Mayday (Season 0)

Final Hour of Flight 11 Aircrash Confidential Mystery 0.0

Air date: 2004-06-26

Runtime: 45 min

Crash of the Century 0.0

Air date: 2006-08-13

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: March 27, 1977 – At 2:00 in the afternoon a thick fog rolled into the usually quiet Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. On the runway sat two fully loaded jumbo airliners, blanketed in fog. A bomb explosion at a nearby airport had re-directed air traffic to the undermanned airfield at Tenerife. Within three hours, a KLM 747 slams into a taxiing PAM 747, killing 583 people. The planes never left the ground.

Special Report Season 13: Getting Out Alive 0.0

Air date: 2014-05-09

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This special looked at how people survive aviation accidents, in part with demonstrations at the Czech Airlines Training Centre. It provided case studies on the following flight: - Asiana Airlines Flight 214 - Air France Flight 358 - Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 - Air Canada Flight 797 - US Airways Flight 1549

Special Report Season 18 : Communication Breakdown 0.0

Air date: 2018-07-09

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This special looked at how failures in communication lead to disasters

Special Report Season 18 : Bad Attitude 0.0

Air date: 2018-07-16

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This special looked at how pilots' aggressive or unprofessional behaviour can cause deadly accidents.

Special Report Season 18 : Hero Pilots 0.0

Air date: 2018-07-23

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This special looked at how pilots safely land their aircraft in emergency situations.

Special Report Season 18 : Plane vs. Pilot 0.0

Air date: 2018-07-30

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This special looked at how automation in the cockpit causes deadly misunderstandings.

Special Report Season 18 : Explosive Evidence 0.0

Air date: 2018-08-06

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This special looked at terrorist acts, including bombings and shootdowns.

Special Report Season 18 : Killer in the Cockpit? 0.0

Air date: 2018-08-13

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This special looked at pilots' carefully planned strategies in deliberately crashing aircraft.

Special Report Season 18 : Missing Pieces 0.0

Air date: 2018-08-20

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This special looked at foreign items, including ice, a chemical oxygen generator, and a bomb as the cause.

Special Report Season 18 : Controversial Crashes 0.0

Air date: 2018-08-27

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This special looked at disasters where multiple investigations don't agree on the cause of these accidents.

Special Report Season 18 : Deadly Distractions 0.0

Air date: 2018-09-03

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This special looked at how pilots' deviation from cockpit duties lead to crashes.

Special Report Season 18 : Fire on Board 0.0

Air date: 2018-09-10

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This special looked at disasters caused by fires, either on the ground or in the air.

Special Report Season 19 : Headline News 0.0

Air date: 2019-10-05

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Three devastating crashes make front page news and the media frenzy puts intense pressure to uncover the true cause of these deadly disasters.

Special Report Season 19 : Rookie Errors 0.0

Air date: 2019-10-12

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: While commercial pilots undergo hundreds of hours of training and testing, even experienced pilots can make deadly rookie errors.

Special Report Season 19 : Collision Course 0.0

Air date: 2019-10-19

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Investigators comb through the wreckage of three separate midair collisions in a race to prevent another fatal impact.

Special Report Season 19 : Engines Out 0.0

Air date: 2019-10-26

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When an aircraft loses total engine power, a pilot's training can make all the difference in the world.

Special Report Season 19 : Fuel Trouble 0.0

Air date: 2019-11-02

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Three mysterious accidents send investigators hunting for clues. In the end, all three trails lead back to the same source - the fuel tank.

Special Report Season 19 : Perilous Payloads 0.0

Air date: 2019-11-09

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Three planes fatally out of balance highlight to investigators a flight risk that's entirely preventable, and yet seemingly not stopping.

Special Report Season 19 : Runway in Sight 0.0

Air date: 2019-11-16

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy as evidenced in these three crashes.

Special Report Season 19 : Deadly Confusion 0.0

Air date: 2019-11-23

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Spatial disorientation is one of the leading causes of all air accidents. Even the most experienced pilots are susceptible to its subtle yet deadly effects.

Special Report Season 19 : Radio Silence 0.0

Air date: 2019-11-30

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Radio silence between pilots and controllers can mean many different things, but in these stories, the physical evidence reveals the truth.

Special Report Season 19 : Design Flaws 0.0

Air date: 2019-12-07

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Drawing the attention of the entire world, three fatal design flaws put air crash investigators in a storm of controversy.

Special Report Season 20: Courage in the Cockpit 0.0

Air date: 2020-07-20

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Devastating systems failures in the air put pilots to the test and shine a light on three astonishing feats of flying, including Qantas Flight 32.

Special Report Season 20: Death From Above 0.0

Air date: 2020-07-27

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Mid-air tragedies are particularly horrifying when they occur over a community, and rain terror on the people below.

Special Report Season 20: VIP on Board 0.0

Air date: 2020-08-03

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Revisit three crashes involving high-profile passengers and the pressurized investigations into the causes that followed.

Special Report Season 20: Lapse in Security 0.0

Air date: 2020-08-10

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: These are three horrific air disasters that provoked fundamental changes to airport security and the measures we follow across the world today.

