Mayday
History
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.
Upcoming TV Listings for Mayday
Mayday Free Fall
Investigators search for a threatening flaw when Qantas Airways Flight 72 nearly falls out of the sky.
11:00 PM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Invisible Killer
During a storm, a strong gale slams Delta Air Lines Flight 191 to the ground killing most people on board.
11:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Deadly Inclination
A DC-9, flown by a seasoned Alitalia crew, crashes into the ground just a few miles short of a Zurich runway.
12:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Gimli Glider
A pilot heads for a decommissioned air force base, not knowing it is hosting a weekend family event, when the passenger jet he is flying unexpectedly runs out of fuel.
12:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Deadly Go Round
China Airlines flight 140 falls out of the sky at Japan's Nagoya Airport.
1:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Behind Closed Doors
A design fault leads to an explosion on a DC-10 and two years later the same design fault causes another tragedy.
1:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Fanning the Flames
A complex recovery operation is launched to find out if a 747 which disappeared into the Indian Ocean was carrying illegal weapons.
2:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada
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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.
4:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Racing the Storm
Chronicling an airline pilot and co-pilot's struggle to beat a storm to Little Rock, Ark., that climaxed in a crash.
6:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada
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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.
2:00 PM on USA Network (CAN)
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