Mayday: Season 21

2021 · 10 episodes · ★ 8.1

What Season 21 of Mayday

The 21st season of Mayday features ten episodes covering accidents, near misses and cockpit incidents. Each installment combines re-creations, computer animation and archive footage with interviews with experts, retired pilots and investigators. The conflicts range from a lightning strike over the North Sea to a jet that crashes into an apartment building in Ohio, or a tanker that loses two engines during the Gulf War. NTSB investigators, rescuers and crews are the protagonists of each story. They search for the cause of each failure, from a landing gear problem to a double hydraulic failure within five minutes.

10episodes

Apr 4, 2021premiered

Jun 6, 2021latest episode

7.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 21 Episodes

21x01 North Sea Nightmare
Apr 4, 2021 · 45 min
On 15 December 2014, Loganair Flight 6780 starts an uncontrolled descent while on approach to Sumburgh Airport in Scotland. The pilots regain control and make an emergency landing at Aberdeen, with no fatalities. A lightning strike had disabled the aircraft's elevator controls.
Directing: Mark Mainguy · Writing: Leslie Côté · Starring: Tim Funnell, Merle Newell, James Madge, Tim Beresford
21x02 Playing Catch Up
Apr 11, 2021 · 45 min
On 10 November 2015, Execuflight Flight 1526 enters an aerodynamic stall and crashes into an apartment building and an embankment during final approach to Akron Fulton International Airport in Akron, Ohio. Both crew members and all seven passengers on board are killed in the crash.
Directing: Mark Mainguy · Writing: Carl Knutson · Starring: John Tokatlidis, Paolo Mancini, Brendan Wall, Sabrina Persaud
21x03 Tragic Takeoff
Apr 18, 2021 · 45 min
On 27 August 2006, Comair Flight 5191, operating for Delta Connection, crashes into a wooded area while taking off from Blue Grass Airport in Kentucky, killing 49 of the 50 people on board.
Directing: Mark Mainguy · Writing: Marco Avolio · Starring: Austin Bell, Alastair Forbes, Jason Faulkner, Darrin Baker
21x04 Grounded: Boeing Max 8
Apr 25, 2021 · 45 min
On 29 October 2018, Lion Air Flight 610 enters a nosedive and crashes into the Java Sea shortly after taking off from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, on a flight to Pangkal Pinang.
Directing: Mark Mainguy · Writing: Alex Bystram · Starring: Shaun Shetty, Jon De Leon, Byron Abalos, Allen Keng
21x05 Cabin Catastrophe
May 2, 2021 · 45 min
On 17 April 2018, Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 makes an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport after its left engine explodes. A passenger dies after being partially ejected from the aircraft.
Directing: Mark Mainguy · Writing: Christopher Blow · Starring: Stephanie Belding, Toby Proctor, Ryan Dillon, Nigel Hammer
21x06 Meltdown Over Kathmandu
May 9, 2021 · 45 min
On 12 March 2018, US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 skids off the runway, travels through the airport perimeter fence, and crashes into a football field during landing at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. 51 of the 71 people on board are killed in the accident.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Denis Seguin
21x07 Mission Disaster
May 16, 2021 · 45 min
On 22 February 1991, a military aerial refueling aircraft loses both engines from under the left wing while on a combat mission in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War, causing serious flight control problems and forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Marco Avolio
21x08 Caught in a Jam
May 23, 2021 · 45 min
On 9 June 1995, Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 suffers a landing gear malfunction during final approach to Palmerston North Airport in New Zealand. The aircraft descends until it crashes into hilly terrain as the pilots try to resolve the problem. 4 of the 21 people on board are killed.
Directing: Tim Wolochatiuk · Writing: Alex Bystram
21x09 Seconds from Touchdown
May 30, 2021 · 45 min
On 18 June 1998, Propair Flight 420 crashes while attempting to conduct an emergency landing at Montréal-Mirabel International Airport after an in-flight fire causes its left wing to fail, killing all 11 people on board.
Directing: Mark Mainguy · Writing: Julia Nunes
21x10 Deadly Delivery Season Finale
Jun 6, 2021 · 45 min
On 14 August 2013, UPS Airlines Flight 1354 clips the tops of trees and crashes into a hillside about one nautical mile short of the runway during final approach to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama. Both crew members on board are killed in the crash.
Directing: Mark Mainguy · Writing: Marco Avolio