Mayday 13
2013-12-16 | Documentary,Drama,Crime | 10 episodes25 Seasons
Episode
Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548) (2013)
On 18 June 1972, British European Airways Flight 548 stalls and crashes in a field near Staines-upon-Thames shortly after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport, killing all 118 people on board. The crash was attributed to the pilot retracting the aircraft's droops at too low an airspeed and failing to recognise the stall warnings.
Directed By
- Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer
- Alix MacDonald
Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90) (2013)
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 bridge and crashes into the Potomac River, killing a total of 78 people. The causes were ice on the wings and the pilots' failure to turn on the engines' anti-freeze system, causing erroneous engine instrument readings.
Directed By
- Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer
- Michael Sheehan
Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest Flight 706) (2013)
On 6 June 1971, Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a United States Marine Corps (USMC) jet fighter above the San Gabriel Mountains. A total of 50 people from the two aircraft are killed, with the backseat crewman of the USMC aircraft the only survivor.
Directed By
- Su Rynard
Writer
- Gary Lang
Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587) (2014)
On 12 November 2001, just two months after the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 spirals out of control after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport. Shortly after, the aircraft crashes into the suburb of Queens, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground. The vertical stabilizer had detached from the aircraft because of improper rudder use by the first officer, after encountering wake turbulence from a Boeing 747-400 that had taken off minutes earlier.
Directed By
- Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer
- Armen Kazazian
Lost in Translation (Crossair Flight 498) (2014)
On 10 January 2000, Crossair Flight 498 crashes just two minutes after takeoff from Zurich, Switzerland, while heading for Dresden, Germany, killing all 10 people on board. The investigation found that the pilots had suffered spatial disorientation.
Directed By
- Su Rynard
Writer
- Brian D. Young
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