Mayday: Air Disaster
Mayday: Air Disaster investigates legendary aviation disasters to find out what went wrong and why. Based on cockpit voice recorders, accident reports, and eyewitness accounts, every episode also features interviews, state-of-the-art CGI, and gripping reenactments.
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Program Details
Investigating the unthinkable.
SEASON 26 COMING SOON
Revealing the dark truth that aviation safety improves one crash at a time, Mayday: Air Disaster investigates legendary aviation disasters to find out what went wrong and why. Based on cockpit voice recorders, accident reports, and eyewitness accounts, every episode also features interviews, gripping reenactments, and state-of-the-art CGI.
From maintenance issues and dangerous cargo to extreme weather, investigators need to find the exact cause to ensure it never happens again. They owe it to the victims, the survivors, and their families to examine every clue and ultimately crack the case.
Featured Stories:
- Corporate Airlines 5966 crashes mysteriously in Missouri and investigators uncover a conversation in the cockpit that set the tone for disaster.
- Japan Airlines 123 becomes the deadliest single aircraft accident in history and threatens to ground 747s worldwide.
- A Kazakh crew manage to land an uncontrollable aircraft and investigators must determine how a freshly serviced plane was released with a fatal flaw.
Awards
Content Innovation Awards 2020, Best Documentary Series nominee
Canadian Screen Awards 2018, Best Factual Series winner
Production Info
Runtime
241 x 60 min (26 Seasons) + 56 x 60 min (Accident File Compilations)
HD
Seasons 3 - 17 + Compilation
4K
Seasons 18 - 25
Production Year(s)
2003 - 2025
Broadcaster(s) / Platform(s)
Bell Media (Canada)Smithsonian Channel (US)National Geographic Channel (International)
Producer(s)
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