Mayday

Deadly Cover-Up (Aeroperú Flight 603)

Aired Sun, Mar 22 · 1:00 PM ET · 43 min

Overwhelmed by a cascade of conflicting error messages, Aeroperú Flight 603 plunges into the Pacific, instantly killing everyone on board. A Navy expedition to the sea floor successfully retrieves the plane’s black boxes—and a single image of the wreckage reveals a minor maintenance glitch with deadly repercussions.