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 Control Catastrophe
A Kazakh crew manage to land an uncontrollable aircraft and investigators must determine how a freshly-serviced plane was released with a fatal flaw.
6:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Falling Fast
Investigators discover a shocking mistake when pilots must ditch their plane in the Mediterranean, killing 14 of the 34 passengers.
2:00 PM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Control Catastrophe
A Kazakh crew manage to land an uncontrollable aircraft and investigators must determine how a freshly-serviced plane was released with a fatal flaw.
2:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Falling Fast
Investigators discover a shocking mistake when pilots must ditch their plane in the Mediterranean, killing 14 of the 34 passengers.
1:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Control Catastrophe
A Kazakh crew manage to land an uncontrollable aircraft and investigators must determine how a freshly-serviced plane was released with a fatal flaw.
2:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday Icy Descent
SOL Airlines Flight 5428 nosedives into a remote desert, instantly killing everyone on board. Argentine investigators scour the scattered and scorched debris, but find nothing out of the ordinary.
3:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Atlantic Ditching
A helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashes into the ocean off the coast of Newfoundland and a far-reaching investigation reveals a fatal flaw.
4:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday No Warning
A turboprop crashes into an Indonesian mountain; while three systems could have prevented it, investigators must figure out why none of them did.
5:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Cockpit Killer
When an African airliner mysteriously crashes, Namibian investigators rule out a host of possible causes before reaching a chilling conclusion.
6:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Stormy Cockpit
A brand-new 737 falls from the sky over West Africa during a major storm, but investigators eventually discover weather had nothing to do with it.
7:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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