Mayday 2003
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
Episodes
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S1·E1 Racing the stormOn June 1, 1999, American Airlines Flight 1420 tries to land at the Little Rock National Airport during a storm, but overruns the runway, killing eleven people.
S1·E2 Unlocking DisasterOn February 24, 1989, United Airlines Flight 811 is flying above the Pacific Ocean, when part of the right-side fuselage is ripped off, ejecting nine people from the…
S1·E3 Flying BlindOn October 2, 1996, shortly after take off, the crew of Aeroperú Flight 603 is confused by false speed and altitude readings and contradictory warnings from the…
S1·E4 Flying on EmptyOn August 24, 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel while flying over the Atlantic Ocean. The pilots of the aircraft glide it to a safe landing on a runway at a…
S1·E5 Cutting CornersOn January31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261's trimmable horizontal stabilizer jams and breaks free from its control system. The aircraft dives inverted into the…
S1·E6 Fire on BoardOn September 2, 1998, a fire breaks out on Swissair Flight 111 while in-flight, damaging vital systems and causing the aircraft to crash into the sea off Peggy's Cove,…Cast
G
Glen McDonald
Lt. Colonel Fernando Camargo
O
Oscar Hsu
Captain
J
Jean-Marc Fontaine
First Officer Ulusman
D
Davide D'Izzia
Dennis Grossi
K
Kevork Arslanian
First Officer Sezer
B
Bsn Rau
Flight Engineer Dumasia
P
Peter Deiwick
WK-2 Pilot
T
Toby Proctor
Air Traffic Controller
M
Michael Park Ingram
Captain Wang Lo-Chi
Crew
- Creator
- Bernard Vaillot, André Barro
Details
- First air date
- Sep 3, 2003
- Last air date
- Apr 6, 2026
- Seasons
- 26
- Episodes
- 240
- Episode runtime
- 46 min
- Network
- Discovery
- Status
- Returning Series
- Studios
- Cineflix Productions
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- English, French, Japanese, German, Russian, Spanish
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