Mayday Season 12

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12x01 Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways, Flight 8) aired Aug 03, 2012

On 8 June 1983, Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8's propeller separated from the aircraft over Cold Bay, Alaska causing an explosive decompression and loss of ... read more

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12x02 Fire in the Hold (ValuJet, Flight 592) aired Aug 10, 2012

On 11 May 1996, ten minutes after take-off, Valujet Flight 592 crashed into the Florida Everglades after an in-flight fire started by an accidental triggerin... read more

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12x03 Caution to the Wind (Singapore Airlines, Flight 006) aired Aug 17, 2012

On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collided on take-off into construction equipment at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taipei during ... read more

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12x04 Pushed to the Limit (SilkAir, Flight 185) aired Aug 24, 2012

On 19 December 1997, Silk Air Flight 185 en route to Singapore crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia after abruptly plunging from its 35,000 feet (10,668 ... read more

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12x05 Blind Landing (TANS Peru, Flight 204) aired Aug 31, 2012

On 23 August 2005, TANS Perú Flight 204 attempted to make a landing at Pucallpa Airport, Peru, after a severe thunderstorm, but crashed into a muddy swamp 4 ... read more

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12x06 Grand Canyon Disaster (United Airlines, Flight 718 & Trans World Airlines, Flight 2) aired Jan 24, 2013

On 30 June 1956, United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collided over the Grand Canyon in Arizona. All 128 occupants on both flights we... read more

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12x07 Death of the President (Polish Air Force, Flight 101) aired Jan 27, 2013

On 25 May 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 lost its No.1 engine moments after take-off at Chicago's O'Hare International Airpo... read more

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12x08 Catastrophe at O'Hare (American Airlines, Flight 191) aired Feb 25, 2013

On 28 December 1978, United Airlines Flight 173 ran out of fuel after a landing gear problem. The DC-8 circled in the vicinity of Portland and crashed in a s... read more

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12x09 Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster (Yak-Service, Flight 9633) aired Mar 04, 2013

On 7 September 2011, a Yakovlev Yak-42D carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team crashed on take-off at the Volga River, near Yaroslavl,... read more

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12x10 Focused on Failure (United Airlines, Flight 173) aired Mar 11, 2013

On 10 April 2010, in heavy fog and low visibility, a Tupolev Tu-154M carrying the Polish president Lech Kaczyński, his wife Maria Kaczyńska and other top off... read more

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12x11 Heading to Disaster (Ethiopian Airlines, Flight 409) aired Mar 25, 2013

On 25 January 2010, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 an international scheduled passenger plane en route to Addis Ababa plunged into the Mediterranean Sea short... read more

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12x12 28 Seconds to Survive (Santa Bárbara Airlines, Flight 518) aired Apr 01, 2013

On 21 February 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 was operating as a scheduled domestic flight from Mérida, Venezuela to Caracas when it crashed into th... read more

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12x13 Vanished (Air France, Flight 447) aired Apr 15, 2013

On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447, a scheduled flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, stalled and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while fly... read more

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