Mayday

Norwegian Nightmare (Widerøe Flight 839)

Aired Sun, Feb 1 · 1:00 PM ET · 45 min

Moments after taking off from the Norwegian island of Værøy, a turboprop plunges into the North Atlantic. Investigators discover damage to a critical steering component. And when they learn another flight nearly met the same fate at the notoriously tricky airport, they diagnose a perfect storm of controversial decisions that put lives at risk.