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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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Upcoming TV Listings for Mayday

Mayday Power Struggle

In Indonesia, a Boeing 737 spirals out of the sky and nosedives into the Java Sea.

3:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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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.

4:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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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.

5:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Cabin Chaos

After a Chinese airplane lands at a top-secret US Air Force base, the search is on for the cause of a deadly rollercoaster ride in the sky.

6:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Deadly Climb

In 1985, a DC-9 airliner crashes seconds after takeoff from Milwaukee.

7:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Firebomber Down

Experts analyze and discuss the C-130 firebomber crash that occurred while battling an Australian wildfire.

8:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)

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Mayday Terror Over Michigan: TWA Flight 841

After a Boeing 727's near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine why TWA Flight 841 fell out of the sky.

6:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada

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Mayday Tree Strike Terror

In November 1995, American Airlines flight 1572 clips the tops of trees along Peak Mountain Ridge and strikes an instrument landing system antenna at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, Conn.

7:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada

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Mayday Pitch Black

In 1983, Air Illinois Flight 710 crashes into an open pasture area in poor weather while en route to Southern Illinois Airport, killing all 10 people on board; the cause of the crash was the pilots' mismanagement of an electrical problem.

8:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada

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Mayday Turboprop Terror

After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight and uncover an industry-wide safety problem.

9:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada

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