOL Airlines Flight 5428 nosedives into a remote desert, investigators struggle to find the cause amongst the scattered and scorched debris.

Atlantic Ditching
Episode 5
7.5

Atlantic Ditching

Feb 6, 2020

45 minutes

(Cougar Helicopters Flight 91) A helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashes into the ocean off the coast of Newfoundland and a far-reaching investigation reveals a fatal flaw.

Impossible Pitch
Episode 6
7.0

Impossible Pitch

Feb 13, 2020

45 minutes

(West Air Sweden Flight 294) A cargo jet plummets to earth in the Swedish Arctic. And as investigators pore over the evidence, a terrifying picture of chaos and confusion emerges.

No Warning
Episode 7
7.0

No Warning

Feb 20, 2020

45 minutes

(Trigana Air Flight 267) A turboprop crashes into an Indonesian mountain, and while three systems could have prevented it, investigators must figure out why none of them did.

Cockpit Killer
Episode 8
8.5

Cockpit Killer

Feb 27, 2020

45 minutes

(LAM Mozambique Flight 470) When an African airliner mysteriously crashes, Namibian investigators rule out a host of possible causes before reaching a chilling conclusion.

Stormy Cockpit
Episode 9
7.5

Stormy Cockpit

Mar 5, 2020

45 minutes

(Kenya Airways Flight 507) On 5 May 2007, Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes shortly after takeoff from a stopover in Douala, Cameroon. All 114 passengers and crew died in the accident.

Runway Breakup
Episode 10
6.5

Runway Breakup

Mar 12, 2020

45 minutes

(AIRES Flight 8250) On 16 August 2010, AIRES Flight 8250 crashes short of the runway while attempting to land at San Andrés, Colombia in a storm. The aircraft broke up into 3 pieces on the runway. 2 of the passengers died in the accident.