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 The Killing Machine
A group of terrorists seize Air France Flight 8969 and start killing the passengers with the intention of exploding the plane over the Eiffel Tower.
2:00 PM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Deadly Airspace
A commercial airliner goes down in eastern Ukraine, and the evidence indicates that it was shot down.
2:00 PM on CTV Nature Canada
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Mayday The Killing Machine
A group of terrorists seize Air France Flight 8969 and start killing the passengers with the intention of exploding the plane over the Eiffel Tower.
1:00 AM on USA Network (CAN)
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Mayday Deadly Airspace
A commercial airliner goes down in eastern Ukraine, and the evidence indicates that it was shot down.
2:00 AM on CTV Nature Canada
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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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