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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.

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Upcoming TV Listings for Mayday

Mayday Carnage In Sao Paulo

Ninety-five people die when TAM Airlines flight 402 crashes seconds after take-off; experts investigate what went wrong.

3:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Choosing Sides

When British Midland Flight 92 has an engine fire, the pilots try to make a landing, but the second engine fails before they can get to safety.

4:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Niki Lauda: Testing the Limits

Airline owner Niki Lauda joins forces with investigators to determine why Lauda Air Flight 004 fell into a steep dive and crashed.

5:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Vanishing Act

Investigators face a baffling mystery when Varig Flight 254 crashes in a remote jungle nearly 700 miles off course.

6:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Sideswiped

Flight 201 takes off for a one-hour flight to Colombia and then disappears from radar while flying over one of the most remote jungles on Earth.

7:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday The Final Push

Investigators examine similarities between a crash landing at Tokyo's Narita Airport and an accident at Newark Airport more than a decade earlier.

8:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday The Heathrow Enigma

British Airways' flight number 38 suffers from double engine failure and crashes near Heathrow in 2008.

6:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada

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Mayday Pilot Betrayed

Two minutes after Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 leaves Stockholm in 1991, smoke filters through the cabin and both engines fail, one erupting into flames.

7:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada

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Mayday Carnage In Sao Paulo

Ninety-five people die when TAM Airlines flight 402 crashes seconds after take-off; experts investigate what went wrong.

8:00 PM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Dead Tired

In the worst U.S. crash in more than seven years, a Buffalo-bound flight stalls and plummets into a suburban home in 2009.

8:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada

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