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 Cold Case
Two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York prompt an investigation which determines that the source of the crashes was due to a design flaw on the wings of the planes, both Fokker F28s.
3:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday The Final Blow
An Air Inter flight crashes into the Vosges Mountains while attempting to land, killing most of the 96 passengers.
4:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Cracks in the System
Chalk's Ocean Airways flight 101 crashes just after take-off from Watson Island in Miami on December 19, 2005, killing 20 people.
5:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday System Breakdown
Five aviation disasters and the changes they have forced air-traffic controllers to make.
6:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Cruel Skies
The U.S. Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Mo., and the importance of accurate weather forecasting to the aviation industry.
7:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Scratching the Surface
After taking off from Taiwan, a China Airlines 747 suddenly disappears from radar and crashes, killing 225 people.
8:00 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 PM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Afghan Nightmare
A 747 cargo plane crashes seconds after taking off from a U.S. airfield in Afghanistan, and an overlooked piece of evidence eventually tells investigators they were dead wrong about the cause.
7:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Killer Attitude
The investigation into a commuter crash in northern Minnesota reveals a troubling pattern of abuse that led to a breakdown in human cooperation.
8:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Cold Case
Two similar plane crashes in Ontario and New York prompt an investigation which determines that the source of the crashes was due to a design flaw on the wings of the planes, both Fokker F28s.
9:00 PM on USA Network (CAN)
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