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 Collision Course
Saudi Airways and Kazakhstan Airlines jets hit each other at 14,000 feet sending both planes spiraling to the ground.
1:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Taxiway Turmoil
Blanketed by confusion and heavy fog, a DC-9 ends up at the wrong end of an active runway in Detroit, and directly in the path of an oncoming 727.
2:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Runaway Train
A freight train carrying an excess of cargo loses its brakes while descending a mountain causing it to gain speed and derail into a neighborhood killing several people.
4:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Runway Breakup
En route from Bogotá to the tiny Caribbean island of San Andrés, AIRES Flight 8250 is rocked by a major tropical storm; though the crew expects to emerge from the intense weather, the plane slams into the ground just short of the runway.
6:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Runaway Train
A freight train carrying an excess of cargo loses its brakes while descending a mountain causing it to gain speed and derail into a neighborhood killing several people.
2:00 PM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Runway Breakup
En route from Bogotá to the tiny Caribbean island of San Andrés, AIRES Flight 8250 is rocked by a major tropical storm; though the crew expects to emerge from the intense weather, the plane slams into the ground just short of the runway.
2:20 PM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Runaway Train
A freight train carrying an excess of cargo loses its brakes while descending a mountain causing it to gain speed and derail into a neighborhood killing several people.
1:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Runway Breakup
En route from Bogotá to the tiny Caribbean island of San Andrés, AIRES Flight 8250 is rocked by a major tropical storm; though the crew expects to emerge from the intense weather, the plane slams into the ground just short of the runway.
2:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Deadly Directive
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes shortly after takeoff.
3:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Deadly Exchange
After the mysterious crash of Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 in Missouri, a recovered conversation from the cockpit sheds light on the disaster.
4:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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