Mayday

Season 22

2022 · 10 episodes · 7h 30m in all · 8.0/10

Episodes

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   1. Pacific Plunge

   10 Jan 2022 · 45 min · 8.3/10

   When Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedives into the Pacific, investigators uncover a critical maintenance issue with deadly implications.

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   2. Terror over Michigan

   17 Jan 2022 · 45 min · 8.0/10

   After a Boeing 727's near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine why TWA Flight 841 fell out of the sky.

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   3. Stealth Bomber Down

   24 Jan 2022 · 45 min · 8.0/10

   When a two-billion-dollar B-2 Stealth Bomber named the Spirit of Kansas crashes in Guam, it’s up to the US Air Force to investigate the most expensive aviation accident of all time.

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   4. Double Trouble

   31 Jan 2022 · 45 min · 8.5/10

   Rocked by an explosion that rips both right wing engines off the wing, the pilots of Transair 671 manage a miraculous landing at a French military airfield.

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   5. Holding Pattern

   7 Feb 2022 · 45 min · 7.6/10

   When Flydubai Flight 981 nosedives into the runway at Russia’s Rostov Airport, investigators uncover one of the most lethal traps in aviation.

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   6. Peril over Portugal

   14 Feb 2022 · 45 min · 8.0/10

   Martinair Flight 495 crashes in Portugal amid thunderstorms and heavy rain, and when investigators piece together the evidence the mystery only deepens.

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   7. Turboprop Terror

   21 Feb 2022 · 45 min · 7.7/10

   After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight—and uncover an industry-wide safety problem.

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   8. Tree Strike Terror

   28 Feb 2022 · 45 min · 7.5/10

   Facing a severe thunderstorm and a control tower shutdown, American Airlines 1572 suffers double-engine failure on final approach into Windsor Locks Airport in Connecticut.

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   9. Pitch Black

   7 Mar 2022 · 45 min · 7.7/10

   A turboprop, Air Illinois Flight 710, crashes in bad weather, and investigators eventually uncover a fatal assumption and deadly decision.

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    10. Loss of a Legend

    14 Mar 2022 · 45 min · 8.3/10

    When basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, investigators look for clues amid a global outpouring of grief.