Mayday (Season 22)

Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.

Pacific Plunge (Episode 1) 8.0
Writer: Christopher Blow
Air date: 2022-01-10
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When Alaska Airlines Flight 261 suddenly nosedives into the Pacific, investigators uncover a critical maintenance issue with deadly implications.
Terror over Michigan (Episode 2) 7.5
Writer: Lara J. Fitzgerald
Air date: 2022-01-17
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: After a Boeing 727's near-fatal nosedive over Michigan, investigators risk their own lives to determine why TWA Flight 841 fell out of the sky.
Stealth Bomber Down (Episode 3) 7.5
Writer: Alex Bystram
Air date: 2022-01-24
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When a two-billion-dollar B-2 Stealth Bomber named the Spirit of Kansas crashes in Guam, it’s up to the US Air Force to investigate the most expensive aviation accident of all time.
Double Trouble (Episode 4) 8.5
Writer: Carl Knutson
Air date: 2022-01-31
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Rocked by an explosion that rips both right wing engines off the wing, the pilots of Transair 671 manage a miraculous landing at a French military airfield.
Holding Pattern (Episode 5) 6.5
Writer: Christopher Blow
Air date: 2022-02-07
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When Flydubai Flight 981 nosedives into the runway at Russia’s Rostov Airport, investigators uncover one of the most lethal traps in aviation.
Peril over Portugal (Episode 6) 7.0
Writer: Christopher Gagosz
Air date: 2022-02-14
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Martinair Flight 495 crashes in Portugal amid thunderstorms and heavy rain, and when investigators piece together the evidence the mystery only deepens.
Turboprop Terror (Episode 7) 7.0
Writer: Christopher Blow
Air date: 2022-02-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: After a turboprop crashes in North Carolina, investigators resort to a risky test flight—and uncover an industry-wide safety problem.
Tree Strike Terror (Episode 8) 7.0
Writer: Marco Avolio
Air date: 2022-02-28
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Facing a severe thunderstorm and a control tower shutdown, American Airlines 1572 suffers double-engine failure on final approach into Windsor Locks Airport in Connecticut.
Pitch Black (Episode 9) 7.0
Writer: Christopher Gagosz
Air date: 2022-03-07
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A turboprop, Air Illinois Flight 710, crashes in bad weather, and investigators eventually uncover a fatal assumption and deadly decision.
Loss of a Legend (Episode 10) 7.0
Writer: Alex Bystram
Air date: 2022-03-14
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When basketball legend Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, investigators look for clues amid a global outpouring of grief.