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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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Mayday Bad Attitude

Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes shortly after take off from London Stansted Airport on December 22, 1999.

2:00 PM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Deadly Crossroads

A plane carrying a group of children collided with a DHL cargo craft when an overstretched Zurich air traffic controller's equipment failed killing 71 people.

2:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada

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Mayday Bad Attitude

Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes shortly after take off from London Stansted Airport on December 22, 1999.

1:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Deadly Crossroads

A plane carrying a group of children collided with a DHL cargo craft when an overstretched Zurich air traffic controller's equipment failed killing 71 people.

2:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada

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Mayday Storming Out

Approaching Charlotte, North Carolina, USAir Flight 1016 falls from the sky; the pilots blame severe weather, but that's only part of the story.

3:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Caught On Tape

A car's dash cam captures footage of the final moments of TransAsia Airways Flight 235, as it nosedives into Taipei's Keelung River.

4:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Terror Over Egypt

A plane carrying Russian tourists crashes into the Sinai Desert, and though a terrorist group claims responsibility it takes clever detective work to figure out what really happened to Metrojet 9268.

5:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Deadly Discussions

In Buenos Aires, LAPA Flight 3142 staggers until it collapses and explodes in flames.

6:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday The Lost Plane

Bound for Kathmandu, Thai Airways Flight 311 crashes into the Himalayas, far from its projected flight path.

7:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Deadly Silence

When a private Learjet veers onto an unplanned trajectory en route to Dallas from Orlando, it's clear something has gone terribly wrong.

8:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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