Mayday Catástrofes Aéreas: Season 20

Headline News

42min - En route to the Shetland Islands, a high-tech turboprop is struck by lightning, temporarily blinding the crew and disabling their controls.

Rookie Errors

44min - A private jet shuttling business passengers slams into an apartment building less than two miles from the runway, instantly killing all nine people on board.

Collision Course

42min - En route to Atlanta, an early-morning flight ends in disaster when a twin-engine jet careens off the tarmac, killing all but one of the 50 people on board.

Engines Out

44min - After taking off from Jakarta, the pilots of a Boeing 737 Max8—one of the world’s newest airliners—struggle to control their aircraft.

Fuel Trouble

44min - En route to Dallas, Southwest Airlines 1380 is rocked by a mid-air explosion. While pilots struggle to regain control, flight attendants make a horrifying discovery.

Perilous Payloads

43min - Approaching Kathmandu, Nepal, the pilots of US-Bangla 211 struggle to find the runway at one of the world’s most challenging airports.

Runway in Sight

42min - On a refuelling mission during the Gulf War, a US Air Force tanker plane loses two engines. The crew struggles to fly their damaged plane without radio support.

Deadly Confusion

42min - On final approach through thick clouds, a commuter turboprop in New Zealand slams into hilly terrain.

Radio Silence

42min - Just after takeoff from Montreal, the pilots of Propair 420 are hit with dual hydraulic failure and an engine fire.

Design Flaws

44min - Facing poor visibility, an overnight cargo flight is on final approach to an Alabama airport when it hits a grove of trees and crashes a mile short of the runway.

Heat of the Moment

Instrument Confusion

VIP on Board

Lapse in Security

Mountain Impact

Survivors

Death from Above

Courage in the Cockpit

Maintenance Mistakes

Take Off Tragedies

Dead of Night

Engine Gone

Lethal Choices

Risky Runways

Landings Gone Wrong

Frozen Wings

Runway Collisions

Cockpit Breakdown

Splash Down

Northern Extremes