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Mayday

Flying is one of the safest forms of transport. But what happens when tragedy strikes? From human error and accidents to mechanical faults and design flaws, the success of aviation history is punctuated with disaster and catastrophe. It's rare, but it does happen. Follow experts as they determine what went wrong and work out how to prevent these horrific tragedies from happening again. Examine the wrecks and official records, and hear from eyewitnesses, passengers and aviation experts as we reconstruct some of the most tragic disasters in aviation history. Air Crash Investigation looks at what went wrong and how future disasters can be averted.

Show Info

Network: Canada Discovery (2003 - now)
Schedule: Sundays at 19:30 (60 min)
Status: Running
Show Type: Documentary
Created by: Andre Barro

Official site: www.ctv.ca

7.2 (30 votes)

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Under Fire

Episode 23x10; Mar 12, 2024

On 19 August 1980, Saudia Flight 163 suffers an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. Despite returning to Riyadh International Airport, the flight crew fail to perform an emergency evacuation, and the aircraft bursts into flames on a taxiway. All 301 pe

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Recent discussions

WatchingTV posted 8 months ago

The question remains as to why didn't the pilot recognize the altitude after seeing the runway and taking it manually? It doesn't tell as it was plenty of time to recover and have contact to ground.

Extra Details

Also known as:
  • Air Emergency (United States United States)
  • Air Disasters (United States United States)
  • Mayday Air Disasters (United Kingdom United Kingdom)
  • Air Crash Investigation (Canada Canada)
  • Air Crash Investigations (Australia Australia)
  • Mayday! Desastres Aéreos (Brazil Brazil)
  • 空中浩劫 (China China)
  • Undersøgelse af flystyrt (Denmark Denmark)
  • Lentoturmatutkinta (Finland Finland)
  • Dangers dans le ciel (France France)
  • Mayday - Alarm im Cockpit (Germany Germany)
  • Légikatasztrófák (Hungary Hungary)
  • Flyhavarikommisjonen (Norway Norway)
  • Podniebny horror aka Katastrofy w przestworzach (Poland Poland)
  • Расследования авиакатастроф (Russian Federation Russian Federation)
  • Mayday: catástrofes aéreas (Spain Spain)
  • Uçak Kazasi Raporu (Turkey Turkey)
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