Mayday: Season 14

2015 · 11 episodes · ★ 7.8

What Season 14 of Mayday

Mayday is a Canadian documentary series that reconstructs plane crashes, near misses, hijackings and attacks that have shaped aviation history. Created by Bernard Vaillot and André Barro, it has aired on Discovery Channel Canada since 2003, with Stephen Bogaert as narrator. Each episode follows the chain of events leading to the emergency, combining dramatized reenactments, computer animation and archival footage. Between scenes, aviation experts, retired pilots and investigators explain how the failure occurred, how it was investigated and what could have prevented it. The result combines the account of the incident with its technical and human explanation.

11episodes

Jan 5, 2015premiered

Mar 24, 2015Latest episode

8.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 14 Episodes

14x01 Choosing Sides (British Midland Flight 92)
Jan 5, 2015 · 45 min
On 8 January 1989, British Midland Flight 92 crashes onto the embankment of the M1 motorway near Kegworth, Leicestershire, UK. The aircraft was attempting to conduct an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport. Of the 126 people aboard, 47 died and 74, including seven members of the flight crew, sustained serious injuries.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Alix MacDonald · Starring: Andrew Gillies, Paul Amos, Patrick Galligan, Eric Craig
14x02 Niki Lauda: Tragedy in the Air (Lauda Air Flight 004)
Jan 12, 2015 · 45 min
On 26 May 1991, the thrust reverser of the first engine of Lauda Air Flight 004 accidentally deploys in mid-flight causing the plane to spiral out of control and disintegrate about 100 miles northwest of Bangkok. All of the 223 passengers and crew die in the crash.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Alex Bystram · Starring: Niki Lauda, Daveed Louza, Michael Rhoades, Pierre Simpson
14x03 Concorde, Up in Flames (Air France Flight 4590)
Jan 19, 2015 · 45 min · ★ 8.4
On 25 July 2000, a Concorde operating as Air France Flight 4590 en route to New York City, USA, stalls and crashes into a hotel in Gonesse shorty after take off from Charles de Gaulle International Airport. The plane had struck foreign debris from a Continental Airlines DC-10 causing the plane's fuel tanks to ignite and the engines to fail. All of the 109 passengers and crew die in the incident and 4 on the ground.
Directing: Michael Sinyi · Writing: Christine Alexiou · Starring: Jeff Gruen, Dwayne Bryshun, Cory Cooper, Mark Caven
14x04 The Death of JFK Jr (Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga II)
Jan 26, 2015 · 45 min
On 16 July 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. dies when the Piper Saratoga light aircraft he is piloting crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, in hazy conditions. His wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, are on board and are also killed. The NTSB concluded that the crash was caused by spatial disorientation resulting in pilot error.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Greg Beer · Starring: Harmon Walsh, Lindsey Frazier, Carolina Bartczak, Marty Moreau
14x05 Vanishing Act (Varig Flight 254)
Feb 10, 2015 · 45 min · ★ 7.2
On 3 September 1989, the pilots of Varig Flight 254 enter an incorrect heading into the flight computer. Instead of flying towards its destination, the aircraft flies west and after some time is over a remote area of the Amazon jungle. Attempts to reach an alternative airport are unsuccessful, and the aircraft eventually runs out of fuel. The pilot makes a belly landing in the jungle where 13 people die.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Greg Beer · Starring: Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Marco Grazzini, Michael Reventar, Emidio Michetti
14x06 Accident or Assasination (Mexican Interior Ministry Learjet 45)
Feb 17, 2015 · 45 min · ★ 7.0
On 4 November 2008, an official Mexican Interior Ministry Learjet 45 crashes in central Mexico City. Mexican Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouriño, who was aboard the plane, was killed in the crash, along with the other seven people on board and eight people on the ground. The plane crashed in rush-hour traffic at Las Lomas. The plane crashed due to a loss of control from wake turbulence.
Directing: Michael Sinyi · Writing: Greg Gransden · Starring: Paulino Nunes, Alejandro Ampudia, Saverio Verduci, Jason Faulkner
14x07 No Clear Options (Manx2 Flight 7100)
Feb 26, 2015 · 45 min
On 10 February 2011, Manx2 Flight 7100 crashes at Cork Airport in Ireland after the pilots lose control of the aircraft in an attempted go-around in low visibility. Six of the twelve people on board are killed in the crash.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Greg Beer · Starring: Harry Judge, Samy Osman, Glen McDonald, Richard Harte
14x08 What Happened to MA370 (Malaysia Airlines Flight 370)
Mar 1, 2015 · 45 min · ★ 8.8
On 8 March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. As of February 2015, no trace of the Boeing 777-200ER had been found, and speculation is that it crashed in the southern part of the Indian Ocean.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Gary Lang · Starring: Von Flores, Adriano Sobretodo Jr., Adrian Nguyen, Zach Smadu
14x09 Sideswiped (Copa Airlines Flight 201)
Mar 10, 2015 · 45 min
Copa Airlines Flight 201 is flying towards Cali, Colombia when the plane suddenly disintegrates in mid-air.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Douglas Crosbie · Starring: Tony De Santis, Stefano DiMatteo, Christian Lloyd, Juan Carlos Velis
14x10 The Final Push (FedEx Express Flight 80 & FedEx Express Flight 14)
Mar 17, 2015 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
FedEx Express Flight 14 crash lands at Newark but the pilots survive but years later, FedEx Express Flight 80 experiences a similar but fatal crash.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Jonathan Link · Starring: Douglas E. Hughes, David Bronfman, Peter Kosaka, Stephen Jackson
14x11 Death in the Arctic (First Air Flight 6560) Season Finale
Mar 24, 2015 · 45 min · ★ 7.2
On 20 August 2011, First Air Flight 6560, a charter flight, crashes near its destination of Resolute Bay Airport, Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, in poor weather conditions. Out of the fifteen passengers and crew members, only three survived.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Armen Kazazian · Starring: Glen Gaston, Nicolas Rhind, David Hemstad, Shawn Devlin