Image provided by thetvdb.com
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this TV 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. Sometimes, interviews with investigators who dealt with the disaster or even actual footage are featured.
In Canada, where the series originated, the show is called 'Mayday'. In the US it is 'Air Emergency'. Everywhere else it is called 'Air Crash Investigation'.
Latest Episode
Series 11 - Episode 8 - Blind Spot (PSA Flight 182)
Aired - 27 January 2012
Episode summary:
Just minutes from landing in San Diego, PSA Flight # 182 collides with a Cessna and both planes crash in a residential area; investigators must determine what went wrong in the biggest airline disaster in American history.
Episode summary:
Just minutes from landing in San Diego, PSA Flight # 182 collides with a Cessna and both planes crash in a residential area; investigators must determine what went wrong in the biggest airline disaster in American history.
+ Series 11
+ Episode - 8 Blind Spot (PSA Flight 182)
Aired - 27 January 2012
+ Episode - 7 Bad Attitude (Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509)
Aired - 20 January 2012
+ Episode - 6 Turning Point
Aired - 29 December 2011
+ Episode - 5 Munich Air Disaster
Aired - 29 December 2011
+ Episode - 4 Break Up Over Texas ( Continental Express Fli...
Aired - 29 December 2011
+ Episode - 3 Split Decision (Arrow Air Flight 1285)
Aired - 26 August 2011
+ Episode - 2 The Plane That Flew Too High ( West Caribbean...
Aired - 19 August 2011
+ Episode - 1 Deadly Reputation (TAM Airlines Flight 3054)
Aired - 12 August 2011
