Mayday

Episodes

Season 20 · 10 episodes

• E1 Explosive Touchdown (Uni Air Flight 873)
  Jan 9, 2020 45 min

  Experts fail to find a bomb when a Taiwanese plane explodes. But as they examine the wreckage, they uncover something shocking in the overhead lockers.

• E2 Taxiway Turmoil (Northwest Airlines Flights 299 & 1482)
  Jan 16, 2020 45 min

  When a blanket of confusion and heavy fog puts two planes on a path to disaster, investigators wonder if it was the pilots themselves creating chaos.

• E3 Kathmandu Descent (Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268)
  Jan 23, 2020 45 min

  A Pakistani airliner crashes in the Himalayas, and when their most vital piece of evidence fails to deliver, investigators scramble to find answers.

• E4 Icy Descent (SOL Flight 5428)
  Jan 30, 2020 45 min

  When SOL Airlines Flight 5428 nosedives into a remote desert, investigators struggle to find the cause amongst the scattered and scorched debris.

• E5 Atlantic Ditching (Cougar Helicopters Flight 91)
  Feb 6, 2020 45 min

  A helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashes into the ocean off the coast of Newfoundland and a far-reaching investigation reveals a fatal flaw.

• E6 Impossible Pitch (West Air Sweden Flight 294)
  Feb 13, 2020 45 min

  A cargo jet plummets to earth in the Swedish Arctic. And as investigators pore over the evidence, a terrifying picture of chaos and confusion emerges.

• E7 No Warning (Trigana Air Flight 267)
  Feb 20, 2020 45 min

  A turboprop crashes into an Indonesian mountain, and while three systems could have prevented it, investigators must figure out why none of them did.

• E8 Cockpit Killer (LAM Mozambique Flight 470)
  Feb 27, 2020 45 min

  When an African airliner mysteriously crashes, Namibian investigators rule out a host of possible causes before reaching a chilling conclusion.

• E9 Stormy Cockpit (Kenya Airways Flight 507)
  Mar 5, 2020 45 min

  On 5 May 2007, Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes shortly after takeoff from a stopover in Douala, Cameroon. All 114 passengers and crew died in the accident.

• E10 Runway Breakup (AIRES Flight 8250)
  Mar 12, 2020 45 min

  On 16 August 2010, AIRES Flight 8250 crashes short of the runway while attempting to land at San Andrés, Colombia in a storm. The aircraft broke up into 3 pieces on the runway. 2 of the passengers died in the accident.