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Season 12 – Mayday

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Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously re-enacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters could have been prevented; accounts from survivors combine with cockpit recordings and computer images to weave the gripping tales and expert testimony reveals the hows and whys behind the events, some of which have resulted in important changes to aviation safety and regulations.
Mayday — Season 12

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Stephen Bogaert

Narrator

Jonathan Aris

Narrator

Dean Perlmutter

Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 3, 2012 Fight for Control Internal US flight loses a propeller 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean. Details Episode 2 Aired Aug 10, 2012 Fire in the Hold A ValuJet bursts into flames and crashes in the Florida Everglades which reignites a controversy that rocks the FAA. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 17, 2012 Caution to the Wind Following a fatal crash in treacherous conditions at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek airport, investigators make a shocking discovery on the runway. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 24, 2012 Pushed to the Limit SilkAir Flight 185 en route to Singapore crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia after abruptly plunging from its 35,000 feet cruising altitude, killing all 97 passengers on board. Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 31, 2012 Blind Landing Experts face a tricky investigation into the crash of TANS Peru Flight 204 after key evidence is looted from the crash site. Details Episode 6 Aired Jan 24, 2013 Grand Canyon Disaster Experts investigate the collision of two planes over the Grand Canyon in 1956, uncovering a frightening problem that threatened the entire aviation system. Details Episode 7 Aired Apr 12, 2013 America's Deadliest On May 25, 1979, Flight 191 crashes into a trailer park moments after takeoff; 271 people aboard were killed. Details Episode 8 Aired Apr 19, 2013 Focused on Failure Experts investigate the shocking crash of United Airlines Flight 173 in which all four engines failed resulting in the death of ten people in Oregon. Details Episode 9 Aired Apr 26, 2013 Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster Investigation into the 2011 air disaster that killed an entire top-flight Russian ice hockey team. Details Episode 10 Aired Apr 7, 2013 Death of the President When Polish President Lech Kaczyński is killed in a plane crash, investigators discover that this was not simply a pilot error. Details Episode 11 Aired May 3, 2013 Heading for Disaster A look at the frightening crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 in 2010; after ruling out terrorists, investigators came to a highly controversial conclusion. Details Episode 12 Aired May 10, 2013 28 Seconds to Survive When an alarm warns the pilots of Flight 518 that they are dangerously close to the ground, the aircraft suddenly smashes into a mountain. Details Episode 13 Aired May 17, 2013 Air France 447: Vanished With the wreckage lost in the Atlantic Ocean, the crash of Air France Flight 447 in 2009 launched one of the toughest disaster investigations of all time. Details
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Season Info

Network
National Geographic
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
English
Release Date
Aug 3, 2012