Mayday – Alarm im Cockpit (Staffel 15)

Mayday stellt in jeder Folge den Flug nach, wobei die Folgen jeweils am Flughafen beginnen. Die Innenaufnahmen werden mit Schauspielern gedreht, die Außenansichten sind Animationen. Der ganze Flug wird mit Unglück und Folgen realitätsnah dargestellt. Wenn möglich, werden auch Interviews mit Augenzeugen oder Passagieren in die Handlung eingebettet. Nachdem der Flug und das Unglück dargestellt wurden, werden die Untersuchungen nachgestellt. Am Ende wird ein kurzes Fazit gezogen.

Fatal Transmission (United Express Flight 5925) (Folge 1) 8.7
Autor: Julia Nunes
Sendedatum: 2016-01-02
Laufzeit: 45 min
Übersicht: 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.
Fatal Focus (Garuda Indonesia Flight 200) (Folge 2) 8.0
Autor: Greg Beer
Sendedatum: 2016-01-04
Laufzeit: 45 min
Übersicht: 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.
Fatal Delivery (UPS Airlines Flight 6) (Folge 3) 9.2
Autor: Julia Nunes
Sendedatum: 2016-01-11
Laufzeit: 45 min
Übersicht: 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.
Terror in San Francisco (Asiana Airlines Flight 214) (Folge 4) 7.5
Autor: Alix MacDonald
Sendedatum: 2016-01-18
Laufzeit: 45 min
Übersicht: 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.
High Rise Catastrophe (El Al Flight 1862) (Folge 5) 9.0
Autor: Douglas Crosbie
Sendedatum: 2016-02-01
Laufzeit: 45 min
Übersicht: 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.
Steep Impact (Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311) (Folge 6) 8.8
Autor: Andrew Kaufman
Sendedatum: 2016-02-04
Laufzeit: 45 min
Übersicht: 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.
Carnage in Sao Paulo (TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402) (Folge 7) 8.0
Autor: Julia Nunes
Sendedatum: 2016-02-15
Laufzeit: 45 min
Übersicht: 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.
Edge of Disaster (Atlantic Airways Flight 670) (Folge 8) 7.8
Autor: Phil Desjardins
Sendedatum: 2016-02-22
Laufzeit: 45 min
Übersicht: 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.
Deadly Mission (1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash) (Folge 9) 7.0
Autor: Alex Bystram
Sendedatum: 2016-02-29
Laufzeit: 45 min
Übersicht: 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.
Deadly Delay (Spanair Flight 5022) (Folge 10) 8.8
Autor: Julia Nunes
Sendedatum: 2016-03-07
Laufzeit: 45 min
Übersicht: 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.