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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 River Runway

After losing both engines and all electrical power in a violent storm, the pilots of Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 manage one of the most remarkable emergency landings of all time.

7:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada

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Mayday Second Thoughts

The turboprop plane begins its descent in thick fog, but things go wrong; Luxair Flight 9642 crashes a few kilometers from the runway; investigators discover that there was nothing abnormal about the two engines.

1:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday River Runway

After losing both engines and all electrical power in a violent storm, the pilots of Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 manage one of the most remarkable emergency landings of all time.

2:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada

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Mayday Powerless Plunge

Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea.

4:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Deadly Solution

The captain of AirAsia Flight 8501 overrides the computer's instructions and his impromptu fix leads to a deadly stall over the Java Sea.

6:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada

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Mayday Powerless Plunge

Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea.

2:00 PM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Deadly Solution

The captain of AirAsia Flight 8501 overrides the computer's instructions and his impromptu fix leads to a deadly stall over the Java Sea.

2:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada

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Mayday Powerless Plunge

Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea.

1:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Deadly Solution

The captain of AirAsia Flight 8501 overrides the computer's instructions and his impromptu fix leads to a deadly stall over the Java Sea.

2:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada

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Mayday Head-On Collision

Saudi Airways and Kazakhstan Airlines jets hit each other at 14,000 feet sending both planes spiraling to the ground.

3:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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