Mayday: Season 15

2016 · 10 episodes · ★ 8.3

What Season 15 of Mayday

Mayday is a Canadian documentary series that examines plane crashes, near misses, hijackings and attacks that have shaped aviation history. Created by Bernard Vaillot and André Barro, with Stephen Bogaert as narrator, it has aired on Discovery Channel Canada since September 3, 2003. Each episode traces the chain of events leading to a disaster through dramatized scenes, computer animation and archival footage. Reenactments alternate with aviation experts, retired pilots and accident investigators, who explain how the emergency began, how it was investigated and what could have been prevented. The result combines the account of the incident with its technical and human explanation.

10episodes

Jan 2, 2016premiered

Mar 7, 2016Latest episode

7.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 15 Episodes

15x01 Fatal Transmission (United Express Flight 5925)
Jan 2, 2016 · 45 min · ★ 8.7
On 19 November 1996, United Express Flight 5925, operating for Great Lakes Airlines, lands at Quincy Regional Airport and collides with a light aircraft taking off from an intersecting runway. All 14 occupants on both aircraft were killed in a subsequent fire.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Julia Nunes · Starring: Joanne Boland, Benjamin Muir, Thomas Hauff, Morgan Davidoff
15x02 Fatal Focus (Garuda Indonesia Flight 200)
Jan 4, 2016 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
On 7 March 2007, while landing at Yogyakarta at the end of a routine domestic flight from Jakarta, Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 hits the ground so hard that it bounces violently before running off the end of the runway, killing 21 of the 140 people on board.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Greg Beer · Starring: Ho Chow, Leon Aureus, Jonathan Whittaker, Daniel Junghuan Park
15x03 Fatal Delivery (UPS Airlines Flight 6)
Jan 11, 2016 · 45 min · ★ 9.2
On 3 September 2010, the pilots of UPS Airlines Flight 6 report a fire and declare an emergency shortly after taking off from Dubai International Airport. The crew tries to land back at the airport, but are unsuccessful. The aircraft flies over the airport and crashes into an unpopulated area nearby. Both of the pilots die.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Julia Nunes · Starring: Jonathan Purdon, Jerry Rector, Cody Ray Thompson, Randy Thomas
15x04 Terror in San Francisco (Asiana Airlines Flight 214)
Jan 18, 2016 · 45 min
On 6 July 2013, on landing at San Francisco International Airport, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 strikes a seawall and crashes short of the runway. Of the 307 people on board, 2 passengers die at the crash scene; another dies shortly after in hospital.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Alix MacDonald · Starring: Dale Yim, George Chiang, Randy Thomas, Chris Gillett
15x05 High Rise Catastrophe (El Al Flight 1862)
Feb 1, 2016 · 45 min · ★ 9.0
On 4 October 1992, after taking off from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, El Al Flight 1862 declares an emergency. The crew do their best to make an emergency landing, but the 747 cargo jet rolls violently to the right and crashes into an apartment complex, killing 43 people. The two engines on the right wing had separated from the aircraft, causing the loss of control.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Douglas Crosbie · Starring: Judah Katz, Eric Fink, Mark Huisman, Todd Campbell
15x06 Steep Impact (Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311)
Feb 4, 2016 · 45 min
On 5 April 1991, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 from Atlanta suddenly nose-dives into the ground while on landing approach to Glynco Jetport, killing all 23 people on board, including US Senator John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter. The accident was caused by a malfunction of the left engine propeller control unit.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Andrew Kaufman · Starring: Geoffrey Pounsett, Jonathan Goldapple, Danny Deakin, Aaron Michael Reilly
15x07 Carnage in Sao Paulo (TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402)
Feb 15, 2016 · 45 min
On 31 October 1996, TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes seconds after takeoff from São Paulo–Congonhas Airport into a heavily populated residential area, killing all 96 people on board and 3 on the ground. The crash was attributed to the uncommanded deployment of a faulty thrust reverser on the right engine.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Julia Nunes · Starring: Joseph Di Mambro, Jonathan Sousa, Daniel Della Penna, Rosalba Martinni
15x08 Edge of Disaster (Atlantic Airways Flight 670)
Feb 22, 2016 · 45 min
On 10 October 2006, Atlantic Airways Flight 670 lands at Stord Airport, but the aircraft overruns the runway and crashes after careening off a steep embankment. Four of the sixteen people on board are killed. The causes of the crash were a malfunction of the aircraft's spoilers and hydroplaning.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Phil Desjardins · Starring: Dave Lapsley, Douglas Nyback, David Patrick Green, Craig Burnatowski
15x09 Deadly Mission (1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash)
Feb 29, 2016 · 45 min
On 18 September 1961, a Douglas DC-6 operated by Transair Sweden, carrying Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, crashes en route to cease-fire negotiations in Northern Rhodesia during the Congo Crisis. All of the 16 passengers and crew members are killed.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Alex Bystram · Starring: Ryan Hollyman, Adrian Spencer, Pascale Longdale, Jonathan Eliot
15x10 Deadly Delay (Spanair Flight 5022) Season Finale
Mar 7, 2016 · 45 min · ★ 8.8
On 20 August 2008, Spanair Flight 5022 attempts to takeoff from Barajas Airport, but stalls immediately, banks to the right and crashes, killing 154 people out of the 172 on board. The pilots aborted the first takeoff attempt, and the second attempt resulted in the crash.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Julia Nunes · Starring: Jorge Molina, Julian Raimondo, Alex Karzis, Alexos Andros