Bernard Vaillot
Director
Mayday (2003)
Season 8
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
Released Sept. 3, 2003
Episode 44 min
14+
Genres: Crime, Documentary, Drama, History
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Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Spectrum On Demand, Plex + 5 more, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Philo, YouTube TV
Production Companies: Cineflix Productions
Network: 5
Country: Canada
Languages:
Japanese,
English,
Spanish,
French,
German,
Russian
8.2
S8E1 - System Breakdown (Next Generation Air Transportation System)
1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision, 1986 Cerritos mid-air collision, Avianca Flight 52, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, Überlingen mid-air collision.
This special looked at the role of air traffic controllers in the airline industry, and took a look at the Next Generation Air Transportation System, a new technology meant to eliminate mid-air collisions by reducing overall dependence on radar and radio, as well as delegating some of the air traffic controllers' tasks to computers on board each plane.
June 10, 2009, midnight
8.8
S8E2 - Cruel Skies (Bad Weather)
Southern Airways Flight 242, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, American Airlines Flight 1420, British Airways Flight 9.
This special looked at the role of bad weather in disasters and examines the US Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Missouri, to see how information on weather is transmitted to pilots in the sky.
June 17, 2009, midnight
Network: 5
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 10120 min.
Released: Sept. 3, 2003
Last Air Date: May 26, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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