The BEST episodes of Mayday season 10

Every episode of Mayday season 10, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mayday season 10!

Revealing the dark truth that aviation safety improves one crash at a time, Mayday investigates legendary aviation disasters to find out what went wrong and why. Based on cockpit voice recorders, accident reports and eyewitness accounts, every episode also features interviews, state-of-the-art CGI and gripping reenactments.

Last Updated: 12/16/2024Network: National Geographic (FI)Status: Continuing
Who's In Control?
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8.14
192 votes

#1 - Who's In Control?

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/28/2011

On 25 February 2009, a Turkish Airlines jet crashed during landing at Schiphol airport, killing nine people. What caused the plane to crash?

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Hudson River Runway (US Airways Flight 1549)
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8.03
175 votes

#2 - Hudson River Runway (US Airways Flight 1549)

Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/21/2011

On January 15, 2009 an Airbus 320 callsign US Airways Flight 1549 hit birds just 1 and half minutes after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York. The flight just lasted about 5 minutes when the plane hit the Hudson River. This was described as "the most successful ditching of all time". AKA: Hudson Splash Down

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Pilot Betrayed
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7.64
259 votes

#3 - Pilot Betrayed

Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/12/2011

Despite being de-iced twice for winter conditions, both engines fail in a plane departing Stockholm. It falls 3000 feet and breaks in three but everyone survives. What crippled a near-new jetliner?

Dead Tired (Colgan Air Flight 3407)
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7.53
200 votes

#4 - Dead Tired (Colgan Air Flight 3407)

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/14/2011

In one of the worst American crashes of the past decade, an aircraft approaching Buffalo airport plummets towards the ground and crashes into a suburban house. With a fire raging at the crash site, can investigators find any surviving clues in the wreckage? AKA: Stalled in the Sky

The Heathrow Enigma (British Airways Flight 38)
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7.23
142 votes

#5 - The Heathrow Enigma (British Airways Flight 38)

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/7/2011

When an aircraft's engines fail during its approach to Heathrow, the captain's quick thinking enables the flight to avoid nearby buildings. The craft crashes just short of the runway and all aboard miraculously survive. But what caused the engine failure in the first place - could Sherlock Holmes theories lend a hand to investigators? AKA: Heathrow Crash Landing

Cockpit Failure (Crossair Flight 3597)
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7.21
202 votes

#6 - Cockpit Failure (Crossair Flight 3597)

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/2011

Minutes before they're scheduled to land in Zurich, the pilots of a routine passenger flight can't find the runway. They abort and power up the engines in order to climb. But they are too late.

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