Special Report Season 20: Mountain Impact 0.0

Air date: 2020-08-17

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Follow three horrifying crashes that revealed high-tech blind spots in the technology preventing aircraft from ploughing into mountains.

Special Report Season 20: Survivors 0.0

Air date: 2020-08-24

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales and provide critical data about what to do in an emergency.

Special Report Season 20: Instrument Confusion 0.0

Air date: 2020-08-31

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Follow three mid-air tragedies that rained terror on those below when they happened over crowded areas.

Special Report Season 20: Heat of the Moment 0.0

Air date: 2020-09-07

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When aviation decisions are made in the heat of the moment, even minor issues can have fatal consequences.

Special Report Season 20: Maintenance Mistakes 0.0

Air date: 2020-09-14

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A trio of crashes reveal that when the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe.

Special Report Season 20: Take Off Tragedies 0.0

Air date: 2020-09-21

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Three flights ending in tragedy prove that minor missteps during take-off can have disastrous consequences.

Special Report: Dead of Night 0.0

Air date: 2021-01-10

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Confused, flying blind and lost in the dark, three crews lose site of the horizon and fall into the same deadly trap.

Special Report: Engine Gone 0.0

Air date: 2021-01-17

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Three crews experience the same devastating event, but with radically different outcomes when an engine falls off their commercial airplane.

Special Report: Lethal Choices 0.0

Air date: 2021-01-24

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Faced with a mid-air crisis, pilots must make life-and-death decisions, but the wrong approach can trigger a far more serious problem.

Special Report: Risky Runways 0.0

Air date: 2021-01-31

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: In Sao Paolo, the Himalayas, and on the Norwegian coast, three flight crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.

Special Report: Landings Gone Wrong 0.0

Air date: 2021-02-07

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Relying on instinct rather than the rule book, three flights end in tragedy when crews improvise on their final approach.

Special Report: Frozen Wings 0.0

Air date: 2021-02-08

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Three planes are brought down by ice, and it's up to investigators to determine how modern aircraft could possibly end up with frozen wings.

Special Report: Runway Collisions 0.0

Air date: 2021-02-11

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Three catastrophic runway collisions raise the same pressing question: How could two planes end up on the same runway at the same time?

Special Report: Cockpit Breakdown 0.0

Air date: 2021-02-12

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Illustrating the deadly consequences of a mismatched crew, three flights end in tragedy, leaving investigators to unravel what went wrong.

Special Report: Splash Down 0.0

Air date: 2021-02-14

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Three last-resort water landings-all handled differently-yet each one crucial to improving the outcomes of ditching on open water.

Special Report: Northern Extremes 0.0

Air date: 2021-02-15

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Faced with the extreme conditions of the far North, three flights fall out of the sky leaving investigators to uncover the cause.

Special Report: War Zone 0.0

Air date: 2022-09-12

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Misidentification and accidental bombing of enemy territory are among the many risks pilots face in military zones around the world.

Special Report: Time Critical 0.0

Air date: 2022-09-19

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: As they rush to finish, some pilots overlook important steps and danger signs and make decisions that threaten the lives of the passengers as well as their own. A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 crashes into the ground minutes after landing at Amsterdam Airport. A Continental Airlines flight crew ignores normal procedures in Denver amid heavy snow and ice and as the pilots of Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 try to resolve a minor landing gear failure, they hit the ground and their approach ends tragically wrong in the New Zealand slopes.

Special Report: Ticking Time Bomb 0.0

Air date: 2022-09-26

Runtime: 45 min

Special Report: Impossible Landings 0.0

Air date: 2022-10-03

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: The pilots avoid three dangerous situations where there was no room for error and manage to land damaged planes. A female passenger is sucked out the window of Southwest Flight 1380. The cabin of a Boeing 737 explodes over Hawaii and Air Canada Flight 797 catches fire 90 seconds after an incredible crash landing.

Special Report: Deadly Data 0.0

Air date: 2022-10-10

Runtime: 45 min

Special Report: Trained to Fail 0.0

Air date: 2022-10-17

Runtime: 45 min

Special Report: Accidents in the Air 0.0

Air date: 2022-10-24

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This special looked at mid-air collisions caused by either pilot error or meltdowns within air traffic control.

Special Report: Dangerous Winds 0.0

Air date: 2022-10-31

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Approaching Charlotte, US Air Flight 1016 crashes violently into the ground after a gust of wind. A 737 drops like a rock while flying blind over Perú half a mile from the jungle, and a scientific expedition into the eye of Hurricane Hugo goes terribly wrong.

Special Report: Sabotage 0.0

Air date: 2022-11-07

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Three flights are sabotaged. When hijackers break into the cockpit of an Ethiopian plane, the captain manages to make a life-threatening sea landing. Scientists debate a pair of conflicting theories when an Italian plane explodes in the sky and Namibian investigators come to a chilling conclusion after examining clues found in the wreckage of LAM Mozambique Flight 470.

Special Report: Poor Piloting 0.0

Air date: 2022-11-12

Runtime: 45 min