Mayday: Air Disaster

Shortly after take off, a loud bang is heard aboard Flight 243. A huge chunk of the roof and walls are missing. Against all the odds, the plane lands safely. But what caused it?

It was supposed to be a routine “mail run”, but shortly after takeoff, the three man crew struggle for sixteen minutes without hydraulics to put the plane back down on the runway.

After take off, the tailfin blows off the Boeing 747. The pilots keep the plane in the air for thirty minutes before slamming into a mountain. All but four passengers are killed.

The 3 man crew of FedEx 705 are finishing the climb out of Memphis when the attack starts. In the struggle to control the plane & the attacker, the pilots perform incredible feats.

During a sea battle, a military radar operator mistakenly identifies an approaching aircraft as a hostile F-14. The plane is shot down and all 290 people on board are killed.

An explosion jolts the pilots of PA 434. A bomb has gone off and the flight crew is forced to attempt an emergency landing. The blast kills one passenger, and injures another ten.

During extreme weather, a Super Puma helicopter makes a routine journey. With a flash and a bang, the sixteen passengers and crew find themselves struggling for their lives.

When a Boeing 767 slams into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, killing all 217 people on-board, the questions start flying. Trouble with hydraulics? Pilot fatigue?

RIA Flight 593 was routine in every respect. Then, in less than five minutes, it fell from the sky. The investigation reveals the events that lead to the death of everyone on board

115 people on board a VIA passenger train on February 8, 1986, a pleasant trip would turn into a horrifying nightmare.